Company: STAA
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0000950170-25-058173
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Company: STAAR SURGICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 24, 2025, STAAR Surgical Company (the “ Company”) announced changes to its Board of Directors (the “ Board”). The Company announced that the Board appointed Louis E. Silverman, who served on the Company’s Board from 2014-2022, as a director, effective April 24, 2025 (the “ Effective Date”). The Company also announced that Aimee S. Weisner, who has served as director since 2022, has chosen not to stand for re-election to the Board when her term expires at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”) in June. In addition, the Company announced that Wei Jiang, who has served as a director since 2024, has agreed to serve in a short-term role as a special strategic advisor to the Company’s Asia Pacific business.

Mr. Silverman, age 66, currently serves as the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of Hicuity Health, Inc. (formerly known as Advanced ICU Care, Inc.), a privately held health care services company providing remote patient monitoring services to hospitals, positions he has held since February 2014. From June 2012 through February 2014, Mr. Silverman served as a consultant and board advisor for private equity investors and others regarding health care technology and health care technology service companies, and health care services portfolio investments. From September 2009 through June 2012, Mr. Silverman was Chief Executive Officer of Marina Medical Billing Services, Inc., a revenue cycle management company serving ER physicians nationally. From September 2008 through August 2009, Mr. Silverman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Qualcomm-backed health care start-up, LifeComm. From August 2000 through August 2008, Mr. Silverman served as the President and Chief Executive officer of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII), a developer of medical and dental practice management and patient records software. From 1993 through 2000, he served in multiple positions, including Chief Operations Officer, of CorVel Corporation (NASDAQ: CRVL), a national managed care services/technology company. From 2014 to 2022, Mr. Silverman served as a member of the STAAR Board of Directors. Mr. Silverman has served as a member of