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Intuitive Surgical Adds to Board

Executive is pharmaceutical industry veteran.

By: Intuitive Surgical Inc.

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Intuitive Surgical Inc., which makes technology for robotic-assisted, minimally invasive surgery, has added Keith R. Leonard, Jr. to the company’s board of directors.

“Leonard has deep and relevant industry and leadership expertise that will be a valuable addition to our Board of Directors”, said Dr. Gary Guthart, president and CEO of Intuitive Surgical. “We look forward to his contributions.”

Leonard has more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. From August 2005 until the October 2015 acquisition by Allergan plc, he served as president, CEO and a member of the board of directors of Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that he co-founded. From 1991 to 2004, Leonard held various positions at Amgen Inc., most recently as senior vice president and general manager of Amgen Europe, where he was responsible for commercial operations in 28 European countries. Leonard has served on the board of directors of Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc. since May 2014.

Leonard received a B.S. in engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, a B.A. in history from the University of Maryland, an M.S. in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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