Michael Tarnoff, MD, FACS
Non-Executive Director
Dr. Tarnoff spent 23 years of his professional career at Tufts Medical Center, serving in various executive leadership roles, most recently as the Chief Physician Executive and CEO, until 2024. While serving in various leadership positions at Tufts, Dr. Tarnoff served as Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Medical Affairs at Medtronic, Inc. from 2015 to 2019. Before working for Medtronic, from 2008 through 2015, Dr. Tarnoff was the Corporate Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Medical Affairs, and before that position, the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Medical Affairs of the Surgical Devices division, at Covidien plc. Additional executive leadership experience includes roles serving as Medical Director at GI Dynamics, Inc. from 2006 to 2008, as well as Chief Medical Consultant to the Kendall surgery unit of Tyco Healthcare from 2005 to 2008. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Tarnoff received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He then completed a general surgery residency at Rutgers Medical School, followed by an advanced fellowship in laparoscopic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic.