Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd. announced that it has appointed Professor Ran Oren, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer, effective as of August 1, 2016. Dr. Oren replaces Dr. Maya Halpern, who previously served as Galmed's CMO. Dr. Oren currently serves as Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the Faculty of Medicine, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, as well as the Head of the Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Dr. Oren will serve as CMO while maintaining his ongoing commitments at Hebrew University and Hadassah.