Daxor Corporation announced the appointment of Dr. John L. Jefferies, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., F.A.A.P., F.H.F.S.A., F.E.S.C., F.R.C.P.E., as chief medical officer. As part of his new responsibilities, Dr. Jefferies will leverage his extensive expertise to advise Daxor on strategic clinical and medical affairs matters and to facilitate the collaboration between the Company and healthcare professionals. He will be a key advisor, offering insights to inform corporate development strategies and advance the organization's growth objectives.

Dr. Jefferies is a board-certified cardiologist having completed his training in Adult Cardiovascular Diseases at the Texas Heart Institute and Pediatric Cardiology at Texas Children's Hospital both at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He received an M.P.H. from the University of Kentucky and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published over three hundred peer-reviewed manuscripts focused on heart failure, cardiomyopathies, heritable disease, genetics, and artificial intelligence, and is an Editor of two leading cardiovascular textbooks.

Dr. Jefferies has been an academic cardiologist for over two decades and remains actively involved in clinical research and physician leadership roles at the local, national, and international levels.