Dr. Michael Lahoud has been selected as the president of CardioMag Imaging, a cardiology device start up based in Schenectady, N.Y. The firm designs, manufactures, and markets cardiac diagnostic devices called MagnetoCardioGraphs (MCG), which record the magnetic field associated with the electrical activity of the heart using uperconducting sensors.

Lahoud was formerly with magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech of Vancouver, B.C., where he was responsible for operations, development, engineering and manufacturing. His responsibilities there included directing a combined staff of approximately 80, CardioMag said.