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Profound Medical Names Ex-Sonosite CEO Richard Fabian as President

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Profound Medical Names Ex-Sonosite CEO Richard Fabian as President

Toronto – October 12, 2026 -- Profound Medical Corp. (NASDAQ:PROF; TSX:PRN) has appointed Richard Fabian, a medical imaging executive with more than 29 years of experience, as President, effective immediately, as the company moves its previous President into a newly created Chief Technology Officer role.

Fabian succeeds Mathieu Burtnyk, who becomes Chief Technology Officer

Fabian replaces Mathieu Burtnyk, PhD, who shifts to the newly created CTO position. Burtnyk invented the patented closed-loop temperature feedback control algorithm used by the TULSA-PRO platform. He has also led the scientific design and execution of all of the company's clinical studies for the technology, including the ongoing Level 1 post-market CAPTAIN randomized controlled trial.