Canon Medical Informatics Appoints Genady Knizhnik as Chief Executive Officer

February 19, 2026 — Minneapolis, MN – Canon Medical Informatics today announced the appointment of Genady Knizhnik as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2026.

Genady most recently served as Executive Vice President of Canon Medical Informatics, where he led the company’s commercial, marketing, and services organizations. In parallel, he has played a key role within Canon Medical’s global Healthcare IT leadership team, aligning regional execution around a shared go-to-market strategy.

With more than 20 years of experience in medical imaging, enterprise IT, and digital transformation, Genady has guided organizations through periods of growth and transition. His work has focused on helping healthcare providers move from fragmented workflows to scalable, standardized in-house models that support both clinical efficiency and enterprise consistency.

As CEO, Genady will focus on advancing Canon Medical Informatics’ mission to deliver state-of-the-art post-processing and Advanced Visualization solutions that enable timely, efficient, and accurate imaging-driven diagnosis, while continuing to strengthen execution, innovation, and customer outcomes.
Genady holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from the Israel Institute of Technology.

About Canon Medical Informatics, Inc.
Canon Medical Informatics develops Vitrea® Advanced Visualization, a powerful system of integrated software tools and technologies designed to automate image processing and workflows. Vitrea’s aggregate capabilities trigger profound improvements that help imaging technologists, radiologists and specialists perform their jobs more quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. Leveraging 3D advanced visualization, automation tools and AI technologies, Vitrea helps reduce processing effort as well as generate actionable insights that are integrated directly into clinical workflows to support confident diagnostic and treatment decisions. A unified solution that supports a broader range of clinical users and service lines helps simplify IT infrastructure, enabling healthcare organizations to achieve substantial cost savings that drive operational sustainability and growth. For more information, visit the Canon Medical website: https://global.medical.canon.

For more information contact:
Renee Stacey
647-924-3949
renee.stacey@mi.medical.canon