** Shares of healthcare app firm MedAdvisor MDR.AX rise as
much as 7.1% to A$0.15, their best intraday gain since May 17
** Says it has appointed Rick Ratliff as its new chief
executive and managing director urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX2qTst7
** Ratliff has been in the healthcare and pharma tech sector
in Australia and the United States for over three decades, MDR
says
** Current CEO and MD Robert Read will remain on the board
as an executive director to ease the transition
** CFO Simon Glover resigns, general manager of finance
Annabelle Grant appointed interim CFO
** Stock down 64.6% YTD, as of last close
(Reporting by Harshita Swaminathan)
((Harshita.Swaminathan@thomsonreuters.com))