On December 8, 2016, the board of directors of Guided Therapeutics Inc. appointed Mark Faupel, co-founder and prior Chief Executive Officer of the company, to the position of Chief Operating Officer. The board also increased the size of the board from four members to five and appointed Dr. Faupel to fill the newly created vacancy. Dr. Faupel, 61, currently serves as a managing member of Shenghuo Medical, LLC.