WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acusphere, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUS) today announced three important promotions in the Company’s research and development organization. Howard Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D. has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Research and Development, Donald Chickering, Ph.D. has been promoted to Vice President of Technical Operations, and Julie Straub, Ph.D. has been promoted to Executive Director of Research.