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John R. Ohanesian has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Bosley since August 1, 2001, after successfully completing the acquisition of Bosley by Aderans, Inc. of Tokyo, Japan.He joined Bosley in October, 1990 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Since joining the company in 1990, which is the world leader in surgical hair restoration, John has led the national growth from 8 offices to 90 offices and from 68 employees to over 600 employees. These include locations in Canada, Mexico and as of January, 2004, a surgical clinic in Tokyo. Performing more surgical hair restoration procedures than any company in the world, the company is marketing driven and was the first medical provider in the United States to successfully produce and air an infomercial in 1993. As President & CEO, he has been the prime caretaker of the company founder, Dr. L. Lee Bosley’s core values personal integrity and the highest level of quality patient care.In conjunction with Aderans in August of 2002, Bosley led the establishment of a new biotech company, Aderans Research Institute (ARI), based in Philadelphia and Atlanta, where the primary focus is hair duplication through tissue engineering.Presently, the ARI team has thirty-five scientists, engineers and administrative staff and John is also President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of ARI. Previously, John was Vice President of Saint John’s Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica from 1984 to 1990.Prior to that he was the Administrator of Health Services for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee from 1982-1984.From 1990 to 1996, he was a member of the California Citizens Compensation Commission, as an appointee of Governor George Deukmejian.From 1985 to 1990 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Hospital Home Health Care Agency, Inc. and its Chairman from 1986 to 1990. Since September of 2000, John has been an active member of the Los Angeles Music Center’s Center Theatre Group, (operating company for the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre), Corporate Circle Committee and assumed the Co-Chair role in September, 2001 June, 2003. John joined the Board of Directors in November of 2001 and served as Chairperson of the Development Committee from July 2003 to June 2006.Since November of 2005, John has been a member of the Board of Directors of the City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute, which is a world leading comprehensive cancer center as designated by the National Cancer Institute. In early 2004, John was selected as a Finalist in the 18th annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2004, an honor awarded to outstanding entrepreneurs from the Greater Los Angeles Area for their vision, leadership and achievement in the business community. The Concern Foundation named John as their honoree for 2004 for his philanthropic and humanitarian efforts in the Greater Los Angeles area.The 30th Annual Block Party held on July 17, 2004 honoring John, raised in excess of $1.4 million for cancer research.John earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from California State University Sonoma in 1977 and his Master of Arts in Health Administration from California State University Long Beach in 1980. Mr. Ohanesian resides in Beverly Hills with his two daughters, Adona and Ava, both of whom attend Archer School for Girls in Brentwood. During his spare time John enjoys attending the theatre, exercising, playing organized baseball with Dodgertown West, an occasional round of golf, reading, spending time with his children and relaxing at his vacation home in La Quinta.Also, John enjoys supporting his daughter’s schools, in particular, the Curtis School Hot Lunch Program where he volunteered annually from 1994 to 2006. | 