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Ralph M. Richart, M.D., age 73, was elected to the Board of Directors on January 22, 2002. The other directors elected him to serve as Chairman on April 24, 2002. Dr. Richart is a professor emeritus in the Department of Pathology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where was employed from 1963 to 2006. Dr. Richart has previously served on the Board of Directors of several publicly held companies and multiple corporate medical advisory Boards as well as serving as Chief Executive Officer of several privately held companies in the fields of medicine and electronics. Additionally his extensive experience also includes leading clinical trials resulting in FDA product approval and he has served as an advisor to medical device and pharmaceutical companies as well as the Food and Drug Administration. | 