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Stanley Vashovsky joined
HSS as the CEO and Chairman of the Board on September 1,
2007. Mr. Vashovsky founded Medcare Corporation, a medical
instrument business, in 1991 and Medcare Software Company,
a provider of healthcare maintenance management software,
in 1992. In 2001, Philips Electronics North
America Corporation (“Philips”) acquired both
companies and Mr. Vashovsky remained as President of the
newly formed Philips Medcare. From January 1, 2003 through
June 2007, Mr. Vashovsky served as a Vice President of Innovations,
supporting Philips Medical Systems Group with focused products
and services.
Steven Katz has
been a director of the company since April 2003. Since 1982,
he has been President of Steven Katz & Associates, Inc. (a health care and technology-based management consulting firm specializing in strategic planning, corporate development, new product planning, technology licensing, and structuring and securing various forms of financing). From January 2000 to October 2001, Mr. Katz was also President and Chief Operating Officer of Senesco Technologies, Inc. (an American Stock Exchange company engaged in the identification and development of proprietary gene technology with application to human, animal and plant systems). From 1983 to 1984, he was a co-founder and Executive Vice President of S.K.Y. Polymers, Inc. (a bio-materials company). Prior to this, Mr. Katz was Vice President and General Manager of a non-banking division of Citicorp. From 1976 to 1981, he held various senior management positions at National Patent Development Corporation, including President of three subsidiaries. Prior positions were with Revlon, Inc. (1975) and Price Waterhouse & Co.
(1969 to 1974). Mr. Katz received a Bachelors of Business
Administration degree in Accounting from the City College
of New York in 1969. He is presently a member of the Board
of Directors of Natural Nano, Inc., Gammacan International,
Inc., USA Technologies, Inc. and several private companies.
Jack Price brings over 35 years of international executive management experience to the Board. Mr. Price spent 31 years at Philips Medical Systems, the last seven of which as President for Phillips’ North American businesses. Under Mr. Price’s leadership as President, Philips Medical Systems revenues climbed by almost 40% annually – from $495 million to $3.5 billion – through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. Mr. Price has also held leadership positions with General Electric where he was General Manager of the Global X-Ray Business and Vice President of Marketing for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
After retiring from Philips in 2003, Mr. Price founded J. Price & Associates which offers business product strategy to emerging hi-technology providers to medical and imaging device companies, as well as to major hospital systems throughout the United States. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Price was President of VSM Medtech, a Canadian-based medical technology company. Mr. Price currently serves as President and CEO of NovaRay Inc., an early-stage cardiac catheterization equipment company.
Jack Price CV
Dr. Kathryn Bowles, Ph.D., RN, FAAN is an Associate Professor and Director of the Health Informatics Minor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health. She is an internationally recognized author and researcher, and leading expert as evidenced by a multitude of research papers, publications and professional interviews on health information technology. Dr. Bowles’ work includes using telehealth monitoring for chronic care management and information systems to support post-acute referral decision making, document nursing care, and assess health related quality of life, all with the elderly population.
Dr. Bowles has been recognized for her research achievements in decision science and telehealth. To honor her research achievements, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award in Natural Science from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and the Leadership in Nursing Research Medallion from the Villanova University School of Nursing Alumni Society. In recognition of her work in telehealth, she has been funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research and the Centers for Disease Control and received the Lillian Sholtis Brunner Award for Innovative Practice in Nursing, awarded by the University of Pennsylvania Society of the Alumni. Dr. Bowles is an active member of the American Medical Informatics Association, the American Nurses Association, and Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. Dr. Bowles is the Beatrice Renfield Visiting Nurse Scholar with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
Dr. Kathryn Bowles CV
Dr. Michael Breiner is a board-certified plastic surgeon who founded the Southwest Virginia Center for Cosmetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Roanoke, Virginia. He received his BS in Chemistry magna cum laude from Hampden-Sydney College in 1982 and his MD from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1985. His professional training includes prestigious fellowships at the University of Miami and Harvard University.
Throughout his educational and professional careers, Dr. Breiner has amassed honors and awards from membership in Phi Beta Kappa to Who’s Who Among Up-and-Coming Young Americans, Man of the Year (American Biographical Institute) to 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England). Dr. Breiner is a recognized leader in technology-driven approaches to medicine, ranging from skin cancer prevention, trauma patients and wound care to plastic and reconstructive surgery (in which he holds a patent for improved surgical procedure). He is a recognized teacher, author and media expert on all facets of plastic, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.
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