LifeNet Health Announces International Operations Into Canada

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LifeNet Health, a leading allograft bio-implant company announces the appointment of Geoff Fournie as Vice President LifeNet Health and General Manager, LifeNet Health Canada.

LifeNet Health Canada, located in London, Ontario, will provide the highest quality allograft bio-implants and innovative allograft-based regenerative medicine solutions to the Canadian market. Fournie will be responsible for overseeing operations and developing appropriate strategies in Canada to help restore health to Canadian patients.

"We are excited about our international growth and being able to serve Canadians. Our bio-implants provide some of the best medical solutions, and our expansion into Canada is all part of our mission of saving lives and restoring health," said Rony Thomas, LifeNet Health CEO and President.

Fournie is a senior level executive with more than 20 years of progressive marketing, medical device, clinical affairs and strategy development experience. Before joining LifeNet Health, Fournie was a consultant to the Chairman at Trudell Medical in Ontario, Canada, and a Global Vice President at C.R. Bard, Inc., in London, England. Fournie received his M.B.A. from the University of Western Ontario-Richard Ivey School of Business.

LifeNet Health, a non-profit global leader in regenerative medicine, is the world's largest provider of bio-implants and organs for transplantation whose mission is saving lives and restoring health by advancing the field of tissue engineering. As a leader in engineering and processing tissue, LifeNet Health distributes more than 300,000 dental, cardiovascular, skin, and sports medicine bio-implants every year to restore health to patients around the world.

For additional information about LifeNet Health, visit
www.lifenethealth.org.

For further information: Dena Reynolds of LifeNet Health, 800-847-7831, [e-mail] Web Site: http://www.lifenethealth.org/