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Gerhard F. Burbach served as our President and Chief Executive from April 2005 to January 2006 and has served as a member of our Board of Directors since October 2004. He now serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Thoratec Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices used by patients with congestive heart failure. Before joining us as our President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Burbach served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bacchus Vascular, a developer of catheter-based medical devices for the removal of blood clots.
Prior to that, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Phillips Nuclear Medicine, a division of Phillips Electronics, from January 2001 to July 2003 and, before its acquisition by Phillips, worked for four years for ADAC Laboratories, most recently as President and General Manager of its nuclear medicine division. Mr. Burbach received a B.S. in industrial engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. | 