Atlas promotes Tokushige

Provider of refurbished CT and MRI scanners Atlas Medical Technologies has named Glenn Tokushige North American sales manager.
   
Tokushige began his career as a nuclear medicine technologist and worked at several Southern California hospitals. During the last 25 years, Tokushige has sold x-ray, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, CT, and MRI equipment for companies such as Technicare Corp., ADAC, Philips and Apex Imaging.

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