E-Z-EM appoints Echenberg

TriMed Staff | | Health Imaging | Artificial Intelligence
E-Z-EM Inc. has named Paul Echenberg as chairman of the board, replacing Howard Stern, who has subsequently been named chairman emeritus and will remain a member of the board.
   
Echenberg has been a director of E-Z-EM since 1987. He has served as chairman of the board of E-Z-EM Canada Inc. since 1994, and was chairman of the board of Surgical Dynamics and was instrumental in its sale to U.S. Surgical. He was also elected as chairman of the board of AngioDynamics Inc. in February 2004.
   
Prior to his association with E-Z-EM, Echenberg Echenberg was president and CEO and a director of Schroders & Associates Canada Inc., an investment advisory firm, and a director of Schroders Ventures Ltd since 1997.

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