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Satellite Healthcare Appoints New Senior Vice President of Business Development
Mountain View, CA, August 8, 2006 – Satellite Healthcare, Inc., a leader in the field of kidney disease,
today announced the appointment of Sergio O. Fernandez to the position
of senior vice president of business development and a member of the
company’s executive team. Mr. Fernandez will be responsible for
coordinating and overseeing all business development efforts for
Satellite Healthcare’s two dialysis provider subsidiaries: Satellite
Dialysis, which is focused on in-center hemodialysis; and WellBound,
which is exclusively focused on self-care dialysis therapies.
Mr. Fernandez brings to Satellite Healthcare more than twenty years
of sales and marketing experience, as well as P&L management in the
medical device industry. Most recently, he served as vice president of
U.S. sales and a member of the senior management team of Baxter
Healthcare’s U.S. renal business. Mr. Fernandez has also held various
sales positions with Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble. He
received his bachelor of science degree in marketing from Rutgers
University.
“We are pleased and excited to have Sergio join our team as we
continue to expand our dialysis provider business in California and
targeted markets throughout the U.S.,” said Mark Burke, Satellite
Healthcare’s chief executive officer. “He brings an impressive
track-record of success in leading a large organization and managing
growth in the renal business.”
“As a recognized high quality renal care provider, Satellite
Healthcare plays a unique role in our industry and possesses an
impressive portfolio of well differentiated services designed to
support nephrologists in delivering quality patient care,” said Sergio
Fernandez. “I look forward to working with the Satellite team in order
to broaden its mission of philanthropic giving, research and driving
the growth of the company’s dialysis provider businesses throughout the
U.S.”
ABOUT SATELLITE HEALTHCARE
Satellite Healthcare was founded in l974 by Norman Coplon, M.D. to
focus exclusively on kidney and kidney-related disorders. Satellite
Healthcare, with headquarters in Mountain View, CA., includes:
Satellite Laboratory Services, providing laboratory services to
dialysis facilities throughout the U.S.; Satellite Research, sponsoring
research through intramural clinical research and extramural research
grants; Satellite Capital, providing venture capital to early-stage
health care companies; Satellite Dialysis, offering multiple dialysis
programs to patients with kidney disease in Northern California; and
WellBound, the first healthcare services company dedicated exclusively
to the care of home dialysis patients. For more information, please
visit www.satellitehealth.com.
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