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LIVINGSTON, NJ--(Marketwire -06/08/12)- Emergency Medical Associates was selected by CharterCARE Health Partners, headquartered in Providence, R.I., to provide emergency management services to Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center.

Emergency Medical Associates began staffing the emergency department at Our Lady of Fatima in North Providence on April 19, and will begin staffing Roger Williams Medical Center on June 20.

"Emergency Medical Associates is excited to begin our first client relationship in New England," said Raymond Iannaccone, MD, FACEP, chief executive officer of Emergency Medical Associates. "The CharterCARE System is a growing, vibrant care provider, and we're proud to begin serving its patients."

"The delivery of high-quality care is our primary objective in the emergency department and throughout our health system," said Kenneth H. Belcher, president and chief executive officer of CharterCARE Health Partners. "Our partnership with Emergency Medical Associates will provide our affiliate hospitals with direct access to best practices in emergency care and assure our patients with superior quality."

Our Lady of Fatima Hospital is a 269-bed hospital sponsored by the Diocese of Providence. The hospital includes one the region's most advanced surgical facilities, a recognized critical care pavilion, a range of outpatient diagnostic and specialty services, and dedicated programs in behavioral health and rehabilitation. The hospital's 33-bed emergency department sees close to 30,000 patients annually.

Roger Williams Medical Center is a 220-bed hospital affiliated with Boston University School of Medicine. It operates several residency and fellowship programs, including programs in internal medicine, infectious disease, hematology/oncology and surgical oncology. The medical center provides a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services, including a Joint Commission-accredited visiting nurse service. Its 27-bed emergency department sees 25,000 patients annually.

About Emergency Medical AssociatesEmergency Medical Associates (EMA) is a physician-led, physician-owned medical practice that specializes in emergency, hospitalist and urgent care medicine. Dedicated to providing exceptional solutions for the measurable success of our hospital partners, EMA is recognized for clinical excellence, quality service and sustained improved patient satisfaction. For more information, visit http://www.ema.net, http://www.facebook.com/EMANews or http://www.twitter.com/EMANews.

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06-06-2012 01:31 "How to" Choose a Speciality*.Working long hours,private practice,hands on(surgey,procedures) and NOT getting divorced is associated with high income*.

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07-06-2012 02:31 Technion American Medical School in Israel provides access to Nobel Prize and World-class research, while preparing students for the USMLE boards, residency matching and future positions in Medicine.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire -06/07/12)- Titan Medical Inc. (the "Company") (TMD.V)(TITXF) announced today that Dr. Dennis L. Fowler, MD, MPH has joined the Company as a consultant for the development of the Company's Insertable Robotic Effector Platform ("IREP") for single-site surgery.

"As a co-inventor of the IREP, Dr. Fowler's in-depth expertise in developing robotic surgical technologies and in performing laparoscopic surgery will be of great value to our team," said Craig Leon, Chief Executive Officer of Titan Medical Inc. "We believe, the advisory role he is going to take in the development of our single-site robotic surgery technology will be essential as we advance the IREP program from the development stage to clinical trials."

Dr. Fowler is Medical Director of the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Simulation Center and Director of the Reemtsma Center for Innovation and Outcomes Research in the Department of Surgery at Columbia. He joined the minimal access surgery field in 1990 when laparoscopic technology became available, and developed several new techniques for laparoscopic surgery, including laparoscopic colon surgery. In 2000, New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) recruited him from his directorship of the Allegheny Center for Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery in Pittsburgh to lead the newly formed Minimal Access Surgery Center (MASC) at both the Columbia and the Cornell campuses of NYPH. He continued in that role from 2000-2008 during which time he also served as Chief of the Division of General Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College (2002-2004) and Vice President and Medical Director for Perioperative Services at NYPH/Columbia (2004-2008).

While Director of MASC, Dr. Fowler pioneered the field of minimal access surgery as an innovator of both devices and procedures. His work with MASC involved surgical skills training and assessment for Columbia University Department of Surgery residents as well as for licensed practitioners. He has published extensively on the topics of minimally invasive surgery, technology development, and surgical education. In 2008, he received his MPH degree from Columbia University, and now focuses on improving healthcare outcomes through health systems research; designing, testing, and commercializing innovative healthcare technology (e.g., surgical robotics to reduce the complexity of minimal access surgery); and designing, testing, and implementing simulation training for healthcare providers.

At the very beginning of his career, Dr. Fowler was a Surgical Endoscopy Fellow in 1979-80 at the Massachusetts General Hospital after having previously graduated from medical school and having completed a general surgery residency in Kansas City.

About Titan Medical Inc.

Titan Medical Inc. is a Canadian public company (TMD.V)(TITXF) focused on the design, development and commercialization of new robotic surgical technologies. The Company is advancing the development of a robust product portfolio with the objective to meet current needs in surgical procedures which would benefit all stakeholders, including patients, surgeons, and hospitals. The Company's product portfolio includes solutions for both single-site and multi-port surgical procedures that are under-served by robotic and non-robotic minimally invasive techniques. Robotic surgery has developed over the past 10 years into a proven and growing method of treatment. According to a Robotic Surgery Equipment Manufacturing report, industry revenue is projected to increase at an average annual rate of 14.9% to $4.2 billion from 2011 to 2016. For more information, visit the Company's website at http://www.titanmedicalinc.com.

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By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff

A rhesus monkey escaped from its cage in late April at a Harvard Medical School animal research facility and injured a pig-tailed macaque while it roamed the room, according to a federal inspection report and a spokesman for the US Department of Agriculture.

The May 16 inspection report, posted online Thursday by the agency, cites the school for directly harming or endangering an animal and states that staff had not latched the cage properly.

The report says Harvard gave additional training to staff, and new procedures were put in place to prevent future problems. It said the injured monkey was recovering, but did not describe the extent of its injuries.

The incident occurred at a primate research facility in Boston. It is just the latest incident at a Harvard Medical School research facility. Over the last two years, four monkey deaths related to problems in animal care have been cited by the USDA at the New England Primate Research Center, the institutions Southborough research facility. The school was also cited for a primate death due to an overdose of anesthesia at the Boston research facility last year. Harvard Medical School has now been cited for a total of eight separate instances of directly endangering animals health or welfare in two years. In comparison, there were 25 such direct noncompliance incidents at research facilities nationwide in fiscal year 2011, according to David Sacks, a spokesman for the USDA.

The agency has been investigating other incidents at Harvard related to animal care, which could result in fines or warnings. Sacks said the agency plans to further investigate the new incident.

In a statement, Harvard Medical School said the incident was self-reported.

In keeping with our commitment to continuous quality improvement, we promptly conducted additional training of the laboratory staff and strengthened our procedures, the statement said.

In an e-mail, Jeanne McVey, a spokeswoman for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, said the direct noncompliance with animal welfare laws that Harvard was cited for was serious. She noted the inspection occurred weeks after the incident occurred, and at that time, according to the report, the monkey was responding well to treatment.

That probably means the injured monkey was still recovering after over three weeks, McVey wrote. It was likely a pretty serious injury.

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Considering his roots, Caleb Ashbrook's plan to enlist in medical school and then the Navy makes good sense: One grandfather served with the Marines in Vietnam, and the other was a Medical Corps veteran and ophthalmologist who started a nonprofit to provide eye surgeries for the poor around the world.

As one of this year's most accomplished seniors, Ashbrook, 18, will take the stage as salutatorian next week to welcome thousands of people to Fallbrook High School's 2012 commencement.

I sat down with Ashbrook in the bleachers at Warriors Stadium on Monday as he explained that his 4.5 grade-point average has been the result of a lifelong dream and more than a little competitiveness.

"I've known that I wanted to go into the medical field from a really young age, so I kind of knew that if I wanted to get into a (good) university, that's what I needed to do," he said, adding with a grin: "I also like being able to say I'm number one or two" in the grade books.

At every high school, each class of graduates delivers a few shining examples of academic and athletic accomplishment, and Ashbrook certainly fits the bill.

As an athlete, he played on the soccer, golf and cross-country teams, overcoming a recent knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus.

His academic record is spotless ---- expect nothing less from a kid whose mother runs her own kindergarten ---- and he is wrapping up a term as the student representative to the school board.

Recalling a few late-night board meetings, I asked Ashbrook if he had fallen asleep yet, and he laughed knowingly.

"During the financials, it gets pretty bad, I'm not gonna lie," he said.

But it has been an interesting year to be sitting at the table, he added: "There's been some interesting stuff going on with all the cuts. They had to make, like, $2 million in cuts ---- I'd never wrapped my head around how much money this school has to deal with. I didn't even know how much we cost."

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