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MINNEAPOLIS, July 30 /PRNewswire/ --
American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AMMD) announced today that
M. James Call has joined the company as executive vice president and chief
financial officer, effective immediately. Call, an executive with more than
20 years of product development, marketing, business development and financial
experience, previously served as chief financial officer of Interventional
Technologies, Inc. (IVT), a San Diego-based, high-growth, minimally invasive
interventional cardiology company. He succeeds Chief Financial Officer Greg
Melsen, who has left the company.
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"Jim's addition to the AMS team is an important step forward for the
company," said AMS President and Chief Executive Officer Doug Kohrs. "With
his broad financial and operational background and excellent reputation within
the financial community, Jim will help AMS achieve its aggressive financial
goals in the coming years. We fully intend to rapidly build upon our leading
urology franchise, and Jim will play an important role in that effort."
Kohrs continued, "Greg adeptly guided AMS' financial organization over the
last two and one-half years. Our recently completed secondary offering,
coupled with our premier urology distribution channel, has opened up many new
expansion opportunities for the company. The breadth of experience that Jim
brings to AMS will allow us to fully seize these opportunities."
At IVT, Call successfully led debt and equity financings to support the
company's nearly ten-fold revenue growth from 1995 to 2001 when it was
acquired by Boston Scientific. Prior to IVT, Call served as vice president of
planning and development and CFO for Medalist Industries, a leading
manufacturer and distributor of engineered fasteners. At Medalist Industries,
he refocused the company and grew sales to $130 million from $55 million while
quadrupling its market value within four years. He received a master's degree
and MBA from the University of Chicago, and a bachelor's degree from Brigham
Young University.
American Medical Systems, headquartered in Minneapolis, is a medical
technology company with 500 employees worldwide. AMS products include a large
portfolio of devices to treat both male and female incontinence, devices for
the diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction, devices for urethral
obstruction caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH or enlarged prostate
disease) and advanced surgical products used in transurethral resection of the
prostate. The company markets its products in more than 60 countries
worldwide. For more information about AMS, visit our Web site at
http://www.visitAMS.com
SOURCE American Medical Systems
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CONTACT:
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Medical Systems, Inc., +1-952-930-6179, doug.kohrs@visitams.com ,
or Marian Briggs, mbriggs@psbpr.com , or Nancy A. Johnson,
njohnson@psbpr.com , both of Padilla Spear Beardsley,
+1-612-871-8877, for American Medical Systems, Inc.
