Features Healthcare

Dentists nearing retirement—or those who don’t want to handle the headaches associated with owning a small business—have something to smile about. Business at Chicago-based Elite Dental Partners, a five-year-old dental service organization, is on the rise, according to its Chief Legal Officer Tracy Jacobson. Buying more than 90 dental practices nationwide in the past two […]

It’s a long drive from the Nutmeg State to Music City, and the 1,000 mile road from Connecticut to Nashville has proved quite the career path for Melissa Leigh. Now the general counsel and chief compliance officer for Kepro, Leigh’s days are filled with navigating the gamut of regulations and laws aimed at guiding the […]

There was a time when Kevin Dineen plied his legal and business skills for an enterprise that provided eyeglasses. Stylish and quality specs too, Luxottica Group’s extensive offerings including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Versace, Chanel, Giorgio Armani and around a score more. Since 2017, however, Dineen can joke that he’s changed sides, opting for a company that […]

Should you ever see a radiologist from Radiology Partners in action—say, reviewing an MRI on an injured knee or an abdominal CT scan from an emergency room visit—one of the first things you’d notice is the number of screens. To the untrained eye, it all seems a bit confusing; a mishmash of images and charts. […]

It’s been a long journey for Moses Vargas, from doing missionary work in Guatemalan villages where paved roads were rare to living and working in one of New England’s largest cities. Along the way, he endured more than his fair share of challenges, before finding a new career calling—one that  gave him the chance to […]

After 30 years in the business, there’s one concept that still resonates with Stewart Byrne. Simplicity. After all, life with technology should be easier he says To that end, simplifying the customer purchase experience is the focus for Byrne, vice president and regional general counsel for the Americas for the multinational Florida technology company. “Our […]

Its facilities stretching from one end of Chile to the other, Red de Clinicas Regionales has been responding to that country’s health care needs since its 2003 founding. Emergency rooms, critical patient units, surgical pavilions, specialty services—the network has long had all of those amenities in place. But for around 15 years it operated without […]

When your first job out of law school disappears because the firm goes under before you can even start, your career path gets bumpy. Such was the case for Christina Steiner, who thought she was all set as she graduated law school in 2009. She had a foot in the door at a firm, the […]

Its medical lasers are widely considered some of the best in the world. The TAXUS Stent, used to open clogged arteries, has given thousands of patients a new lease on life. Scan the company’s products tab and you’re met with a head-spinning lexicon, from atherectomy systems to uteroscopes. For more than 40 years, Boston Scientific […]

Waking up to address a court case in Colombia; picking up the phone to discuss legal concerns in Argentina after morning coffee; touching base with a client in Paraguay at lunchtime; and catching up with the sales department in Palo Alto, California, by close of business. Such is a pretty diversified—yet typical—day for Fabiola Ferro […]