TVC, Inc. Hires Medical Industry Veteran as New President and Chief Executive.

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CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2004

Lew Bennett, a 45-year veteran of the medical industry, has been named the president and chief executive officer of TVC, Inc., a company that develops service-line process improvement, education and management programs for the health care industry.

A medical consultant for the past 15 years, Bennett has analyzed the operations of 535 orthopaedic and neuro practices and performed consulting work for 30 universities.

He is widely known in orthopaedic-industry circles and has made the rounds on the lecture circuit, delivering speeches to the Eastern Orthopaedic Association, Mid-America Orthopaedic Association and numerous other professional organizations.

"We're extremely pleased to have someone of Mr. Bennett's experience and professionalism as a member of our senior-management team," said TVC founder John P. Barrett, Jr., M.D. "His reputation among peers in our industry is impeccable."

Bennett started his career in 1956 with Ethicon, a division of Johnson & Johnson, eventually rising to regional sales manager. In 1966, he was one of the founders of Howmedica, now Stryker Orthopaedics.

From 1974 to 1979, Bennett was a full partner and president with Dillon Manufacturing Company, and later served as the president of six divisions when the company became part of General Medical Corporation.

In 1980, he joined Richards - Smith & Nephew as senior vice president and general manager of the company's general surgical division. Eleven years later, in 1991, he became a corporate officer with Danek, a spinal implant company, which later became Medtronic Sofamor Danek Group.

Before starting his consulting business, Bennett was the executive vice president of NuVasive, Inc., a developer of spine-surgery solutions.

Bennett currently serves on the board of directors of PAS Asset Acquisition, NuVasive, and co.don(R) AG, a Berlin, Germany-based company that specializes in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. He is a former member of the board of directors of Orthovita, the American Heart Association, the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, and Volunteer Health Overseas. He also served on the board of trustees of the American Sports Medicine Institute.

Bennett is a graduate of Falls Business College in Nashville, Tenn.

Headquartered in Clearwater, Fla., TVC, Inc. develops service-line process improvement, education and management programs for the health care industry. The company's programs, now in use in more than 500 hospitals, offer customized processes and tools that address joint replacement, spine care, cardiology and vascular treatment, medial imaging, cancer, women's health care and solutions for the operating room.

TVC programs were developed through partnerships with "Best Practices" in each specialty and have been recognized by medical professionals, hospital systems, teaching institutions and medical-industry trade publications. The company's orthopaedics program, Joint Ventures(R), was the winner of the "Best Disease Management Award" presented by the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

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