What Happened?
Madison, NJ-based Quest Diagnostics Incorporated has promoted Michael Prevoznik to General Counsel.
About the Company
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is the leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services that patients and doctors need to make better healthcare decisions. The company offers physicians the broadest test menu (3,000+ tests), is a pioneer in developing innovative new tests, is the leader in cancer diagnostics, provides anatomic pathology (AP) services, & interpretive consultation through its medical & scientific staff of about 900 M.D.s & Ph.D.s. The company has about 42,000 employees, serves approximately ½ of all physicians & hospitals in the U.S., & reported 2011 revenues of $7.5 billion. Quest Diagnostics offers the most extensive clinical testing network in the U.S., with laboratories in most major metropolitan areas, & in Mexico, the UK & India. The company also operates four esoteric laboratories, 40 outpatient AP laboratories, & 160 smaller, rapid-response laboratories. Patients may have specimens collected in any of the company’s approximately 2,000 patient service centers. On a typical workday, testing is performed for about 550,000 patients. Quest Diagnostics empowers healthcare organizations & clinicians with state-of-the-art connectivity solutions. The company is the leading provider of pre-employment drugs-of-abuse screening for employers & risk assessment services for the life insurance industry. It is the world’s 2nd largest provider of clinical trials testing for new pharmaceuticals.
About the Person
Michael E. Prevoznik is Senior Vice President, Legal and Compliance, and General Counsel for Quest Diagnostics. In addition to ensuring that Quest Diagnostics meets all of its legal requirements as a public company, he is also responsible for regulatory compliance, security and government affairs. In 2011, he also assumed responsibility for the company’s International and Clinical Trials activities. He was appointed Vice President and General Counsel in 1999, and was named a Senior Vice President in 2003. Mr. Prevoznik joined Quest Diagnostics in 1999 through the acquisition of SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories (SBCL). He joined SBCL in 1994 as Chief Legal Compliance Officer, and in 1996 was named Vice President and Chief Legal Compliance Officer for SmithKline Beecham Healthcare Services. In 1998, he was appointed Vice President, Compliance, for SmithKline Beecham, a role in which he developed and led the company’s global compliance activities. Prior to joining SmithKline Beecham, Mr. Prevoznik represented SBCL as outside legal counsel as an Associate with Dechert Price & Rhoads of Philadelphia, where he specialized in healthcare and general corporate law. Mr. Prevoznik holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Notre Dame, and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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