Digirad Corporation Board of Directors Appoints R. King Nelso...( POWAY Calif. Jan. 7 /- Digirad Co...),Health

POWAY, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digirad Corporation (Nasdaq: DRAD), a leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging products and services to physicians' offices, hospitals and imaging centers, today announced that its board of directors has appointed R. King Nelson, a director and member of the audit and governance committees, chairman of the board effective today.

Nelson, 50, has served on Digirad's board of directors since March 2004. He is currently president and chief executive officer of Uptake Medical. From April 2005 to September 2006 he was president and chief executive officer of Kerberos Proximal Solutions, Inc., a developer of medical devices used for the treatment of vascular disease. From May 1999 to December 2003, he was president and chief executive officer of VenPro Corporation, a medical device company that develops implants for venous vascular and cardiovascular medicine. Nelson has more than 18 years of executive-level experience at Baxter Healthcare Corporation, a health care company, including serving as president of Baxter's perfusion services business. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas Tech University and an MBA degree from the University of Miami.

Nelson commented: "I am pleased to have an opportunity to work with Digirad management, especially to further extend the reach of their centers of influence model in the U.S. Based on my experience on both device and services sides of healthcare, management has initiated a unique approach to providing key imaging services, services that address the needs of not only patients but also the physicians who provide those services, and I look forward to seeing this model play an increasing role in Digirad's growth and path to pro
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