Genoptix Announces the Addition of New Members to Board of...( CARLSBAD Calif. Aug. 1 /- Genopti...),Health

CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genoptix, Inc. (Nasdaq: GXDX), a specialized laboratory services provider, announced the election of Karin Eastham and Laurence R. McCarthy, Ph.D. to its Board of Directors, effective as of July 30, 2008. Ms. Eastham has been elected to serve as a Class I director of Genoptix until the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and will also serve on the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Dr. McCarthy has been elected to serve as a Class II director of Genoptix until the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and will also serve on the Compliance Committee of the Board of Directors.

"We look forward to the contributions of Ms. Eastham and Dr. McCarthy as members of the Genoptix Board of Directors. Each bring their individual expertise in their fields and personal style of leadership, adding diversity of opinion and further strengthening the leadership of the company as we move forward," said Dr. Tina Nova Bennett, president and CEO of Genoptix.

Karin Eastham has served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Trustee for the Burnham Institute for Medical Research since 2004. Prior to this, Ms. Eastham was the Senior Vice President of Finance and the Chief Financial Officer for Diversa Corporation. She has also served in similar senior level management roles at Combichem, Inc., Cytel Corporation and Boehringer Mannheim Diagnostics. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors for multiple life science companies including Illumina, Inc., and Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. She also serves on the boards of Tercica, Inc. and SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which have entered into definitive merger agreements pursuant to which such companies will be acquired by Ipse
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