Date:9/1/2010

excellence in patient care, teaching and research.  The department is one of the largest in the United States and a national leader in developing the most recent radiation treatments for cancer patients.  The department is a component of Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR), which provides a rich endowment and remarkable environment for research and technology development.  The department consists of four divisions that include biology, physics and clinical divisions, plus a newly created division in bioinformatics and outcomes research.  Washington University School of Medicine is ranked among the nation's top five medical schools.

Ambulatory Services of America, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, is a diversified health care services company that provides alternative site services in partnership with physicians.  ASA, through its primary subsidiaries, Radiation Oncology Services of America, Inc. and Renal Services of America, Inc., owns, operates and manages facilities providing radiation oncology services and dialysis services.  ASA owns interests in and operates more than 45 dialysis centers and 18 radiation oncology centers in 12 states and the territory of Guam.  ASA also manages three other dialysis centers.

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