Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> June 2, 2004
DR. PAUL R. SOHMER, is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
of TriPath Imaging, Inc. He has served as Chairman of the Board of
Directors of TriPath Imaging since November 2000 and as President and
Chief Executive Officer since June 2000. Prior to joining TriPath
Imaging, Dr. Sohmer served as the President and Chief Executive Officer
of Neuromedical Systems, Inc., a supplier of cytology screening and
anatomic pathology diagnostic equipment and services to laboratories,
from 1997 through 1999. From 1996 until 1997, Dr. Sohmer served as
President of a consulting firm which he founded. From 1993 to 1996, he
served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Genetrix, Inc., a
genetic services company based in Scottsdale, Arizona. From 1991 through
1993, Dr. Sohmer was the Corporate Vice President of Professional
Services and President of the Professional Services Organization for
Nichols Institute, a clinical laboratory company, where he was
responsible for sales, marketing, information systems, logistics, and
clinical studies. From 1985 until 1991, Dr. Sohmer served as the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Pathology Institute in
Berkeley, California, during which time he founded and served as Medical
Director of the Chiron Reference Laboratory. Dr. Sohmer received a BA
degree from Northwestern University and an MD from Chicago Medical
School. Profile
Dr. Sohmer: TriPath Imaging was created in the summer of 1999 through
the merger of three companies, all of which had been
