Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 30, 1999
STUART ESSIG has served Integra LifeSciences as President and Chief
Executive Officer since December 1997. Before joining the company, Mr.
Essig supervised the medical technology practice at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
As a Managing Director, Mr. Essig had 10 years of broad healthcare
experience at Goldman Sachs serving as a senior merger and acquisitions
advisor to a broad range of domestic and international medical
technology, pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. Mr. Essig received
an AB degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International
Affairs at Princeton University, and an MBA and a PhD degree in
Financial Economics from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of
Business. Mr. Essig also serves on the Boards of Directors of St. Jude
Medical Corporation, a cardiovascular company and Vital Signs, Inc., a
medical device firm specializing in single-use medical products for
anesthesia and critical care. Profile
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Mr. Essig: Integra LifeSciences is a medical
