Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> April 6, 2009
BRUCE J. HABER, with nearly 30 years of management achievements in the medical
distribution business, has served since 2003 as Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of Emergent Group Inc., a leading provider of mobile laser and
surgical equipment in 16 states on a per-procedure basis to hospitals,
outpatient surgery centers and physicians' offices. He is currently the
company's largest shareholder. During his tenure there, as well as his
consulting work for Emergent Group from 2001 to 2003, Mr. Haber has been
instrumental in restructuring the company's debt, restoring positive cash flow,
strengthening senior management, liquidating unprofitable business segments and
positioning the firm strategically for future growth. He entered the medical
distribution field in 1981 as President, CEO and Director of Micro Bio-Medics,
Inc., and acquired Caligor Medical Supply Company, a distributor of physician
and hospital supplies that grew to become the largest regional medical supply
distributor in the country under his leadership. The company was merged with
Henry Schein, Inc., in 1997 and Mr. Haber served for two years as an Executive
Vice President and Director with Schein, as well as President of the company's
$800 million Medical Group, the nation's largest physician supply distributor.
Mr. Haber's private investment and consulting company, BJH Management, LLC, has
since 2001 continued its involvement with business turnarounds and private
equity investments. He also serves as a Director of several privately held
companies and as a trustee of Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New Profile
Mr. Haber: Emergent Group rents surgical and other sophisticated medical
equipment to hospitals and physicians on a per procedure basis. This involves
