Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> December 18, 2000

Luis Lopez – Corgenix Medical Corporation (cogx)

LUIS R. LOPEZ, MD, has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company and of the company's operating subsidiary since it was founded in July 1990. From 1987 to 1990, Dr. Lopez was Vice President of Clinical Affairs at BioStar Medical Products, Inc., a Boulder, Colorado diagnostic firm. From 1986 to 1987, he served as a Research Associate with the Rheumatology Division of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado. From 1980 to 1986, he was Professor of Immunology at Cayetano Heredia University School of Medicine in Lima, Peru, during which time he also maintained a medical practice with the Allergy and Clinical Immunology group at Clinica Ricardo Palma in Lima. From 1978 to 1980, Dr. Lopez held a fellowship in Clinical Immunology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He received his MD degree in 1974 from Cayetano Heredia University School of Medicine in Lima, Peru. He is a clinical member of the American College of Rheumatology, and a former corresponding member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Dr. Lopez is licensed to practice medicine in Colorado, and is widely published in the areas of immunology and autoimmune disease. He served, for over four years (1996-2000) on the Board of Directors of DDx, Inc., a Denver, Colorado privately held biotechnology firm. Profile
Simpson, Douglass T.
Douglass T. Simpson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Corgenix Medical Corporation, has been with the company since 1992. Before joining Corgenix, he was Managing Partner at Venture Marketing Group, a health care and biotechnology marketing firm, and in that capacity, served as a Consultant to the company from 1990 to 1992. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Simpson was employed by Kallestad Diagnostics, Inc., a global diagnostics company that was acquired by Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, where Mr. Simpson served as Vice President of Marketing in charge of all marketing and business-development activities worldwide. From 1973 to 1984, Mr. Simpson held various marketing positions at Helena Laboratories Corporation. Mr. Simpson holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology and chemistry from Lamar University. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a brief overview and profile of Corgenix Medical

Corp.?

Dr. Lopez: Corgenix Medical Corporation was first established in 1990 as

a privately held company, and went