President and Chief Executive Officer

Howard Berger, M.D., co-founded RadNet in 1980 and serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  Dr. Berger has over 25 years of experience in the development and management of successful healthcare businesses.  He began his career in medicine at the University of Illinois Medical School, following college graduation from Western Reserve University in Cleveland.  He is Board Certified in Nuclear Medicine and trained in an Internal Medicine residency as well as in a masters program in medical physics in the University of California system.  Dr. Berger's extensive expertise in radiology and business operations, knowledge of the marketplace and personal relationships within the industry have afforded RadNet with the leadership, insight and experience necessary to successfully compete in a dynamic marketplace.

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Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – Western Operations

Norman Hames serves as RadNet's COO.  Applying his 20 years of experience in the industry, Mr. Hames oversees all aspects of facility operations.  His management team, comprised of Regional Directors, Site Managers and Sales Managers are responsible for responding to all of the day-to-day concerns of our facilities, patients, payers and referring physicians.  Prior to joining RadNet, Mr. Hames was President and CEO of his own company, Diagnostic Imaging Services, Inc. (DIS), which owned and operated 14 multi-modality imaging centers throughout Southern California.  Mr. Hames gained his initial experience in operating imaging centers for American Medical International (AMI) and was responsible for the development of AMI's single and multi-modality imaging centers.

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Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – Eastern Operations

Stephen M. Forthuber was named Senior Vice President, Field Operations of Radiologix in November 2005 after serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer of Radiologix, Inc.

Mr. Forthuber joined Radiologix in 2000 as Regional Director of Operations for the Northeast, where he was promoted to Regional Vice President for the Northeast in 2002. Mr. Forthuber has twenty-three years of healthcare experience, with eighteen of those years exclusively dedicated to radiology practice management.

Prior to joining Radiologix, Mr. Forthuber held various roles at PerSe Technologies' Physician Services Division, including Regional Vice President and Area Executive for the Northeast. As Area Executive, Mr. Forthuber was responsible for managing all aspects of the Physician Services' outsourced business services and consulting in the Northeast. From 1982 through 1995, Mr. Forthuber worked at Medical Management Sciences, Inc. (MMS), a private company providing outsourced Reimbursement Operations and Practice Management to Radiology and Radiation Oncology practices. Mr. Forthuber served in many roles at MMS, culminating as the company's Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Forthuber earned a B.A. in Business Administration from The College of William and Mary in Virginia.

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Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Jeffrey L. Linden received his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.  He was an attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1967 to 1968, and has been in private practice since that time.  Mr. Linden was chairman of the Business Organizations Section (1974-75) and President (1979) of the Century City Bar Association and is a member of the Corporation, Banking and Business Law and Health Law Sections of the American Bar Association.

Prior to joining RadNet, Mr. Linden's practice was diverse, representing healthcare organizations, banks, silver mines, shopping centers, among many other types of businesses.  He has lectured before numerous organizations on various topics, including California State Bar, American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncologists, California Radiological Association, and National Radiology Business Managers Associations.  Mr. Linden personally handled the roll-up, public financing, reorganization and sale to RadNet of Diagnostic Imaging Services, Inc., a large medical diagnostic imaging company in California.  He continues to provide us with legal and business advice in all areas of operations.

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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mark D. Stolper has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2004 and prior to that was an independent member of our Board of Directors. He is responsible for all aspects of the Company's financial functions and disciplines.

Prior to joining us, he had diverse experiences in investment banking, private equity, venture capital investing and operations. Mr. Stolper began his career as a member of the corporate finance group at Dillon, Read and Co., Inc., executing mergers and acquisitions, public and private financings and private equity investments with Saratoga Partners LLP, an affiliated principal investment group of Dillon Read. After Dillon Read, Mr. Stolper joined Archon Capital Partners, which made private equity investments in media and entertainment companies. Mr. Stolper also worked for Eastman Kodak, where he was responsible for business development for Kodak's Entertainment Imaging subsidiary ($1.5 billion in sales). Mr. Stolper was also co-founder of Broadstream Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based investment banking firm focused on advising middle market companies engaged in financing and merger and acquisition transactions.

Mr. Stolper graduated with a liberal arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a finance degree from the Wharton School. Additionally, Mr. Stolper earned a postgraduate Award in Accounting from UCLA.

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