Advanced ICU Care Hires Regional Sales Vice President

St. Louis, MO (April 28, 2010) - Today, Advanced ICU Care announced another new addition to the staff, bringing the total for the year to 18 new hires. Monica Lightman joins Advanced ICU Care as the company continues to see growth and new opportunities in its business pipeline. Advanced ICU Care is dedicated to delivering experienced critical care physicians (intensivists) through telemedicine and bedside care.

Lightman, a new vice president of regional sales, brings with her extensive sales experience in the healthcare IT, software, and product fields. She comes to Advanced ICU Care with more than 15 years of executive sales experience, most recently at Peminic Inc., a quality and patient safety software company. In her new role at Advanced ICU Care, Lightman will oversee sales and new business opportunities in the Northeast region.

"We are thrilled at the level of sales expertise and professionalism Monica will bring to our company," says Mary Jo Gorman, M.D., MBA, CEO of Advanced ICU Care. "Her proven ability as a motivated, detail-orientated customer relationship manager will play a key role in our continued client expansion and organizational success."

"Monica is yet another strong addition to our team," says Scott Turner, vice president of Sales and Marketing. "She brings deep knowledge of the industry and the region."

Ms. Lightman holds a bachelor of arts degree from Union College in Schenectady, NY, and has worked for organizations including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She was also the president and owner of Basically Brilliant, Inc. from 1995 to 2000, where she handled product invention, marketing and licensing.

About Advanced ICU Care Advanced ICU Care® is a medical service company that provides high-quality critical care to patients in the intensive care units (ICU) of community hospitals. Through experienced clinicians, supported by cutting-edge telemedicine technology and a proprietary process improvement program, Advanced ICU Care provides continuous ICU patient monitoring and improved care and safety outcomes to critically ill patients across the country. Hospital ICUs are linked with Advanced ICU Care's virtual ICU center in St. Louis, Mo. through a technology platform developed by VISICU, allowing Advanced ICU Care's board-certified intensivists (critical care medicine physicians) and critical care nurses to monitor hospital ICU patients from a central location. For more information, visit: www.icumedicine.com.

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