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Echo Healthcare Announces XLNT Veterinary Care Hiring of Dr. Stephen EttingerPublish Date : 3/15/2007Echo Healthcare Announces XLNT Veterinary Care Hiring of Dr. Stephen Ettinger as Chief Medical OfficerThursday March 15, 4:05 pm ET VIENNA, Va., March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echo Healthcare Acquisition Corp. ("Echo" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: EHHA - News), a blank check company, announced today that XLNT Veterinary Care, Inc. ("XLNT"), a provider of veterinary primary care services to companion animals through a network of fully-owned veterinary hospitals, has hired Dr. Stephen Ettinger, D.V.M., as the Company's newly appointed Chief Medical Officer, effective immediately.
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Ettinger comes to the XLNT family through the acquisition of his hospital, California Animal Veterinary Specialists located in Los Angeles.Dr. Ettinger brings more than 40 years of experience in the veterinary care industry to XLNT and will chair the Medical Advisory Board at XLNT.We expect his extensive experience will help keep XLNT on the leading edge of veterinary medicine."
Prior to joining XLNT, Dr. Ettinger was director of the California Animal Hospital Veterinary Specialty Group in Los Angeles, one of the oldest and best recognized practices in the state.Prior to that, Dr. Ettinger was a co-founder of Berkeley Veterinary Medical Group, which was the first group veterinary specialty practice in the United States.During this period, Dr. Ettinger was also a Clinical Professor of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis from 1972 until 1980.
Dr. Ettinger graduated from Cornell University and completed intern and resident training at the Animal Center in New York City.He was a National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow in Cardiology in New York for seven years.His areas of expertise include small animal veterinary internal medicine, small animal cardiology, hospital management and professional veterinary development.He is a Diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology and Internal Medicine), a Fellow (FACC) of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (FAHA).