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TOKYO, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

PENTAX Medical, a division of HOYA Group, has announced the appointment of Dr.

Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA to the position of Chief Medical Officer of PENTAX

Lifecare Division (PENTAX Medical) as of April 1st, 2022.

"We are pleased to have Dr. Klaus Mergener support PENTAX Medical in driving

our mission to become the preferred choice in flexible endoscopy from screening

to therapeutics providing for integrated solutions to optimize patient care,"

said Rainer Burkard, Global President of PENTAX Medical.  

Dr. Mergener is a clinical gastroenterologist with special interest and

expertise in interventional endoscopy and cancer prevention. He currently

serves as an Affiliate Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington in

Seattle, Washington and maintains a busy endoscopic practice.

Dr. Mergener attended medical school in Frankfurt and Heidelberg, Germany, and

at Duke University and Harvard University in the U.S. He completed his

MD/PhD-thesis summa cum laude with 2008 Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Harald zur

Hausen at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg. He then returned to

Duke University for his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship

training in gastroenterology and interventional endoscopy. He received his MBA

from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Dr. Mergener is a member of several professional organizations including the

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) where he served as

President from 2020 to 2021 and as Vice Chair of its Foundation from 2014 to

2018. He is also actively involved in the American College of Gastroenterology

(ACG), the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and the World

Endoscopy Organization (WEO).

"A close collaboration between endoscopists and industry has always been the

key to innovation and clinical progress in our field", said Dr. Mergener. "I

applaud PENTAX Medical for seeking to further enhance their partnership with

the medical community to provide optimal support for the work we do on behalf

of our patients. I am very much looking forward to assisting the global PENTAX

Medical team in this effort."

Rainer Burkard commented: "Working closely with professional medical

organizations and key opinion leaders around the world is critically important

for PENTAX Medical to identify medical trends, and to partner in clinical

studies and education. We are excited to have Dr. Mergener support these

efforts and look forward to working jointly on developing solutions that will

enhance users' experience and optimize patient care."

About PENTAX Medical

PENTAX Medical is a division of HOYA Group. The company's mission is to improve

the standard of patient care and quality of healthcare delivery by providing

the best endoscopic products and services with a focus on QUALITY, CLINICALLY

RELEVANT INNOVATION, and SIMPLICITY. PENTAX Medical strives to align with the

healthcare community's Triple Aim goals through transparent partnerships with

its customers and by providing the highest quality solutions to help them reach

their goals, including enabling customers to improve patient outcomes by

offering evidence-based solutions across the continuum of care; ensuring value

by supporting the customers to improve their efficiency and minimize their

healthcare costs; and enriching patient and provider's experience by empowering

every member of the care team to achieve optimal outcomes through products,

education, and support.

Focused on the outcome instead of technological features, PENTAX Medical

listens to the healthcare community and their patients, understands their daily

obstacles and helps improve endoscopy with smart innovations.

For more information: www.pentaxmedical.com

SOURCE  HOYA Corporation PENTAX Medical

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