TUSTIN--- Toshiba Names General Manager; Lawrence Dentice Will Focus on Expanding Market Presence and Enhancing Customer Loyalty

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. (TAMS) has named diagnostic imaging industry veteran, Lawrence Dentice, general manager, senior vice president and an officer of the company. Dentice has been Toshiba's vice president, sales, since he joined the company in 2002. Former general manager, Edwin Lodgek, has left the company.

"Larry Dentice has been a critical driving force behind Toshiba's recognition as a market leader in customer satisfaction, as reported by independent analyst organizations MD Buyline and KLAS Enterprises(a), and Toshiba's greater than 25 percent annual year-over-year growth," said Satoshi Tsunakawa, president. "We will rely on him to develop the strategies required to build on our success in CT with our industry-leading Aquilion(TM) multi-slice system and expand on the success of our other key modalities."

As general manager, Dentice will lead the full-line sales, marketing, service and business operations teams as well as the ultrasound business unit. He will focus on helping the company strengthen its presence in the U.S. market, expand its market share and improve profitability.

Dentice joined Toshiba from Inphact Inc. in Nashville, a PACS information technology company, where he was vice president of sales and marketing. Prior to that, he worked for Picker/Marconi Medical Systems in Cleveland, from 1985 to 2001. As vice president of U.S. sales, he helped that company earn 13 percent year-over-year sales growth. Dentice also worked for GE Medical Systems from 1974 to 1985 in engineering service and sales.

About Toshiba America Medical Systems

With headquarters in Tustin, Toshiba America Medical Systems markets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the United States. Toshiba Medical Systems Corp., an independent group company of Toshiba Corp., is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and information systems. Toshiba Corp. is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems. Toshiba has approximately 161,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $53 billion.

Aquilion(TM) is a registered trademark of Toshiba Medical Systems Corp.

(a) Toshiba has held the number one rating in CT with MD Buyline since

2002. The company holds more number one ratings (five in eight

categories) than any other industry vendor.

Toshiba achieved a leading rating among imaging vendors in the

KLAS 64-slice CT perception report released late last year.