Henry Schein, Inc. Announces the Passing of Board Member E. Dianne Rekow
August 11, 2022 at 04:35 pm EDT
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Henry Schein, Inc. announced the passing August 11, 2022 of E. Dianne Rekow, DDS, Ph.D., a member of the Company's Board of Directors since 2014 and a leader in the development of digital dentistry. Dr. Rekow was also Professor Emeritus and Fellow at King's College London, where she served as Executive Dean of its Dental Institute and Professor of Orthodontics from 2012 through 2016. From 2002 to 2012, Dr. Rekow was a Professor of Orthodontics at New York University (NYU), during which time she was Senior Vice Provost of Engineering Technology at NYU and was Provost of Polytechnic Institute of NYU.
She was also a Senior Scholar of the Sante Fe Group, a leading think-tank dedicated to improving life through oral health. Dr. Rekow was an internationally known authority on the performance of new dental materials, capitalizing on her engineering education. Her teams carried out research into the use of bio-engineered tissue to facilitate bone replacement in individuals disfigured by disease or developmental defects.
She held a number of patents in the dental field and is the author of, or contributor to, more than one hundred publications. Dr. Rekow's career also included serving as President of both the International Association for Dental Research and the American Association of Dental Research. In 2012, she was elected to the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons in the UK.
Henry Schein, Inc. specializes in the distribution of care products and services intended for health professionals (doctors, surgeons, dentists, veterinary laboratories and clinics). Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- distribution of health care products and equipment (93.5%): dental products and equipment (65.4% of net sales; consumable products, laboratory equipment, print materials, implants, anesthetics, etc.) and medical equipment (34.6%; medicines, vaccines, vitamins, surgical material, diagnostic tests, etc.);
- other (6.5%): sale and integration of management software, financial, training, maintenance and equipment repair services.
The United States account for 69.9% of net sales.Henry Schein, Inc. specializes in the distribution of care products and services intended for health professionals (doctors, surgeons, dentists, veterinary laboratories and clinics). Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- distribution of health care products and equipment (93.5%): dental products and equipment (65.4% of net sales; consumable products, laboratory equipment, print materials, implants, anesthetics, etc.) and medical equipment (34.6%; medicines, vaccines, vitamins, surgical material, diagnostic tests, etc.);
- other (6.5%): sale and integration of management software, financial, training, maintenance and equipment repair services.
The United States account for 69.9% of net sales.