May 13, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Tom Rosenberger, APR, Communications Department (513) 569-5260
CONTACT: Cindy Starr, MSJ, Communications Department (513) 584-2214

Ron Warnick, MD
Chairman of the Board

Raj Narayan, MD
Vice Chair

Bradley Mullen, MD
Treasurer

Thomas Saul, MD
Secretary

Mario Zuccarello, MD
Member At Large

A. Lee Greiner, MD
Member At Large

CINCINNATI, OH: The Mayfield Clinic Board of Directors has announced newly elected executive committee officers for 2004.

Ronald Warnick, MD, is the newly elected Chairman of the Board. Dr. Warnick has been with Mayfield since 1991 and has served as Treasurer since 2000. He is Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Division of Surgical Neuro-Oncology at the UC College of Medicine, and Medical Director of Neurosurgery at The Jewish Hospital.

Raj Narayan, MD, was re-elected Vice Chair. He also serves as Frank H. Mayfield Professor and Chairman of the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Narayan joined Mayfield in 2002.

Other newly elected officers include: Bradley Mullen, MD, Treasurer; Thomas Saul, MD, Secretary; Mario Zuccarello, MD, Member at Large, and A. Lee Greiner, MD, Member At Large.

Dr. Mullen has been with Mayfield since 1991 and a member of the Finance Committee since 2002. He also leads the Kentucky Political Action Committee process for Mayfield.

Dr. Saul, who joined Mayfield in 1981, is Chairman of the Section of Neurosurgery and Director of the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit at Good Samaritan Hospital, and Associate Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery at the UC College of Medicine.

Dr. Zuccarello joined Mayfield in 1993, and is Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Division of Cerebrovascular Surgery and the Division of Clinical Trials at the UC College of Medicine. He is also Chief of Neurosurgery at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a member of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Stroke Team.

A. Lee Greiner, MD, served as Chairman of Mayfield’s Board of Directors for the past 13 years. Dr. Greiner has led Mayfield through a significant time of growth, including recruitment of new physicians, expansion into new markets, development of a leadership transition process, and establishment of new business ventures such as the Mayfield Imaging Center and Precision Radiotherapy. In addition to his work as a neurosurgeon for Mayfield, Dr. Greiner also serves as Medical Director of the Neuroscience Service Line of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati.

The Mayfield Clinic is recognized as one of the nation's leading physician organizations for clinical care, education, and research of the spine and brain. With 16 neurosurgeons, one neuro-oncologist and one neuro-intensivist, Mayfield treats 20,000 patients from 35 states and 13 countries in a typical year. Mayfield's physicians have pioneered surgical procedures and instrumentation that have revolutionized the medical art of neurosurgery for brain tumors and neurovascular diseases and disorders. Mayfield’s affiliated entities include the Mayfield Spine Institute, Mayfield Imaging Center, Precision Radiotherapy Center, and the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery. Mayfield is also part of UC Physicians and The Neuroscience Institute.