Michael P. Whitman founded Power Medical Interventions, Inc. with Gerald Dorros, M.D. in October 1999 and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our Board of Directors since our inception. Before founding our company, Mr. Whitman served as Vice President of Marketing at Olympus America Inc., a manufacturer of endoscopes and medical imaging systems, from April 1998 to October 1999. He has worked for several subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson, serving as Vice President of Sales and as Director of Sales and Marketing for Cordis Endovascular from June 1995 to April 1998, Regional Sales Manager for Ethicon Endo-Surgery from September 1992 to October 1993, and Group Product Director for Ethicon, Inc. from May 1991 to September 1992. Before that he held product development positions at both Ethicon Endo-Surgery and Johnson & Johnson Interventional Systems. Mr. Whitman also served as Director of Marketing for Synthes Spine Company, LP, a provider of instruments, implants and tools for orthopedic and spine surgery, from December 1993 to June 1995. Mr. Whitman received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and Economics from Lafayette College.

Kenneth S. Abramowitz has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2005. Mr. Abramowitz is a Managing General Partner and co-founder of NGN Capital LLC, a healthcare venture capital fund. He joined NGN from The Carlyle Group in New York where he was Managing Director from 2001 to 2003. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Abramowitz worked as an Analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. for 23 years. Mr. Abramowitz currently sits on the Board of Directors of EKOS Corp., Ivivi Technologies, Inc., MultiPlan, Inc., Option Care, Inc., OptiScan Biomedical Corp. and Small Bone Innovations, Inc. Mr. Abramowitz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.

David R. Murray was appointed as a member of our Board of Directors in September 2007, to take effect immediately following the completion of our initial public offering. Mr. Murray has since 2004 been President of Conmed Electrosurgery, a provider of electrosurgical instruments that is a division of Conmed Corporation. Prior to joining Conmed, Mr. Murray operated his own consulting business for nine years where he served as interim CEO in early stage medical device companies, assisting them to develop and implement strategies to drive growth and investment. From 1996 to 2001, he also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CryoGen, Inc., a womens' healthcare company. Prior to starting his consulting business Mr. Murray worked for seventeen years at Johnson & Johnson companies, in a number of roles, including Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Ethicon, Inc. and as President of Critikon. Mr. Murray holds a B.S. in Industrial Management from Purdue University and a M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Gerald Dorros co-founded our company with Mr. Whitman in 1999 and has served as a member of our Board of Directors since our inception. He is an interventional cardiologist and cardiovascular interventionist, and has served as the Medical Director of the Dorros Feuer Interventional Cardiovascular Disease Foundation Ltd., since 1983. He also served as the President of the Arizona Heart Institute Foundation from 1997 to 2000 and previously was a partner of the Milwaukee Heart and Vascular Clinic from 1981 to 1997. Dr. Dorros has held clinical professorships in medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Columbia University, State University of New York, and University of Illinois. Dr. Dorros received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1964, and a medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in 1968. He has received honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Yeshiva University and Colby College.

The Honorable James R. Locher III has been a member of our Board of Directors since 1999 . Since 1993, Mr. Locher has written, lectured, consulted, and served on commissions related to the organization of the United States Department of Defense. Currently, he is serving as Executive Director of the Project on National Security Reform, an effort to reorganize the U.S. national security system. From 2003 to 2004, he served as Chairman of the Defense Reform Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Locher was Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. From 1978 to 1986, Mr. Locher served on the staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He has also held staff positions in the White House and the Pentagon. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, received a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Hampden-Sydney College

John C. Moran has been a member of our Board of Directors since 1999. Since 1997, Mr. Moran has been a private investor. From 1990 to 1997, Mr. Moran served as the first President of Synthes Spine Company, LP, an affiliate of Synthes, Inc., that makes instruments, implants and tools for orthopedic and spine surgery. From 1979 to 1990, Mr. Moran served in various capacities at Synthes USA, another affiliate of Synthes, Inc., including Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Moran is also a member of the Board of Directors of Advanced Biomaterials Systems, Anika Therapeutics, Inc., Christini Technologies, Inc., Paradigm Spine, LLC and Rainier Technologies Corporation. Mr. Moran received a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

Lon E. Otremba has been a member of our Board of Directors since October 2006. Since 2005 he has been the Principal Managing Partner of Otremba Management Advisory LLC, a strategic and operational management advisory firm. Mr. Otremba also served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Muzak, LLC, a provider of commercial music services, from 2003 to 2005. Prior to joining Muzak, Mr. Otremba served as Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Operations of the AOL Interactive Marketing Group of Time Warner, from 2002 to 2003, and as Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning, of the AOL Time Warner Local Partnership Group from 2001 to 2002. Mr. Otremba currently also serves on the board of directors of Artes Medical, Cardium Therapeutics, Access 360 Media, and EEI Communications. He is also a trustee and treasurer of Buckley Country Day School. Mr. Otremba holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing and economics from Michigan State University.