Mednax Income Grows 20% in Q4

Brian Bandell

Mednax saw its net income grow 19.5 percent in the fourth quarter as it continued its medical practice acquisition

Roger Medel, MD

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The Sunrise-based pediatric and anesthesiology practice ownership company (NYSE: MD) had net income of $79 million, or 78 cents a share, on revenue of $567.4 million in the fourth quarter.

Mednax is led by CEO Roger Medel, MD. 

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Source: SFBJ

 Radiation Shield Technologies chief shifts from medical doctor to inventor   

Ronald DeMeo is an anesthesiologist and spine specialist, an inventor and entrepreneur, a father and husband, an amateur boxer and cyclist.

And for his next trick: DeMeo has become a bra maker and salesman.

"People don't appreciate how tremendously complicated a well-made bra is," DeMeo said last week, holding a black underwire model embellished with a pink ribbon in the center. "It's a three-dimensional garment with something like 25 sew steps."

DeMeo's $69.99 bras do more than support - they protect. Lined with Demron, a patented fabric created by DeMeo (Demron is an anagram of his name), the bras block radiation emitted by everything from X-ray machines to nuclear blasts.

Several hundred units of Demron bras are stacked and ready for shipment at DeMeo's Radiation Shield Technologies factory in Miami Gardens.

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Source: Miami Herald

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