NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Somnia, Inc. announced today the appointment of Alicia Lenhart to the position of Director of National Development. In this role, Lenhart will be spearheading Somnia’s expansion into new business markets, as the company grows from a regional provider into a national service organization. Somnia’s calendar year 2005 development targets include the greater Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta areas among others.
Lenhart has been serving as the regional business development manager for Somnia’s upstate New York office. “Alicia has a proven track record in sales and strategic development,” said Richard J. Harris, senior vice president. “Her dedication and exuberant work ethic positions her to be a vital asset in assisting in the management of our growth process.”
Ms. Lenhart’s diverse 15 year career has focused on sales and management. Ms. Lenhart is a member of the Medical Group Management Association and is a graduate of East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania, where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Management.
About Somnia
Headquartered in New Rochelle, New York, Somnia provides office-based and ambulatory anesthesia services to physician’s offices and surgery centers throughout the United States. Office-based surgery is one of the fastest growing areas in medicine. Improved technology and short-acting anesthetics have enabled less invasive surgeries to become safer, more common and more conducive to an office setting. According to the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA), the overall volume of surgeries has increased dramatically in recent years, growing from 20 million to 40 million cases from 1981 to 1999, and is expected to surpass 50 million cases by 2006.
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