NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Somnia, Inc., North America’s leading provider of office-based and ambulatory anesthesia services, today announced the appointment of Michael Klein of New City, New York as Director of Corporate Human Resources. Klein will have overall responsibility to provide the human resources support and guidance to better serve the needs of all Somnia physicians and administrative employees.
Included in that accountability will be the company’s employment administration, recruitment and candidate selection, and it’s benefit and liability management. Additionally, Mr. Klein will manage the government compliance process, the performance management, and the professional training and development processes.
“We are thrilled to have a seasoned professional such as Michael on board,” said Jonathan S. Friedman, Chief Operating Officer of Somnia, Inc. “He will work very well in conjunction with our strategic planning efforts to bring common-sense solutions to our human resources needs.”
Mr. Klein brings over 29 years of human resources experience to Somnia, including managing all aspects of employee relations and human resources activities for a variety of companies in the healthcare and insurance industries. Most recently, Mr. Klein served as Vice President of Human Resources for Executive Health Exams International, a national provider of preventive health services. In this role, he was instrumental in developing corporate policy and procedures for compliance with regulations; and served as a consultant to senior management, diagnosing and recommending solutions that impacted management development, employee relations, retention and organizational structure. Mr. Klein is a graduate of Rutgers University in New Jersey, and is a national member of the Society for Human Resource Management and the American Management Association.
About Somnia:
Somnia, Inc. provides comprehensive anesthesia services to office-based surgical practices and ambulatory surgery centers throughout the United States. The company is a management service organization headquartered in New Rochelle, NY. 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 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.
Somnia, Inc.
CONTACT: Anthony J. Guglielmi, Dir. of Corporate Communications ofSomnia, Inc., Office - +1-877-476-6642, Pager - +1-877-405-5088
Web site: http://www.somniainc.com/
