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John Donahue  

Chairman & CEO of axialHealthcare

John J. Donahue, has a 30-year track record of unlocking value in pain management, hospital medicine, radiology benefits management, clinical laboratory, pharmaceutical, vaccine, health information technology and entrepreneurial ventures. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of axialHealthcare, the nation’s leading pain medication and pain care solutions company, based in Nashville, TN.

Most recently, he was the President and CEO of Cogent Healthcare, the country’s largest private hospital medicine company, also based in Nashville. He was the Co-founder and CEO of the pioneering Radiology Benefit Management company, National Imaging Associates (NIA), which was sold to Magellan Health Services (NASDAQ: MGLN), and he served as Chairman and CEO of the radiology services business unit. Earlier in his profession, he worked in Paris, France as the CFO of Rhone- Poulenc Rorer’s European Business, now Sanofi (NYSE: SYN). Throughout John’s career, he has testified before Congress on various healthcare matters and currently serves on select healthcare and HCIT company boards.

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