DiagnoCure’s Management
Dr Yves Fradet, M.D., FRCS(c)
President and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Yves Fradet is a co-founder of the Company. He graduated from Medical School at Laval University in 1976 and is member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada since 1981. He has been full professor of surgery/urology at Laval University since 1992 and he is the chairman of the department of surgery since 2000. He is also Director, Urology Services, and Director of the Experimental Uro-Oncology Laboratory at the CHUQ – Hotel-Dieu de Québec. Dr. Fradet studied at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York from 1981 to 1983, where he sub-specialized in urologic oncology. He is a member of several national and international associations and was the first Canadian member of the Urology Research Society. This society is limited to 100 members from all around the world admitted by invitation from the most recognized researchers in urology. He serves as consultant for numerous national and international organizations and he is a frequent invited speaker around the world. He was the founding President of the Canadian Urological Oncology Group, which conducts clinical trials in the field of genito-urinary cancers in Canada. He has published over 180 articles and more than 300 abstracts.
Valerie Palmieri
President, DiagnoCure Oncology Laboratories
With over 25 years experience in the laboratory services industry, Valerie Palmieri is a top level accomplished senior executive. After completing her Bachelors of Science in Medical Technology at the Western Connecticut State University (1983), Ms. Palmieri joined DIANON Systems in 1987. At the time DIANON was a start-up company, and Ms. Palmieri was a founding member of the leadership team that grew DIANON into a successful national laboratory services company. During her tenure at DIANON she held several executive positions responsible for laboratory services, business strategic planning, cost management, quality, customer retention and operations management. In 2003, Laboratory Corporation of America acquired DIANON and Ms. Palmieri was promoted National Vice President of Operations; in this capacity, she completed the franchising of DIANON to two additional sites, and launched several new diagnostic services. Over the past year, Ms. Palmieri served as a consultant with Momentum Consulting, which specializes in healthcare solutions. Valerie joined DiagnoCure in 2010 and is currently President of DiagnoCure Oncology Laboratories.John C. Schafer
Head, U.S. Commercial Operations
John C. Schafer cumulates over 30 years experience in the field of diagnostics, along with an excellent track record in management and growth of high technology diagnostics companies. He holds a BA in Biology and Chemistry from Carthage College (1972) and has advanced coursework in medical technology from St. Luke’s School of Medicine, health care administration from Central Michigan University, and finance from Boston University. Before joining DiagnoCure, Mr. Schafer led a Montreal based biosensor company with target applications in biodefense, medical diagnostics and immunodiagnostics. Prior to that, as President and CEO of Boston Medical Technologies, he led the introduction of an important new diagnostic instrument for physician treating patients with diabetic autonomic neuropathy. During his 14 years at Baxter International, Mr. Schafer held key sales, marketing and operational positions prior to being named president and general manager of several Baxter diagnostic divisions. Mr. Schafer spent three years as a Vice President of business development in the Life Science division of $6 billion consulting firm CAP-Gemini. He is the past director of numerous life sciences companies and has received numerous awards as a leading biotech entrepreneur. Mr. Schafer wasPresident and CEO of DiagnoCure from August 23, 2006 to February 15, 2010.
Paule De Blois, MBA
Senior Vice President, Operations
Paule De Blois holds a Bachelor of Political Science from Concordia University (1985), a Certificate in Marketing from Université du Québec à Montréal (1997) and an MBA in Strategy from McGill University (2005). She cumulates over 20 years of experience in management and consulting. Before joining DiagnoCure, Mrs. De Blois has been Manager, Administration (1985-1995) and Manager, Marketing (1995-1998) at two large insurance companies, and Senior Consultant at Aon Consulting (1998-2000) and at Mercer HR Consulting (2000-2005), where she advised several pharmaceutical companies on their organizational issues. She joined DiagnoCure in January 2005 and is currently Senior Vice President, Operations.
Frédéric Boivin
Senior Director, Finance and Administration
Frédéric Boivin holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Laval University since 1996. From 1996 to 2001, he was controller at four private companies managed by the same shareholder. Mr. Boivin joined DiagnoCure in March 2001 as Coordinator, Finance & Administration. On November 2003, Mr. Boivin was appointed as Director, Finance & Administration. He is currently Senior Director, Finance & Administration and assumes the functions of CFO in the interim.