HealthSouth Appoints Gregory L. Doody as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Mar 16, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- HealthSouth Corporation (OTC Pink Sheets: HLSH) today announced the appointment of Gregory L. Doody as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Doody had been serving as Interim Corporate Counsel and Secretary since September 2003.
"Greg is a talented and experienced attorney who has been an invaluable member of the HealthSouth team since joining the company last year," said Robert P. May, HealthSouth's Interim Chief Executive Officer. "Among his other numerous contributions, Greg has played an important role in the rebuilding of HealthSouth, especially in our ongoing efforts to improve HealthSouth's corporate governance and compliance structures."
Before joining HealthSouth, Doody was a partner of Balch & Bingham LLP, a regional law firm based in Birmingham, Ala., where he was a member of the firm's Financial Services and Transactions section and the Corporate, Tax and Finance section. While at Balch & Bingham, Doody's practice focused primarily in the areas of securities, corporate governance, capital markets transactions and financial services regulation. Prior to joining the legal profession, he was a manager in the financial reporting department of Schlumberger Limited and was an auditor with the accounting firm now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Doody also is a member of the Alabama State Bar, Birmingham Bar Association and American Bar Association and is a Certified Public Accountant in New York and Alabama. He is an active participant in several committees of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section, including the Corporate Governance Committee and the Law and Accounting Committee. In addition, Doody is a member of the Executive Committee of The Federalist Society's Corporations, Securities and Antitrust Practice Group and serves as an Advisor for Corporate Governance.
Doody is a graduate of Emory University School of Law in Atlanta and Tulane University in New Orleans.
About HEALTHSOUTH
HealthSouth is the nation's largest provider of outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and rehabilitative healthcare services, with nearly 1,700 locations nationwide and abroad. HealthSouth can be found on the Web at www.healthsouth.com .
For more information contact Andy Brimmer at 205-410-2777.
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