The Low Dose Expert Panel will meet twice a year to discuss new ideas and investigate whether measures already agreed upon are having a positive impact. Siemens intends to use the discussions to spur the development of new features for its CT scanners and new training programs for its customers.

The panel's members are:
Hatem Alkadhi, MD, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Christoph Becker, MD, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany
Elliot Fishman, MD, Johns Hopkins University, U.S.
Donald Frush, MD, Duke University, U.S.
Jörg Hausleiter, MD, German Heart Center Munich, Germany
Willi Kalender, PhD, University of Erlangen, Germany
Harold Litt, MD-PhD, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.
Cynthia McCollough, PhD, Mayo Clinic, U.S.
Alec Megibow, MD, NYU-Langone Medical Center, U.S.
Michael Recht, MD, NYU-Langone Medical Center, U.S.
Dushyant Sahani, MD, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital,US
U. Joseph Schoepf, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, U.S.
Marilyn Siegel, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, U.S.
Aaron Sodickson, MD-PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, U.S.
Kheng-Thye Ho, MD, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology and hearing aids. Siemens offers its customers products and solutions for the entire range of patient care from a single source -- from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, and on to treatment and aftercare. By optimizing clinical workflows for the most common diseases, Siemens also makes healthcare faster, better and more cost-effective. Siemens Healthcare employs some 48,000 employees worldwide and operates around the world. In fiscal year 2009 (to September 30), the Sector posted revenue of 11.9 billion euros and profit of around 1.5 billion euros. For further information please visit: www.siemens.com/healthcare.

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