MedaSorb Technologies Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, CytoSorbents, Inc., announced that Dr. Phillip Chan has officially joined the Company as interim Chief Executive Officer, replacing Al Kraus who stepped down at the end of December 2008.

The Company also announced that Al Kraus has been elected Chairman of the Board. Mr. William Miller has stepped down as Chairman after two years of service. Stated Mr. Kraus, "On behalf of myself and the Board of Directors, we thank Bill for sharing his extensive experience and valuable contributions to benefit the Company over the past couple of years. We wish him well in his new endeavors. Looking forward, I am pleased to continue to play a significant role in the Company, especially as we make considerable progress in patient enrollment in our European sepsis trial."

Also, Dr. James Winchester has stepped down from his position as Chief Medical Officer. As has been previously disclosed, Dr. Winchester's primary employment is with Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, as the Chief of its Nephrology Division. Due to increased restrictions on third party consulting agreements with his primary employer, Dr. Winchester elected to relinquish his position at MedaSorb. "Jim has been an integral part of our company for many years and we are indebted to him for all of his pivotal contributions to the Company and to the development and testing of our novel polymer resins. As a luminary in the field of hemoperfusion, he has been of tremendous help to the Company. We wish him much continued success," remarked Al Kraus.

Concurrent with Dr. Winchester's departure, MedaSorb announced that Dr. Robert H. Bartlett will join the Company as its new Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Bartlett is Professor Emeritus of Surgery at the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS). Prior to becoming Professor Emeritus in 2005, Dr. Bartlett was Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Chief of the Trauma/Critical Care division and Director of the Extracorporeal Life Support Program at UMHS.

Among Dr. Bartlett's many distinguished accomplishments, he is best known as the pioneer in the development of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine (ECMO), used to oxygenate blood in critically ill patients worldwide. He received his MD from the University of Michigan Medical School, cum laude, completed his general surgery residency at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, and was Chief Resident in thoracic surgery. He was also previously on the faculty at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Bartlett is the recipient of 26 separate research grants, 14 from the National Institutes of Health, including an RO1 grant for the development of a completely artificial lung. He has also received numerous national and international awards for his contributions to critical care medicine.

About MedaSorb, CytoSorbents and CytoSorb(TM)

MedaSorb Technologies Corporation with its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, CytoSorbents, Inc., is a medical device company focused on the treatment of sepsis with its proprietary CytoSorb(TM) resin. Sepsis, often called "overwhelming infection," afflicts more than 2 million people worldwide each year, killing one in every three patients, despite the best medical treatment. CytoSorb(TM) is designed to treat sepsis by broadly removing toxins from blood that cause organ failure and potentially death. The Company is currently evaluating CytoSorb(TM) in its 60-patient European sepsis trial.

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