Microsulis Medical (named for the Celtic goddess of healing waters, Sulis) manufactures and develops equipment and treatments centering around gynecological, neurological, dermatological, and vascular applications of microwave technology. Its lead products facilitate microwave endometrial ablation (MEA), a less invasive surgical alternative to a hysterectomy, and microwave tubal occlusion (MTO), used to target specific tumors in liver, lung, and bone cancer patients. Microsulis' MEA products and procedures are approved for use in the UK and the US. Venture capital firm 3i Group is one of the firm's major investors.

SUNY Upstate Medical University provides educational and medical services in Syracuse and surrounding Upstate New York areas. The medical campus features the University Hospital, a 370-bed, tertiary-care teaching and research hospital with numerous specialty departments and clinics, including Level I trauma, burn care, cancer treatment, AIDS care, diabetes treatment, neurosurgery, and pediatric centers. It also conducts community health outreach programs. As part of the State University of New York (SUNY), the medical complex also comprises four professional colleges (Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions, and Graduate Studies), an extensive Health Sciences Library, and clinical research facilities.

Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State (CP of NYS), a multi-service organization with 24 Affiliates, was founded in 1946 by families of children with cerebral palsy, and has become a nationally recognized leader in the care and treatment of people with many different types of disabilities. Together, our 17,000 employees provide services to over 85,000 people with disabilities, and their families, all across New York State.

ConnectiCare is one of the largest HMOs in Connecticut. In 1979 a group of doctors at Hartford Hospital planted the seeds for what would become ConnectiCare; today, the company's 240,000 members in Connecticut and western Massachusetts choose from HMO, PPO, or point-of-service options. It also provides dental and supplemental Medicare plans, as well as health savings and reimbursement accounts. ConnectiCare has a network of some 150 acute-care hospitals and about 35,000 care providers. The company is a subsidiary of Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP).

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing, information, and services in the United States and internationally. It offers access to diagnostic testing services through its network of laboratories and patient service centers; and interpretive consultation to patients and physicians. The company provides commercial clinical testing services, including routine clinical testing for blood chemistries, complete blood cell counts, urinalyses, pregnancy and other prenatal tests, microbiology testing, alcohol and other substance-abuse tests, and allergy tests; cancer diagnostics, such as anatomic pathology services; and gene-based and other esoteric testing, as well as various risk assessment services for insurance companies.

Sparks Health System brings good health to western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. The not-for-profit health system operates Sparks Regional Medical Center, a nearly 500-bed community-based hospital, along with a broad range of health care programs and diagnostic facilities. With Arkansas' oldest hospital (founded in 1887) as part of its operations, Sparks boasts an impressive lists of "firsts," including the state's first heart institute (Stanley E. Evans Heart Institute) and the state's first ultrasound equipment. However, an expensive renovation and economic woes pinched the company and in 2009 it was acquired by health care giant Health Management Associates (HMA).

HCA (AKA Hospital Corporation of America) operates roughly 170 acute care, psychiatric, and rehabilitation hospitals in the US and England. It also runs about 100 ambulatory surgery centers, as well as cancer treatment and outpatient rehab centers that form health care networks in many of the communities it serves. HCA has facilities in 20 states; about three-quarters of its hospitals are in the southern US (approximately 70 are in Florida and Texas). The hospital giant's HCA International operates its hospitals and clinics in the UK. HCA is planning to go public through a $4.6 billion initial public offering.

Home Instead has a network of some 900 franchises operating throughout the US and in more than a dozen countries internationally. Employees known as CAREGivers provide the elderly with one-on-one assistance in the home and at assisted living or nursing care facilities. Home Instead helps keep the elderly at home instead of in assisted living or nursing homes. The company -- operating under the name Home Instead Senior Care -- provides non-medical home care assistance for seniors. Its services are designed for people who are capable of managing their physical needs but require assistance, supervision, light housework, meals, errands, or simply companionship in order to remain in their homes.

Alfa Scientific Designs makes the tests that ensure the workers of the world are clean and sober (as well as healthy). The company manufacturers point-of-care drug tests and other in vitro diagnostic devices for physicians, hospitals, occupational health centers, and the criminal justice system. Alfa Scientific Designs' products help to detect the presence of cancer markers, fertility hormones, drugs of abuse, and infectious diseases. Established in 1996, Alfa Scientific Designs provides products to clients around the globe through a wide network of distributors and through direct ordering from the company.

DSI Renal is a leading provider of dialysis services in the United States to patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. We commenced operations in 2006 and we've grown through acquisition, development of new clinics, and organic growth.Persons with renal (kidney) disease who are in need of dialysis treatments will find state-of-the-art treatment with personalized care at DSI Renal's dialysis facilities.

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