Aviva Belsky Promoted to Publisher of Contemporary Surgery

MONTVALE, N.J., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Jenny Day, Senior Vice President and Group Publisher of Dowden Health Media’s Professional Division, today announced the promotion of Aviva Belsky to the position of Publisher of Contemporary Surgery.

Ms. Belsky joined Dowden in September 2003 as Senior Account Manager for Contemporary Surgery and OBG Management, and has expanded the base of activities on these titles significantly. In November 2006, she rose to the position of Associate Publisher of the Professional Division. In addition to her new role as publisher of Contemporary Surgery, Ms. Belsky will remain Associate Publisher of OBG Management.

“Aviva brings tremendous experience, creativity, energy, drive and leadership to this position,” Ms. Day said. “She is well-poised to boost its growth in 2008.”

A 19-year industry veteran, Ms. Belsky has a wealth of experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Dowden Health Media, she spent 10 years representing DIVERSION, a non-clinical primary care publication. Her excellence in the field earned her the Association of Medical Publications’ Sales Representative of the Year Award in 1997.

Dowden Health Media, a Division of Lebhar Friedman, Inc., is a full-service healthcare communications company that specializes in high- quality communication with physicians, advanced practice clinicians, and consumers. Its highly respected, peer-reviewed journals reach more than 300,000 physicians and other clinicians in surgery, psychiatry, family practice, internal medicine, and obstetrics-gynecology.

To learn more about Contemporary Surgery go to: http://www.contemporarysurgery.com/.

To learn more about OBG Management, go to: http://www.obgmanagement.com/.

Dowden Health Media

CONTACT: Bonnie Brown of Dowden Health Media, +1-201-740-6117,Bonnie.Brown@dowdenhealth.com

Web site: http://www.dowdenhealth.com/http://www.contemporarysurgery.com/http://www.obgmanagement.com/