Affordable Dentures names new president

DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Jul 23, 2017

Affordable Dentures & Implants has named Gene Kirtser as its new president and chief operating officer.

Kirtser has more than two decades of healthcare experience and was most recently the president and CEO of ROi, a division of Mercy Health. He has also served at SRI Surgical, Maxxim Medical, ChoicePoint Health Systems, and Baxter/Allegiance.

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