SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BERGMANN 17 18 45 BERMAN 59 141 142 BIOMET, INC 103 BROWN 77 80 81 82 147 148 149 150 BRYANT 53 55 120 129 144 145 146 147 148 CHABOT 4 CHARLES E. KERN II 189 D, ALZA CORP 82 DANE A. MILLER, PH.D 103 DANE A. MILLER. PH.D 103 DANE MILLER 92 DEAR CHAIRMAN GEKAS 174 177 DEAR MR. LAMPSON 7 DEAR MR. MILLER 93 DEAR MS. LIPSEN 86 DEAR MS. THOMPSON 74 DELAHUNT 24 25 50 51 52 53 143 144 145 146 151 DIANE THOMPSON 74 DOTY 36 44 45 GEKAS 1 3 5 7 8 16 18 24 25 31 36 40 44 45 46 47 49 50 53 54 57 59 60 61 64 77 80 81 82 87 137 139 142 143 144 146 148 150 151 152 171 GEORGE W. GEKAS 174 177 GREENE 62 64 77 137 138 139 142 143 144 145 146 147 151 HAGER 129 139 140 141 143 145 INGLIS 49 50 JAMES W. HARPER 189 JULIAN EPSTEIN 189 KAHANOVITZ 10 45 46 47 48 51 52 53 58 KAISER 31 KENT 40 48 49 50 52 53 KIRSCHNER MEDICAL CORPORATION 103 LINDA LIPSEN 85 LOFGREN 60 MARKEY 24 25 MEEHAN 25 57 58 59 MILLER 87 144 MONTELL USA INC 103 NADLER 5 46 47 48 49 138 139 140 141 145 146 148 149 150 151 152 NICK LAMPSON 7 RAMIREZ 61 120 RAYMOND V. SMIETANKA 189 ROBERT J. OCKUN 103 THOMAS E. MOONEY 189 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN GEKAS PAGE 1 STATEMENT OF NEIL KAHANOVITZ, M.D., PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, CENTER FOR PATIENT ADVOCACY, AND DIRECTOR, ORTHOPEDIC SPINE SURGERY, WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER PAGE 10 STATEMENT OF RITA BERGMANN, CLARKSBURG, MD PAGE 17 STATEMENT OF RANDY MARKEY, NEWTON, MA PAGE 24 STATEMENT OF STEPHEN D. KAISER, BALTIMORE, MD PAGE 31 STATEMENT OF DONALD P. DOTY, MINNETONKA, MN PAGE 36 STATEMENT OF KENNETH M. KENT, M.D., DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON CARDIOLOGY CENTER, AND CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PAGE 40 STATEMENT OF RONALD J. GREENE, ESQ., WILMER, CUTLER & PICKERING, REPRESENTING THE HEALTH INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, DC PAGE 61 STATEMENT OF DR. JAMES E. BROWN, VICE PRESIDENT, BIOPHARMACEUTICAL AND IMPLANT R&D, ALZA CORP. PAGE 77 STATEMENT OF DANE A. MILLER, PH.D., PRESIDENT AND CEO, BIOMET, INC. PAGE 87 STATEMENT OF JORGE E. RAMIREZ, PH.D., SALES AND MARKETING MANAGER OF THE AMERICAS, HOSTALEN GUR, HOECHST CORP. PAGE 120 STATEMENT OF PROF. MARK McLAUGHLIN HAGER, WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PAGE 129 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING