A passion play for plasma-rich platelet treatment

A health care worker who says being in business was never a goal has managed to build a 40-employee, niche industry leader. How has he sustained the success?

EmCyte founder, chairman and CEO Patrick Pennie turned experiments with platelet-rich plasma treatments into a global enterprise. Photo by JimJett.com
EmCyte founder, chairman and CEO Patrick Pennie turned experiments with platelet-rich plasma treatments into a global enterprise. Photo by JimJett.com
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Patrick Pennie is profusely passionate about patient care and treatment outcome.

That’s how the former cardiac surgery perfusionist pioneered and proliferated platelet-rich plasma and progenitor stem cell biologics treatments for injuries and non-healing wounds. (A perfusionist operates a heart-lung machine.)

 

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