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Dr. Baratta is chairman and chief executive officer of Ascent, L.L.C. (Ascent), an ambulatory surgery center development and management company. Prior to joining Ascent in 2004, Dr. Baratta was president, chief executive officer and vice chairman of the board of directors of UltraStrip Systems, Inc. (UltraStrip), an environmentally protective marine industrial company.
Prior to joining UltraStrip in 2001, Dr. Baratta engaged in the private practice of ophthalmology in Stuart, Florida, where he served as president and chairman of the board of directors of Stuart Eye Institute. Dr. Baratta began practicing medicine in 1973. He has served as a director of FPIC since its formation in 1996 and served as chairman of the board of directors from 1999 until June 2007. Dr. Baratta also served as a director of First Professionals Insurance Company, Inc. from 1993 to 2000. | 