MWC Modern Healthcare Ranking 7 05

							                                     PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Silvia Trevino, Marketing Communications Manager
Company: M. Wood Company
Phone: 312.368.0633
Email: trevino@mwoodco.com
Chicago, IL 60603
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


      M. WOOD COMPANY RANKED ONE OF THE LARGEST HEALTHCARE
      EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRMS BY MODERN HEALTHCARE MAGAZINE

Chicago, Illinois, August 5, 2004 – M. Wood Company, a global, retained executive search and
consulting firm is pleased to announce their ranking in Modern Healthcare magazine’s listing of
Largest Healthcare Executive Search Firms. The annual ranking was facilitated by Kennedy
Information, a leading information source on professional services including executive
recruiting. The ranking was based on 2004 U.S. retained healthcare executive search consulting
revenue fees.

“Over the last five years we have developed a robust healthcare practice with clients representing
the provider, payer and vendor communities.”, said John W. Poracky, Senior Partner. “This
national ranking, in one of the industry’s most trusted publications, substantiates the value our
consultative approach to executive search brings to each client. It also confirms our progress as
a rising leader within the healthcare executive recruiting market,”

To view the entire ranking which appeared in the July 11, 2005 issue of Modern Healthcare just
click on the link: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/chart.cms?id=433&type=surveys

About Modern Healthcare
Modern Healthcare is the industry's only healthcare business news weekly, providing top
healthcare executives with the most reliable, up-to-date and comprehensive business news and
information. In addition to the weekly print magazine, Modern Healthcare also keeps readers
informed on a daily basis via its daily e-newsletter, the Daily Dose, a breaking news email,
Modern Healthcare Alert, and its Web site, modernhealthcare.com.

About M. Wood Company
Founded in 1970, M. Wood Company is a retained executive search and consulting firm, which
utilizes a consultative approach to the executive search process. The firm conducts Director to C-
level searches as well Board searches. M. Wood Company has repeatedly ranked, by Crain’s
Chicago Business, as one of the top eight, largest executive recruiters with headquarters in
Chicago, IL.