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UltraShape Appoints Rodger Stewart as President and CEO



    UltraShape Ltd., the first to market a proven non-invasive body
    contouring treatment, announced today the appointment of Rodger
    Stewart as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the
    Board of UltraShape Inc., its parent company. Stewart will be taking
    the lead management position in UltraShape from Dr. Yoram Eshel Ph.D.,
    co-founder, who served as UltraShape's Chief Executive Officer since
    its establishment in 2000 and who announced his intentions to step
    down as UltraShape CEO. Dr. Eshel will remain with UltraShape as Chief
    Strategy Officer. Stewart's appointment will be effective on January
    15, 2007.

    Stewart previously served as President, North America Region, of
    Sorin Group SpA, a $1B world leader in cardiac surgery and an
    innovator in cardiac rhythm management, interventional cardiology and
    chronic kidney disease. Previously, he served as President and Chief
    Executive Officer of COBE Cardiovascular, Inc. with over $180M in
    worldwide sales in cardiopulmonary and blood management, and as Chief
    Executive Officer of Carbomedics with over $80M in worldwide sales of
    heart valves and valve repair products.

    "I am excited to join UltraShape, the first company to offer a
    non-invasive body contouring treatment for proven circumferential
    reduction. I am looking forward to the opportunity of leading
    UltraShape through the transition from start-up to a dynamic, large,
    and profitable company," stated Stewart.

    Michael Berman, Chairman of the Board, stated, "With his vast
    experience growing and managing well-established medical device
    companies, Stewart will be able to steer UltraShape to its natural
    position as market leader in the field of non-invasive body
    contouring. His extensive experience building U.S. sales organizations
    and launching new products and technologies in an FDA-regulated
    environment will be instrumental in bringing the UltraShape(TM)
    technology to the U.S. market."

    About UltraShape

    UltraShape, based in Israel, develops and markets the only
    clinically proven and regulatory approved, non-invasive, long-lasting
    body contouring solution. The UltraShape(TM) procedure has been used
    successfully on thousands of patients around the world and has been
    clinically demonstrated to deliver measurable results in a single
    treatment. The company bases its solution on its unique therapeutic
    focused ultrasound core technology. The company was founded in 2000 by
    Dr. Ami Glicksman, a practicing plastic surgeon and Dr. Yoram Eshel, a
    physicist. The company's first product, UltraShape(TM) Contour I
    received the CE Mark in June 2005. The Company has worldwide offices
    in United States, Israel, France, United Kingdom and Italy and is
    currently being marketed in over 40 countries. For more information,
    please visit www.ultrashape.com.