SOLANA MEDSPAS CEO TO ADDRESS SCHOOL OF PHARMACY AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY


WHO:    John Buckingham, co-founder and chief executive officer of Irvine, Calif.-based Solana MedSpas, will serve as a forum
speaker at the Dean's Pharmacy Executive Forum, an academic, graded
class offered by Purdue University 's School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Sciences. The title of Buckingham's lecture is “How a Pharmacy Degree Helped Me Become a Serial Healthcare Entrepreneur."
Buckingham holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy with
distinction from Purdue University (Class of 1976) and a Master's in
Business Administration from Harvard Business School . He is the
co-creator with the University of California , Irvine of their new Spa and Hospitality Certificate Program and serves on the UCI faculty. Prior to joining Solana MedSpas, Buckingham was chancellor and president of a major for profit university in Southern California headquartered in Long Beach . Buckingham is also a founding board member of the International Medical Spa
Association, serving as their vice president of corporate affairs.

WHAT:   Since 2002, the Purdue School of Pharmacy has offered “The
Dean's Pharmacy Executive Forum,” an elective course that broadly
features leaders in the pharmacy profession. The class provides an opportunity for the exchange of ideas; students benefit from the varied experiences of the guest lecturers and the lecturers
enjoy the lively dynamic of questions and answers by well-informed students. Past speakers include Dr. Michael W. Skehan,
president and chairman of the board of Arnett HealthSystem; Dr. Daria
Schooler, CEO, Comprehensive Spine and Neurosurgery Services, P.C.,
Columbus , IN ; and Nikki M. Price, Divisional Pharmacy Manager,
Albertsons/Osco Drug, Franklin Park , IL .

         Founded in July 2003, Solana MedSpas is the nation's leading
medical spa consulting company with a growing network of uniquely
branded facilities all over North America . Solana MedSpas has created a
new market segment by combining aesthetic healthcare with the spa movement, coming from the medicalrather than the spa side.
Medical spas or medspas are defined as comfortable, spa-like facilities
that provide consumers with fast and convenient access to top
quality, non-invasive aesthetic medical procedures under the strict supervision of a board certified plastic surgeon and other
licensed healthcare professionals. The medspa movement represents the
fastest growing and most lucrative healthcare trend in the United States today.  For more information about Solana MedSpas visit http://www.solanamedspas.com.

WHEN:   Fri. Nov. 18, 2005
         10:30 - 11:20 a.m.

WHERE:  Purdue University
         School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
         575 Stadium Mall Drive
         West Lafayette , IN 47907-2091