VIVUS: Dr. Linda D. Shortliffe joins VIVUS' Board of Directors.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 June 1999-VIVUS: Dr. Linda D. Shortliffe joins VIVUS' Board of Directors (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:160699 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- VIVUS, (Nasdaq: VVUS) has named Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe, M.D. professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and Chair of the Urology Department.

Dr. Shortliffe was elected to VIVUS' Board of Directors at its recent Annual Meeting of Stockholders, bringing the total number of board members to six. Dr. Shortliffe has been a Stanford University professor since 1993, urology department chairperson since 1995, and Chief of Pediatric Urology of the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital since 1991. Additionally, Dr. Shortliffe is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American...