Article: SafeStitch Medical, Inc. Appoints Dr. Chao Chen to Board of Directors.

MIAMI -- SafeStitch Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: SFES) announced today that, on September 24, 2009, the Company's Board of Directors appointed Chao C. Chen, Ph.D. to fill the vacant seat on the Company's Board.

"We are very excited to welcome Dr. Chen, a former executive with Johnson & Johnson, Cordis and Ethicon, to the SafeStitch Board," said Dr. Jane Hsiao, the Company's Chairman. Dr. Hsiao added that "SafeStitch has made significant progress in the development of the AMID Stapler(TM) and the intraluminal gastroplasty device for GERD and obesity, and Dr. Chen's considerable experience in medical device development and commercialization will be helpful in guiding ...

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