About Us

Hanif A. (“Sonny”) Roshan co-founded AEON in September 2011 and has served as its Chairman since that time. AEON provides toxicology and genetic laboratory testing services to physicians and medical clinics in 48 states. From January 2000 to August 2010, Mr. Roshan served as the Chief Executive Officer of Universal Medical Services, LLC. In 2008, Mr. Roshan founded a chain of retail primary care clinics. Mr. Roshan also co-founded Palms Recovery Corporation, a provider of treatment for addiction, alcoholism, and dual diagnosis. Mr. Roshan also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Aeon Foundation from August 2013 to January 2015.

Charles C. Lucas III joined our Board of Directors in December 2012. Mr. Lucas is currently the general counsel of Elevation LLC, a position he has held since January 2011. Prior to joining Elevation LLC, Mr. Lucas was a partner with The McAulay Firm, an executive search firm, from 1996 to December 2010. Prior to joining The McAulay Firm, Mr. Lucas engaged in the private practice of law with the firm of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. Mr. Lucas received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina and a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law. Mr. Lucas is active in numerous civic and philanthropic organizations and since October 2004 has been a Trustee of The Duke Endowment and since 2008 has served on the Board of Visitors of Duke University School of Law. In addition, Mr. Lucas is a past and current member of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and has served as the Chairman of this Board since 2008.

Mr. Mustafa Chagani was elected to our Board of Directors in January 2016. Mr. Chagani is currently the CEO of Texas International Institute of Health Professions (dba) Vcare Community Clinics, a not-for-profit community based organization focused on providing equitable access to healthcare professions, health services to uninsured persons and economic development matters. Mr. Chagani has served in this capacity since January 2014. Prior to that, from January 2011 to October 2013, Mr. Chagani was the General Manager of the Ibn Sina Foundation and Community Medical Center, a not-for-profit organization that provides uninsured, underprivileged and underserved immigrant population of Houston reduced cost healthcare. Mr. Chagani’s professional career in the healthcare industry spans over twenty years. From July 2007 to June 2010, he held various positions at the Dow University of Health Sciences in Karachi, Pakistan, including the Director of Professional and Ancillary Services and the Project Director of the General Medical Hospital. He also previously held leadership positions at the Aga Khan University of Health Sciences. Mr. Chagani received a M.B.B.S. from the Sind Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan and a Higher Diploma in Hospital and Health Service Administration, from the South Bank University London, U.K.

Marc A. Horowitz was elected to our Board of Directors in December 2014. Mr. Horowitz is an entrepreneur in the healthcare information technology market with over twenty-five years of leadership and experience. Since February 2009, Mr. Horowitz has served as Senior Vice President of Health Language, Inc., now part of Wolters Kluwer, which provides users with the platform to manage standard and enhanced clinical terminologies on an enterprise scale. In 1997, Mr. Horowitz was a Co-Founder of Health Language and acted in various executive leadership roles through 2004 and again upon rejoining Health Language in February 2009. From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Horowitz was the Group Business Development Director of iSOFT, plc, an international supplier of healthcare software applications. Mr. Horowitz has also held a number of other leadership, business development and marketing positions in the healthcare information technology sector.

Varinder S. Rathore, M.D. was elected to our Board of Directors in January 2016. Dr. Rathore, is practicing Psychiatrist and has acted as Chief Medical Officer of Vitality Physicians Group Practice, P.C. since February 2013, and provides mental health and medical services to the patient population of the organization. Prior to that, from 2008 to January 2013, he practiced at the Albert Einstein Medical Center and was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Rathore graduated with a degree in Biology from New York University and received his Medical Degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine. Dr. Rathore is double board certified in General Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry.