IMRIS Executive Vice Presidents of Global Sales and Global Customer Service Leave the Company

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, May 19, 2015 /CNW/ - IMRIS Inc. (NASDAQ: IMRS; TSX: IM) today announced that Mike Fritts, Executive Vice President, Global Customer Service, and Mark Reade, Executive Vice President, Global Sales, have left the Company.  Mr. Fritts departed effective May 15, 2015 and has served as IMRIS' EVP of Global Customer Service since 2013.  Mr. Reade departed effective May 16, 2015 and has served as IMRIS' EVP of Global Sales since 2010.

About IMRIS
IMRIS (NASDAQ: IMRS; TSX: IM) is a global leader in providing image guided therapy solutions through its VISIUS Surgical Theatre – a revolutionary, multifunctional surgical environment that provides unmatched intraoperative vision to clinicians to assist in decision making and enhance precision in treatment. The multi-room suites incorporate diagnostic quality high-field MR, CT and angio modalities accessed effortlessly in the operating room setting. VISIUS Surgical Theatres serve the neurosurgical, cardiovascular, spinal and cerebrovascular markets and have been selected by leading medical institutions around the world. For more information, visit www.imris.com.

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Jeffery Bartels, Director - Finance, IMRIS Inc., Tel: [phone], Email: [email protected]