UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 9, 2013
 
Echo Therapeutics, Inc.
 (Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)
 
         
Delaware
 
000-23017
 
41-1649949
(State or other jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
8 Penn Center
1628 JFK Blvd., Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA
 
 
 
19103
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Company’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 717-4100
 

 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

    Effective October 9, 2013, Patrick T. Mooney, M.D., Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, resigned from his positions as Chairman of the Board and a member of the Board of Directors.

 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
                                                                                   
 
ECHO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
 
 
Dated: October 15, 2013
By:  /s/  Robert F. Doman
 
Robert F. Doman
 
 
Executive Chairman and Interim CEO