Medical Advisory Board

VCI's Medical Advisory Board is quite impressive. Its sole function is to assist the VCI staff in reviewing healthcare sector deals. These reviews generally include an examination of the subject project's markets, technologies, competitors, intellectual property, FDA issues and more. Members of the VCI Medical Advisory Board have recently received and accepted a term sheet which prevents us from using the actual names of the medical personnel involved, by order of the VC handling the funding:

 

1.     Advisor 1

Background

Ø      Recent CEO of medical device company and CTO of biotech company

Ø      Co-founder of three successful medical technology start-up companies

Ø      Director of 5 medtech companies and 1 IT company

Ø      Over 20 years experience as Professor of Radiology & Neurosurgery at well-respected American Universities

Ø      Advisor to various governments on health care and biotechnology policy

Ø      20-years experience as consultant to pharma, biotech and medical device companies

Ø      Author of 50 patents, over 200 medical articles, and 5 books

Education

1977 P.D.F. (Neuroendocrinology), University of Cambridge, England

1976 Ph.D. (Neurophysiology), University of Western Ontario, London

 

 

2.     Advisor 2 

	Clinical/Research Interests This doctor has clinical interests in both diagnostic and therapeutic neuroradiology, including the treatment of stroke and cerebral aneurysms, the physiology of cerebral blood flow and perfusion, magnetic resonance (MR) guidance, interventional MR, and the uses and physiology of contrast media. He has two patents: for a device to treat cerebral aneurysms from within the blood vessels, and for an MR-visible catheter for MR-guided procedures. His research activities focus on new techniques for treating stroke and cerebral aneurysms, and the use of lasers to dissolve clots that produce acute stroke and to dilate constricted blood vessels after aneurysmal hemorrhage.
Title:	Chief of Neuroradiology Professor
Specialty:	Radiology - Neuroradiology, Radiology
Address:	USA
Phone:	Cannot be released.
Undergraduate Education:	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota B.S. 1964
Medical Education:	University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, Minnesota M.D. 1968
Internships:	Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut 1969 Surgery
Residency:	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 1971 Diagnostic Radiology
Fellowships:	University of Michigan Ann Arbor , Michigan 1973 Neuroradiology
Board Certifications:	American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, 1973 American Board of Radiology, Neuroradiology, 1995
Professional Memberships:	American Association of Neurological Surgeons (Associate Member) American College of Radiology, Fellow American Medical Association American Society of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology American Society of Neuroradiology American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology American Society of Spine Radiology American Stroke Association Cardiovascular Council, American Heart Association International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery (AANS & Congress of Neurological Surgeons) National Stroke Association Pennsylvania Radiological Society Radiological Society of North America Stroke Council, American Heart Association World Federation of Interventional & Therapeutic Neuroradiology

 

3.     Advisor 3

 

 

Positions and Employment

 

1980-1981                      Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, USA-located University

 

 

 

1981-1983                      Physicist, International Bureau of Weights and Measures, Sèvres, France

 

 

 

1983-1985                      Development Staff Member, World-renowned Lab

 

 

 

1985-1988                      Research Assistant Professor - Engineering Physics, USA-based University

 

 

 

1988-1992                      Research Associate Professor - Engineering Physics, USA-based University

 

1989-1993               Research Associate Professor – Biomedical Engng., USA-based

1993-                       Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering, USA-based University

1993-                       Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering, USA-based University

1993-2006               Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, USA-based University

2007-                       Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, USA-based University

2007-                       Visiting Research Professor of Physics, USA-based University

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

1974-                Optical Society of America, Member

1978-                Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Member

1979-                American Physical Society, Member

1981-                North Dakota Academy of Science, Member

1990-                Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Senior Member

1995-2001                Editorial Board Member, REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

1998-                American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Associate Member

1999-                Institute of Physics (GB), Member

2004                 14 U.S. Patents Issued and 41 U.S. Patents Pending as of June 2007

 

 

 

Honors

1988                 USA-based University, President and Visitors Research Award

1999                 Fellow, Institute of Physics (GB)

2004                 Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering

4.     Advisor 4

Department of Neurosurgery

USA-based University

 

EDUCATION

 

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Medical Scientist Training Program

M.D.                                                                                                                 1984

Ph.D. in Pharmacology                                                                                       1982

B.A. in Biochemistry                                                                                          1975

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

Resident:  Neurological Surgery                                                                          1985 - 1991

Chief Resident:  Neurological Surgery                                                                  1990 – 1991

Sub-regional Department of Neurosurgery

Senior Registrar: Neurological Surgery                                                                 1989 – 1990

Postdoctoral Fellow

Neuroplasticity and Regeneration Training Grant                                                    1987 – 1989

Resident:  General Surgery                                                                                  1984 - 1985

 

 

5.     Advisor 5

Born and educated in Toronto.  He received his BSc degree in Mathematics and Physics from a Canadian University in 1966, and MSc and PhD degrees in Medical Biophysics from another Canadian University in 1968 and 1970, respectively. From 1970 to ‘71, he held an MRC Centennial Fellowship as a postdoctoral fellow in Germany.  In late 1971 he returned to a Canadian Cancer Institute as a Scientist in the Physics Division, where he remained until 1990.

From 1990-2004 he was Director of Imaging Research at a well known Health Sciences Center where, since 2004, he has continued as a Senior Scientist in Imaging Research.  He is a Professor at a Canadian University in the Department of Medical Biophysics and is cross-appointed to the Departments of Physics and Medical Imaging. This doctor has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers, mainly on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques and their applications in biophysics and medicine. His current research focuses on the use of MRI for interventional procedures, particularly for thermal therapies.

Ø      More than 25 years experience in industry, government and university management and administration