Management
Vladimir
Shusterman, MD, PhD, President.
Dr.
Shusterman is
one of
the pioneers in the field of personalized intelligent
medicine, who combines expertise in
engineering, computer sciences, and
medicine. Dr. Shusterman's
two-decade-long research in artificial
intelligence, dynamical analysis of
cardiovascular physiology and biomedical
engineering laid the technological
background for founding PinMed. In
addition, Dr. Shusterman has extensive
experience and expertise in management
of rapidly developing high-tech,
life-sciences
companies. Dr. Shusterman received his
MD and PhD in artificial intelligence
from the Institute of Medical and
Biological Cybernetics, Russian Academy
of Medical Sciences, completed
postdoctoral fellowship in Biomedical
Signal Processing at the Department of
Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv
University and in Cardiac
Electrophysiology at the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center. Currently,
Dr. Shusterman is also a Faculty Member
and Director of Noninvasive Cardiac
Electrophysiology Laboratories at the
Cardiovascular Institute, University of
Pittsburgh. He is an author of a number
of patents and scientific articles.
Learn more about
patents and
publications
that have laid the foundation of
personalized medicine.
Irene
Yacobsen, MD,
Vice-President, Clinical Development.
Dr. Yacobsen was trained as a
cardiologist and has more than 10 years
of clinical experience as an attending
cardiologist. She has also more than a
decade of industry experience as a
Medical Director of healthcare
companies. She is known both nationally
and internationally for her work as a
Medical Consultant for the World Health
Organization (WHO), development of
educational materials and training
curricula for health care professionals,
development of workshops and training
activities, design of clinical studies,
development of standards and practice
guidelines.
Business
Development Advisory
Board
Diane Hill
is a marketing professional with 20+
years of experience, providing strategic
marketing solutions to the Medical
Industry. Ms. Hill's background includes
domestic and international product
marketing, with extensive clinical
experience and physician interaction.
Ms. Hill has held a range of positions
in sales and marketing management, with
several Fortune 100 companies including:
Baxter Healthcare Corporation, American
Hospital Supply, C.R. Bard Corporation
and Electronic Data Systems. She has
successfully managed a $100M product
line and 75 member Global team. She has
also work for several medically focused
advertising agencies including
Interpublic Group. Ms. Hill has
consulted with numerous companies
including: Regeneration Technologies,
McKesson Corporation, Johnson and
Johnson. She has provided strategic
direction for many start-up ventures,
such as: ViaMedics, PLC Medical Systems,
and Healthcourt Technologies. Ms. Hill
holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Business Administration from Central
Michigan University and a Master's in
Business Administration degree from
Michigan State University.
Carolyn Green is an
Executive VP and
COO of Logical Therapeutics and a former Director of
the University of Pittsburgh Technology
Commercialization Alliance. She has been
a Member of Pinmed Business Development
Board since 2002. Previously, Ms.
Green served as President and CEO of the
Carnegie Mellon University spin-out
company Mobot, Inc., specializing in
artificial intelligence software and
hardware for human-computer
interactions. Ms. Green's career has
included numerous management roles in
the computer-aided engineering software
sector, serving as Director of North
American Marketing and Sales for the
publicly traded AEA Technology plc, and
as Business Manager for Algor, Inc,
where she was responsible for the
business development, sales and customer
service sectors. In this field, Ms.
Green worked with leading research and
development scientists and engineers to
improve products involving complex fluid
flow, heat transfer and chemical and
mechanical processes. Her Fortune 500
client base crossed a variety of
industries including biomedical,
chemical/process, automotive, aerospace,
power generation and government/defense.
As an independent consultant, Ms. Green
has assisted numerous early stage
companies with development of their
business and marketing strategies, as
well as implementation of their sales
processes. Ms. Green serves on the
Advisory Boards for several technology
start ups in the Pittsburgh area. She is
a member of the Board of Directors of
Leadership Pittsburgh, UPMC Health
Ventures Board, the Pittsburgh Regional
Alliance Marketing Advisory Board, the
Pittsburgh Technology Council Biotech
Advisory Board, the LifeSPAN Angel
Network Advisors, and the Pittsburgh
Gateways Advisory Board. Ms. Green is a
member of the Association of University
Technology Managers, the Pennsylvania
Biotechnology Industry Organization, the
Licensing Executive Society and the
Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association.
Arun Ranchod is the Business
Development and Advanced Marketing
Manager in the Corporate Innovations
Department of Medrad Corporation. Arun's
career of nearly 15 years has been spent
in product planning/management, business
development, software engineering, and
technology development. He has worked at
McKesson Automation, Diebold
Corporation, The University of
Pittsburgh Institute for Entrepreneurial
Excellenace and now at Medrad
Corporation. He holds an MS in
Biomedical Engineering from the
University of Virginia and an MBA from
Syracuse University as well as a B.A. in
Mathematics from the College of Wooster.
Jay Srini is a
Vice President of UPMC Emerging
Technologies, an experienced
professional with more than 20 years of
hands on operational, technology and
executive leadership experience. She has
proven expertise in multiple industries
(financial, manufacturing, logistics and
healthcare) and diverse organizations
that include, startup, large brick and
mortar as well as academic institutions.
Her background includes extensive
healthcare experience and very strong
operational and technical experience
encompassing strategic and tactical
planning, product design and
development, personnel management and
organizational startup activities. She
was a managing director for E-health
initiatives at Internet Venture Works
and the COO of MARS (Medical Archival
Systems, Inc.), where she led technology
and industry assessments of
opportunities presented by strategic
partners, investors and external
sources. She has an extensive background
in technology and healthcare both in the
payer and provider sector. Her
non-healthcare background includes
designing, implementing and managing
systems for financial institutions
(Federal Home Loan Bank), Manufacturing
(Bethlehem Steel) and brokerage services
(ADP) and serving as a faculty member
for Lycoming College. She has a formed a
niche consulting firm Strategic
Consulting Solutions focusing on the
integration of technology and business
operations for established institutions
and startup ventures. She has a Masters
Degree in Computer Science from New York
University and a Masters Degree in
Business Administration from Bucknell
University and has completed an
Executive Education course in E-commerce
at the Kellogg's School of Business. She
serves on the Advocacy Committee of
HIMSS and chairs their Legislative
Review taskforce. She is also a
President, Strategic Consulting
Solutions of the MIT Enterprise Forum of
Pittsburgh.
Alan West is
an Executive in Residence at the
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse. He
has over 20 years of experience in
managing medical device companies, both
in large corporations and small startup
companies. These include Johnson &
Johnson (J&J), Advanced Mechanical
Technology, Inc. (AMTI), Boston
Scientific Corporation (BSC), Vision
Sciences, Inc. (VSI) and Assurance
Medical, Inc. (AMI). Mr. West has a
broad technical background and has
developed and marketed products in the
radiology, cardiology, vascular surgery,
dermatology, neurosurgery,
gastroenterology, oncology, general
surgery, sports medicine and orthopedic
markets. Mr. West has served as Business
Manager and Vice President of VSI, a
start-up endoscopy company, and
participated in its successful IPO. Mr.
West has also established Assurance
Medical and served as its President and
C.E.O., raising $15.5M from corporate
and venture sources. In 2003, he became
C.E.O. of Michigan Tech Enterprise
Corporation (MTEC), which manages three
business incubators. In his career, he
has raised more than $45M through
private and public offerings and holds
numerous patents. Mr. West received a
Bachelor's degree in Engineering from
Brown University and a Masters in Design
from Tufts University.
Scientific Advisory Board
Barry London, MD, PhD
is a Chief of the Division of Cardiology
at the University of Pittsburgh School
of Medicine, and Director of the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Cardiovascular Institute. He holds and
A.B. in Chemistry and Physics from
Harvard College, MD and PhD in
physiology and biophysics from the
Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr.
London is a member of the American
Association for Advancement of Science,
the Biophysical Society, the
Massachusetts Medical Society, the
American College of Physicians, the
Basic Science Council of the American
Heart Association and the American
College of Cardiology, recently elected
to the American Society for Clinical
Investigation, the nation's most
prestigious clinical research
organization. Dr. London is a Principal
Investigator in several studies funded
by the National Institutes of Health and
the American Heart Association.
David Schwartzman, MD is a
Director of the Atrial Arrhythmia
Center, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Director of the Cardiac
Electrophysiology Laboratory at
Presbyterian University Hospital of the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Dr. Schwartzman has served as a
Principal Investigator of a clinical
trial of PinMed's technology conducted
at UPMC in January - March 2005. Dr. Schwartzman is a Member of the UPMC
Technology Assessment Committee,
Advisory Board Member of
Biosense/Webster, Inc., Medtronic, Inc.,
Cardima, Inc., Zynergy Cardiovascular,
Inc., Innercool Therapies, Inc. Dr.
Schwartzman is a Principal Investigator
in a number of clinical trials and a
widely published author with more than
100 scientific publications.
William C. Troy,
PhD is a Professor of Mathematics at
the University of Pittsburgh Department
of Mathematics. Dr. Troy is a world
renowned
expert in dynamical analysis, who
published over 100 scientific articles.
Dr. Troy received his PhD in Mathematics
from the State University of New York at
Buffalo. His research interests include
development and applications of mathematical methods,
in particular, differential equations, and
computer experiments to the analysis of
complex biological and physiological
processes. Among Professor Troy's recent
research projects are analysis of the
dynamics in large-scale neural networks
and their role in health and disease.
R&D
Our R&D group
includes 10
experienced biomedical engineers,
electronic engineers, software
engineers, physicists, and
cardiovascular physiologists. Members of
our R&D team have a proven track record
of success in developing innovative
biomedical devices that have been sold
in the United States and Canada, Europe,
Australia, and Far East. Our particular
area of expertise is in personalized
systems for monitoring and analysis of
electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram,
blood pressure, vascular tone, and neurophysiological activity.
Financial
Paul Petrovich, CPA, is an
Account Manager and a Financial Advisor.
Mr. Petrovich is a Senior Technology
Consultant of the University of
Pittsburgh Institute for Entrepreneurial
Excellence at Joseph M. Katz Graduate
School of Business.
Legal
David W. Brownlee, Esq., is a Legal Counsel,
who works on PinMed's Intellectual
Property Portfolio. Mr. Brownlee has been a Legal Counsel
at Alcoa Corporation and later a Member
of the Intellectual Property Department
at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott.
David V.
Radack, J.D., is a Member in and Vice
Chair of the Intellectual Property
Department
at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott.
QA and Regulatory
Calvin W. Eggers serves as a
Quality and Regulatory Consultant
for PinMed. Mr. Eggers has extensive
experience in QA and Regulatory fields.
Most recently, he served as a QA Manager
for Respironics, one of the most
respected medical device companies in
Pittsburgh area.
