A Better Way to Manage Cardiovascular Function
Shawn Moaddeb
Chairman of the Board
Founder & Chairman of Pressao Medical., a medical technology incubator. Shawn is an entrepreneur with a strong background in both start-up and large established organizations (Johnson & Johnson, St. Jude Medical).
Joshua Li
Board Member
Dr. Li is an accomplished executive with over 25 years of medical device experience in both large and start-up companies including Johnson & Johnson & Microport. Currently, Dr. Li is the CEO of Hangzhou Innocardiac Medtech Ltd, medical device company developing the next generation percutaneous aortic reconstruction technology. Dr. Li received his PhD in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University.
Randy Werneth
Board Member
Randy Werneth is a seasoned executive with 25 years of experience in both small entrepreneurial and Fortune 500 corporations in the medical device industry.
Shinya Miike
Board Member
Shinya has 25 year of experience in the medical device business. He invested in several venture companies who develop various new medical devices with hands on operations.
Shigeru Yasue
Board Observer
Mr. Shigeru Yasue is a seasoned investment executive with broad business development and execution experience leading to multiple successful exits.
Reza Allamezadeh
MD Chief Medical Officer
Reza is double board certified in Nephrology and Internal Medicine with subspecialty training in Kidney Transplant and Pancreas Transplant. Reza’s expertise includes Hypertension and treating patients with various level of hypertension.
James Hill, MD, JD
Legal and IP Advisor
James is a physician, patent attorney, and partner at FisherBroyles, where he practices patent litigation and prosecution in the areas of medical devices, biotechnology, software, and pharmaceuticals. He is a cofounder of Highpoint Therapeutics, an oncology startup focused on killing cancer stem cells with nanoencapsulated salinomycin and other agents.
Hee Young Kim, PhD, DVM
Scientific Advisor
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Professor Kim previously was Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, College of Korean Medicine, Daegu Haany University, Daegu, South Korea.
Roy Tanaka
Board Member
Roy is a member of the Boards of Directors of Thermedical, VytronUS, EPIX Therapeutics, and BioSig Technologies, medical device start-ups developing technologies for treating atrial fibrillation and cardiac arrhythmia.
Jack Wang, PhD
Board Member
Dr. Wang is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of medical device industry experience with successful business execution and exits.