Management

Russ Houser, CEO & Chairman

• 20 years medical device development and management experience.
• More than 18 medical device product lines brought to market.
• Over 115 issued and pending medical device patents.
• 80% interventional cardiology, 20% cardiac surgery projects.

Darel Hodgson, Ph.D, Material Scientist

• Dr. Hodgson is a recognized authority on properties, fabrication and device issues regarding Nitinol alloys.
• President, Nitinol Technology, Inc.
• Founded Shape Memory Applications (SMA) which was later sold to Johnson Matthey, Inc.
• Chairman of the ASM Strategic Planning Committee involved with meeting the materials needs of the medical community.

Casey McGlynn, (Partner, WSG&R - Palo Alto, Ca) - Lead Corporate Attorney

• Recognized in the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, most recently in the top tier of California life sciences attorneys.
• Selected for inclusion in the 2007 edition of The Legal 500 US Named in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 as a Northern California "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine.
• Selected for inclusion in the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions of Best Lawyers in America.

Medical Advisors

Alessandro Bortone, M.D., PhD, F.E.S.C., F.A.H.A., F.A.C.C. - Medical Advisor

• Chief of Interventional Laboratory, Institute of Cardiac Surgery, Policlinico di Bari. University of Bari School of Medicine (IT);
• Over 28 years experience in interventional cardiology and minimally invasive cardiovascular techniques;
• Member of the council on clinical cardiology and cardiovascular and radiology intervention for the American Heart Association, (AHA).

Antonio Colombo, M.D., F.A.C.C. - Medical Advisor

• Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at EMO Centro Cuore Columbus Hospital, Milano (IT) and Chief of Invasive Cardiology at San Raffaele Hospital, Milano (IT) and is currently visiting professor at Columbia University School of Medicine (New York) NY;
• Dr. Colombo has authored numerous articles, is a member of both European and U.S. professional societies and serves on the editorial boards of Circulation, the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and several other major heart journals.

Charles J. Davidson, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I. - Medical Advisor

• Director of Interventional Cardiology Program, Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School;
• Chief, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago.

Richard Heuser, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P., F.E.S.C., F.A.S.C.I. - Medical Advisor

• Director of Cardiology and Chief of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at St. Luke’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona;
• Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, as well as Director of the Interventional Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix Campus;
• Dr. Heuser has served as a principal investigator to research the safety and/or effectiveness of more than 100 medical devices and 50 pharmaceutical products, and has participated in more than 20 research studies.