Surgical Innovations’ advisors donate 1-5 hours per month to assist UCSF medical device innovators with questions ranging from materials selection to IP strategy.
Science & Engineering
- Mojtaba Azadi, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, San Francisco State University - website
- Tejal Desai, PhD - Professor & Chair, Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF - website
- Hao Jiang, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, San Francisco State University - website
- Matthew Leineweber, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, San Jose State University - website
- Michel Maharbiz, PhD - Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley - website
- Phil Messersmith, PhD - Class of 1941 Professor, Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley - website
- Katia Obraczka, PhD - Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz - website
- Guna Selvaduray, PhD - Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University - website
- Michael Strange, MS - Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Engineering Technology, California State University Maritime Academy - website
- Xiaorong Zhang, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, San Francisco State University - website
Product Development
- Jeff Christian - CEO, Phoenix DeVentures, Inc. - website
- Denise Forkey, MS - Consultant, Denise Forkey Medical Device Development Solutions - website
- Matt Hayes - President, Hayes Manufacturing Services, Inc. - website
- Chris Jones, MS - Consultant, Orb Product Development LLC
- Ted Kucklick - President & CTO, Cannuflow Inc. - website
- Mikki Larner - Associate, David Schnur Associates, Inc. - website
- Jim Swick, PhD - Principal, Swick Consulting - website
Business Development & Commericalization
- John Ashley, MS - President & CEO, ReValve Med, Inc. - website
- Dan Burnett, MD, MBA - President & CEO, TheraNova - website
- Howard Edelman - CEO, Advanced Resin Therapeutics - website
- Marc Galletti, MBA - Managing Director, Longitude Capital - website
- Norm Gitis, PhD - Managing Partner, Lymo Ventures & Board Member, Life Science Angels - website
- Russell Lindemann, MBA - President, RNL Consulting
- Shervin Majd, PhD - Investment Partner, Life Science Angels - website
- Allan May - Co-Founder and Chairman, Life Science Angels - website
- David Strong - Managing Director, Far West Capital Management
- Wei Tao, PhD - Co-Chair, BIO/Genomics/Diagnostics Committee, Life Science Angels - website
- Pierre Theodore, MD - Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices & Associate Professor of Surgery, UCSF - website
Regulatory & Reimbursement
- Michael Billig - CEO, Experien Group LLC - website
- Linda Braddon, PhD - CEO, Secure BioMed Evaluations - website
- Thomas Lawson, PhD - Principal Consultant, Lawson & Associates
- Susan Rowinski, MSE - President & Founder, Rowinski Group LLC - website