Our Team — UCSF-Stanford Pediatric Device Consortium

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Our Team

UCSF Leadership

Michael Harrison, MD PI & Clinical Lead — Michael Harrison, MD
PI & Clinical Lead

Usha Thekkedath, MDAdministrative Director — Usha Thekkedath, MD
Administrative Director

Hanmin Lee, MD Co-PI and Clinical Lead — Hanmin Lee, MD
Co-PI and Clinical Lead

Mohammad Sahlabadi, PhD Engineering Lead — Mohammad Sahlabadi, PhD
Engineering Lead

Shuvo Roy, PhD Co-PI & Technology Lead — Shuvo Roy, PhD
Co-PI & Technology Lead

Stanford Leadership

James Wall, MD Co-PI & Biodesign Lead — James Wall, MD
Co-PI & Biodesign Lead

Vivian de Ruijter, MD Assistant Director — Vivian de Ruijter, MD
Assistant Director

Janene Fuerch, MD Assistant Director — Janene Fuerch, MD
Assistant Director

Orestis Vardoulis, PhD Engineering Lead — Orestis Vardoulis, PhD
Engineering Lead

Real-World Evidence Project

Benjamin Padilla, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, UCSF — Benjamin Padilla, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, UCSF

Elizabeth Gress, MPA Strategy & Operations Lead — Elizabeth Gress, MPA
Strategy & Operations Lead

Atul Butte, MD, PhD Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF — Atul Butte, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF

Stefano Rensi, PhD Research Engineer, Stanford University — Stefano Rensi, PhD
Research Engineer, Stanford University

Benjamin Glicksberg, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSF — Benjamin Glicksberg, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSF

Advisory Core

Chris Jones Product Development Lead — Chris Jones
Product Development Lead

Michael Billig Regulatory Affairs Lead — Michael Billig
Regulatory Affairs Lead

Dan Burnett, MD, MBA Entrepreneur-In-Residence — Dan Burnett, MD, MBA
Entrepreneur-In-Residence

Alex Flake Intellectual Property Advisor — Alex Flake
Intellectual Property Advisor

David Levine, Esq. Intellectual Property Lead — David Levine, Esq.
Intellectual Property Lead

Commercialization Advisory Board

Douglas Crawford, PhD Managing Director, Mission Bay Capital — Douglas Crawford, PhD
Managing Director, Mission Bay Capital

Andrew Cleeland CEO, Fogarty Institute for Innovation — Andrew Cleeland
CEO, Fogarty Institute for Innovation

Marc Galletti, MBA Managing Director, Longitude Capital — Marc Galletti, MBA
Managing Director, Longitude Capital

Thomas Krummel, MD Professor of Surgery, Stanford Co-Director, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign — Thomas Krummel, MD
Professor of Surgery, Stanford
Co-Director, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign

Russ Lindemann, MBA Co-Founder, JustRight Surgical — Russ Lindemann, MBA
Co-Founder, JustRight Surgical

Maky Zanganeh, DDS, MBA Founder & CEO, Maky Zanganeh and Associates — Maky Zanganeh, DDS, MBA
Founder & CEO, Maky Zanganeh and Associates

Advisory Network

Regulatory & Reimbursement

Product Development

Business Development

TheraNova
Far West Capital Management

Industry Partners

Science & Engineering

Intellectual Property & Patenting

The UCSF-Stanford Pediatric Device Consortium is funded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Office of Orphan Products Development under grant no. P50FD007967.

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