MEDICAL SCIENTIFIC LEADS
Stephen J. McColgan, M.D. M.B.A.
Chief Medical Officer- 68 invited presentations, 12 publications
- 35 years of surgical experience, 30+ years of experience in medical & surgical device development
- Developed enhanced laparoscopic devices for a medical technology company, driving acquisition by a major publicly-traded company
- Clinical instructor, professional consultant
- Currently developing ZICOH and endomechanical devices for cardiovascular medicine and surgery
Gerald A Maguire, M.D., D.L.F.A.P.A.
Chief Advisor, Neurosciences Division- Person who stutters and subject matter expert
- 76 publications on stuttering—the most published doctor in the space
- PI for the first investigational drug for stuttering in adults
- Hundreds of invited presentations on stuttering
- Professor of psychiatry, clinical trialist (PI of 40+ clinical trials for 25+ years)
- Chair of R&D for World Stuttering Network
Bobby W. Sandage, Jr., Ph.D.
Advisory Board- 3 patents issued, 50+ scientific articles
- 35+ years of experience in drug development, regulatory affairs, & life sciences venture capital
- Guided development for 35 products/programs
- Achieved regulatory approval for 12 drugs and 1 device
- Adjunct professor of pharmaceutical sciences
- Drug Development Institute advisor for the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Aaron Kheriaty, M.D.
Medical Ethics Advisor- 15 years of experience as a psychiatrist
- Chairman of the medical ethics committee at the CA Department of State Hospitals
- Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and Director of the Medical Ethics Program at UCI Health
- Published in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post
- Authored books and articles for professional and lay audiences on bioethics, social science, psychiatry, religion, and culture
Fabio Macciardi, M.D., Ph.D.
Neurogenetics Scientific Advisor- Professor of Molecular Psychiatry at UCI, School of Medicine
- Leads research focused on analyzing the function and evolution of neurocognitive genes and their associated traits
- His lab identified more than 600,000 expressed discrete TEs in the human brain as major epigenetic regulators of gene expression in various neuropsychiatric disorders
- Former VP and Director of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics at Genset SA (France)