MitrAssist is led by a highly experienced, qualified team.

Gil Naor, Founder and CEO: 18 years’ experience in biomedical engineering; led R&D activity for several medical device companies; inventor of 22 patents; founder of 3 start-ups developing transcatheter valve solutions; recognized as leading Israeli developer of innovative medical devices; B.Sc. mechanical engineering, University of Michigan, M.Sc. biomedical engineering, Stanford University.

Adi Baruch, VP Business Development: 13 years’ experience in business development and executive management; vast experience in international business development from leading biotech and medical device companies.

Paul Zalesky, Ph.D.: Over 30 years of R&D and business development in the medical device arena; former VP R&D, Volcano Corporation, with over $1.2 billion market capitalization; former CEO, LumeRx, and co-founder and CTO at Ther.

Tanchum Feld: 20 years’ experience in designing intravascular implants.

Eyal Taichman: 25 years of medical device development; expertise in stents and delivery systems.

ADVISORY BOARD

Prof. Peter J. Fitzgerald, M.D., Ph.D.: Professor of Medicine & Engineering; Director, Center for Cardiovascular Technology, Stanford University Medical Center.

Prof. Carlos E. Ruiz, M.D., Ph.D.: Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Structural and Congenital Heart Disease, Heart and Vascular Institute of New York.

Dr. Martin Leon: Director, Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. Yaron Almagor: Director of Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology Laboratories, Jesselson Heart Center, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem.

Dr. Gil Bolotin: Director, Cardiac Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa; trained in mitral and robotic surgery, heart transplant, and assist devices.

Dr. Amir Elami: Cardiothoracic surgeon, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.