Daniel Timms, PhD, is the founder of BiVACOR, Inc. A graduate of the Queensland University of Technology, Dr. Timms completed his postdoctoral training at The Prince Charles Hospital’s cardiac transplant center in Brisbane, Australia, and at the Helmholtz Institute in Aachen, Germany, one of Europe’s leading cardiovascular device research centers. He has more than 15 years of experience in mechanical circulatory support development.

William E. Cohn, MD, is Director of the Center for Technology and Innovation; Associate Director of Laboratory Surgery Research in the Center for Cardiac Support; and Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratory at the Texas Heart Institute, in Houston, Texas, USA. He is a professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in the Division of Transplant and Assist Devices.