Dr. Thubrikar is a world-renowned authority on the aortic valve. He previously worked as Director of BME at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; as Edwards Distinguished Research Scientist at Edwards Lifesciences Corp.; as Director of BME at The Heineman Medical Research Center; and as Director of Surgical Research in the Department of Surgery at UVA. Dr. Thubrikar authored “Vascular Mechanics and Pathology” and “The Aortic Valve”.

Mr. Heble is a registered patent attorney with significant experience handling intellectual property matters related to a wide range of life science-based technologies. Mr. Heble began his legal career with an Am Law 100 law firm, and most recently held the position of Senior Patent Counsel for a Fortune 500 consumer products company.

Mr. Wadke leads the strategic operations of the Company with over 20+ years of cross-functional experience. Prior to the Company, he consulted for early-stage pharmaceutical companies. From 2007-2009, he worked for VGX Pharma in Business Development, including its integration of an acquisition and its merger with Inovio BioMedical (NYSEMKT:INO). He previously worked in financial, marketing, and strategy roles at J.P. Morgan and MB Financial.

Over 30 years of experience in the medical device industry. In addition to Regulatory experience, he brings a deep understanding of, and experience in, Quality Systems, Clinical Studies, Engineering, and Manufacturing. He has worked with many medical devices from GE Healthcare, Medtronic, Terumo, Greatbatch, and several early-stage medical device OEMs. He has published several scientific papers and is named on several medical device patents.

Before joining our Company in 2019, Mr. Roush was a Research Engineer for 6 years at Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, including in Orthopedics (biomaterials, biomechanics, internal and external implants, joint replacements, fracture fixations, and soft tissue reconstructions.) and Artificial Organs (R&D of ventricular assist devices and mechanical heart valves. He has co-authored several Orthopedics publications, and conference abstracts.