Annual Conference on Medical Technology and Devices

Dr George Tsekouras

George is the Director of CENTRIM, the Centre for Change, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at the University of Brighton. He is also the Innovation Chair of the British Academy of Management (BAM). He has led research in innovation and entrepreneurship in areas such as managing open innovation for SMEs, peer-to-peer learning networks, innovation coaching, new product development, public-private innovation partnerships etc.

He has been the co-ordinator of a number of major projects on innovation and entrepreneurship such as INSPIRE which looked at best practices of Open Innovation in SMEs to support the professionalization of Open Innovation within SMEs (www.inspire-smes.com), SPARK which looked into the innovation ecosystem for Social Enterprises (www.sparksocialenterprise.org) and RAPPORT which looked at best practices to connect SMEs to the public or private research organisations. He was also the lead academic for the work that develop the innovation coaching scheme for the EIC Accelerator, the flagship EU programme for innovation in SMEs.

He is the founder of the Profitnet programme which has supported a number of peer-to-peer learning networks in UK, Ireland and South Africa with the participation of more than 2,000 SMEs around the world.

He has a first degree in mechanical engineering and a DPhil in innovation management from SPRU at University of Sussex. He is the author of a number of papers in academic journals, books and international conferences while he has designed and delivered many executives training and consultancy programmes.

Howe Liu

Dr. Liu has focused his research on the following areas: “Effects Of Inappropriate Use Of Assistive Ambulatory Devices (AADS) On Gait, Balance, And Posture“, physical therapy and alternative medical interventions (like tai chi and qi gong) to improve gait, balance, and posture in older populations and AAD users, bioengineering intervention/design to modify assistive ambulatory devices and identification of musculoskeletal variations in cadavers in anatomy gross lab. Throughout his career, he has published extensively and has engaged and supervised a large number of PT students in research projects.

James V. Cireddu

Dr. Cireddu obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Biomedical Humanities from Hiram College and his medical degree from University of Toledo College of Medicine.  He is Medical Director of University Hospitals of Cleveland Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  Dr. Cireddu is CEO and founder of TeleHealth Care Solutions LLC responsible for design, development, and management of a next generation novel autonomous teaching virtual care software to optimize transitions of care.  VPExam software offers clinicians a highly efficient, portable, and validated method to enter the telemedicine market in a convenient and cost-effective method.  TCS has obtained grant support from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with University Hospitals of Cleveland for VPExam to be utilized at local Skilled Nursing Facilities and Home Care to provide comprehensive care with significant reductions in readmission and mortality rates.

Prof. Howe Liu

Dr. Liu has focused his research on the following areas: “Effects Of Inappropriate Use Of Assistive Ambulatory Devices (AADS) On Gait, Balance, And Posture“, physical therapy and alternative medical interventions (like tai chi and qi gong) to improve gait, balance, and posture in older populations and AAD users, bioengineering intervention/design to modify assistive ambulatory devices and identification of musculoskeletal variations in cadavers in anatomy gross lab. Throughout his career, he has published extensively and has engaged and supervised a large number of PT students in research projects.

Dr. James V. Cireddu

Dr. Cireddu obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Biomedical Humanities from Hiram College and his medical degree from University of Toledo College of Medicine.  He is Medical Director of University Hospitals of Cleveland Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  Dr. Cireddu is CEO and founder of TeleHealth Care Solutions LLC responsible for design, development, and management of a next generation novel autonomous teaching virtual care software to optimize transitions of care.  VPExam software offers clinicians a highly efficient, portable, and validated method to enter the telemedicine market in a convenient and cost-effective method.  TCS has obtained grant support from the National Science Foundation in collaboration with University Hospitals of Cleveland for VPExam to be utilized at local Skilled Nursing Facilities and Home Care to provide comprehensive care with significant reductions in readmission and mortality rates.

Dr. George Tsekouras

George is the Director of CENTRIM, the Centre for Change, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at the University of Brighton. He is also the Innovation Chair of the British Academy of Management (BAM). He has led research in innovation and entrepreneurship in areas such as managing open innovation for SMEs, peer-to-peer learning networks, innovation coaching, new product development, public-private innovation partnerships etc.

He has been the co-ordinator of a number of major projects on innovation and entrepreneurship such as INSPIRE which looked at best practices of Open Innovation in SMEs to support the professionalization of Open Innovation within SMEs (www.inspire-smes.com), SPARK which looked into the innovation ecosystem for Social Enterprises (www.sparksocialenterprise.org) and RAPPORT which looked at best practices to connect SMEs to the public or private research organisations. He was also the lead academic for the work that develop the innovation coaching scheme for the EIC Accelerator, the flagship EU programme for innovation in SMEs.

He is the founder of the Profitnet programme which has supported a number of peer-to-peer learning networks in UK, Ireland and South Africa with the participation of more than 2,000 SMEs around the world.

He has a first degree in mechanical engineering and a DPhil in innovation management from SPRU at University of Sussex. He is the author of a number of papers in academic journals, books and international conferences while he has designed and delivered many executives training and consultancy programmes.

Prof. Hossam Haick

Hossam Haick is a Full Professor in the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and the Dean of Undergraduate Studies. He earned his doctorate from the Technion in 2002. After graduation, he did two, two-year postdoctoral fellowships – first at the Weizmann Institute of Science, then at California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He returned to the Technion at the end of 2006 as an assistant professor, becoming a full professor in 2011.

Prof. Haick is an expert in the field of nanotechnology and non-invasive disease diagnosis. His studies include the research and development of nano-array devices for screening, diagnosis and monitoring of disease, nanomaterial-based chemical (flexible) sensors, electronic skin, breath analysis, volatile biomarkers, and cell-to-cell communication. His studies have generated more than 300 publications in the last ten years, in top-level journals in the field of nanotechnology, advanced/applied materials/chemistry, and medicine: and more than ten book chapters. Since he joined the Technion, Prof. Haick articles received more than 19000 citations. His H-Index ~76 (Google Scholar).

The technologies developed by Prof. Haick and his team have led to the production of more than 52 patents and patent applications – many of which have been licensed to six international companies and ground for 5 startup companies

Prof. Haick has received more than 82 prizes and recognitions, including the Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (conferred by the French Government)[1], the Humboldt Senior Research Award, the EU’s Electronic Components & Systems (ECS) Innovation Award, the Changjiang Award, the “Michael Bruno” award for scientists of truly exceptional, etc. He was also included in more than 42 important ranking lists, such as the of the world’s 35 leading young scientists by MIT Magazine (2008), top-100 innovators in the world (2015-2018) by various international organizations, etc. Prof. Haick holds an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa) from the University of Haifa.

[1]  Established in 1808 by Napoleon Bonaparte, the prestigious Academic Palms is the oldest extant civilian accolade awarded by the French Government. The order was created to honor top, eminent academics and educators. The knights of this order wear a medallion on a ribbon on their left breast.

Websites: https://lnbd.technion.ac.il | http://sniffphone.eu/ | www.lcaos.eu

Shayesteh Fürst-Ladani

Shayesteh Fürst-Ladani is Head of the SFL Group and Senior Vice President of SFL.

Shayesteh has longstanding experience in providing comprehensive strategic advice for development of products including small molecules, biologics, drug & device combination products, medical devices, in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) and advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). Shayesteh has distinguished capabilities in negotiating the interests of organizations at senior level meetings with regulators.

Shayesteh serves as President of the Board of Directors of the not-for-profit associations Rare Disease Action Forum (RDAF) and Medtech & Pharma Platform (MPP), and she lectures in Regulatory Affairs at the IFAPP Academy, Kings College London.

Before founding and leading SFL as CEO, Shayesteh held senior level positions at various biotech and pharmaceutical companies, including as Head of Global Regulatory Affairs and Head of Regulatory Affairs for Development Products. In 2022, Shayesteh Fürst-Ladani joined Veristat, following the acquisition of SFL to support a growing number of biotech, pharmaceutical and medtech companies.

Shayesteh received her MSc in Microbiology from the University of Vienna, Austria, and an MBA from the Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK. She is Global Fellow in Medicines Development (GFMD) from IFAPP.

Yauhen Statsenko

Dr. Yauhen Statsenko is a radiologist and an investigator in neuroradiology and psychophysiology. He graduate from Belarus State Medical University (MD) and Belarus State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (Computer Engineering). Then he completed Ph.D. in Scientific-Research Institute of Physical Education and Sports (Sports and Rehabilitative Medicine). Technical background as an IT developer helps Dr. Statsenko to implement data analysis into medical research projects and to supervise studies in biophysics and bioinformatics. His team prepares diagnostic tools free to use by physicians. He currently lectures radiology at the United Arab Emirates University. The doctor’s primary areas of interest are neuroradiology and psychophysiology. He uses machine learning to analyze neuroimages and clinical data as well as to build diagnostic and predictive models of diseases (pneumonia,  Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, stroke, obesity). Dr. Statsenko has published various papers in peer reviewed journals: IEEE Access, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, Frontiers in medicine, Frontiers in aging neuroscience, BMJ open, and others.

Dr. Nermin Ahmed Osman

Dr. Nermin Osman graduated in Medicine, she is a Ph.D. holder and Lecturer of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Statistics at the Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt. She mastered a degree in Public Health Policy as a joint degree with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) after being selected as the United Nations System Staff College Intern in 2017. She has worked in the field of epidemiological studies and statistics over the past 10 years. She is a research fellow in the Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, UK since 2018. She has been selected as one of the UICC-IARC Technical Data-Scientist Fellow Awardees in the Cancer Surveillance Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. Nermin is a biostatistician, research methodology consultant, and a clinical research instructor; she has shared in many research projects related to the World Health Organization, International Labor Office, United Nations Statistics Division, and Erasmus Plus. She had more than 20 publications in the area of data science and the new MedTech innovations. Nermin’s areas of research are epidemiological surveys, clinical trials, critical appraisal of different studies, big data analysis, and statistical modelling.Dr. Nermin Osman graduated in Medicine, she is a Ph.D. holder and Lecturer of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Statistics at the Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt. She mastered a degree in Public Health Policy as a joint degree with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) after being selected as the United Nations System Staff College Intern in 2017. She has worked in the field of epidemiological studies and statistics over the past 10 years. She is a research fellow in the Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, UK since 2018. She has been selected as one of the UICC-IARC Technical Data-Scientist Fellow Awardees in the Cancer Surveillance Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. Nermin is a biostatistician, research methodology consultant, and a clinical research instructor; she has shared in many research projects related to the World Health Organization, International Labor Office, United Nations Statistics Division, and Erasmus Plus. She had more than 20 publications in the area of data science and the new MedTech innovations. Nermin’s areas of research are epidemiological surveys, clinical trials, critical appraisal of different studies, big data analysis, and statistical modelling.

Dr. Anil Audumbar Pise

Dr. Anil Audumbar Pise obtained his BE (Computer Science & Engineering) from the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur University, Maharashtra, India, MTech (Computer Science) from RGPV Bhopal India and his PhD (Computer Science) from the University of the Witwatersrand. He is previously worked for the Legacy Data Migration Project of WITS ICT as a Principal Data Scientist. His PhD research was based on the applications of e-learning platforms and Predication of engagement level of students to enhance e-learning platform using Deep Learning and Relational Reasoning aspects. To accomplish this, proposed a system that uses a Temporal Relational Network to identify facial emotions, given a video recording, and then maps the identified facial expression to a learning affect and achieved more than 97% accuracy for test samples of extended DISFA dataset. He currently working as a Senior Data Scientist at Johannesburg and holds adjacent faculty position as well as International Advisory Board Member at Woxsen University India his area of interest is data science, deep learning, and relational reasoning. He has published various papers in peer reviewed journals, and he is editor for international journals and books.

Dr. Robert Guidoin

Robert Guidoin PhD is professor of surgery (biomaterials) at Laval University, Québec, QC (Canada). He studied chemistry at the University of Nantes, France, from 1967-1970. After spending a post-doctoral year at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, he came to Laval University in 1971 to investigate the blood compatibility of medical devices, such as membrane oxygenators and dialyzers. Further to a specific training in bioengineering at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, he was appointed assistant professor of surgery (biomaterials) at Laval University in 1976 before becoming a full professor in 1986. He was appointed as a member of the International College of Fellows of Biomaterials Science and Engineering in 1996, and Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 1998. He was a member of the Sciences Council of Canada (1987-1992). He became Honorary Faculty at Chongqing University, China, the Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria, the University of Sichuan, China, and the Donghua University, China, in 1994, 2001, 2010, and 2013, respectively. He became International Honorary Faculty of the Society of Endovascular and Chinese medical Doctor Association in 2015. He entered the Canadian Who is Who in 1992. He has made important contributions in the field of vascular and endovascular grafts, heart valves, mechanical hearts, membrane oxygenators, auditor ossicles, breast implants and intra-uterine devices. He has trained many students (35 MSc, 21 PhD, 11 post-doc), and 12 visiting professors on sabbatical leave at his research facilities. During the last decade, he has actively participated in the 111 Program of the Chinese Ministry of Education at Donghua University, Shanghai, China. He was the founder and the first scientific director of the Quebec Biomedical Institute (1992-2000). He has published more than 300 scientific papers, 24 book chapters, 2 books as co-editor, and has presented his research at numerous meetings worldwide. Robert Guidoin is an internationally leading expert in cardiovascular devices, especially those used for percutaneous techniques.