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Ethan Lerner, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman, is a founder of Lerner Medical Devices, Inc. and an inventor of the fiberoptic hairbrush. He is an Associate Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lerner’s laboratory is at the Cutaneous Biology Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the author of over 75 articles, and his work has been supported continuously by competitive research grants from the National Institutes of Health for more than ten years. In addition to his academic duties, Dr. Lerner is an innovator with credits including a previous start-up company that was successfully acquired. He holds one dozen U.S. patents.
John R. Lyon, BA, President and CEO, Member, Board of Directors, Mr. Lyon has more than twenty years of experience in the launching of medical technology products, including surgical and medical lasers, ultrasonic and electrosurgical systems and minimally invasive visualization systems and instruments. Most recently he has been CEO of Leptos Biomedical Inc., a start-up neuromodulation company and President and CEO of Vista Medical Technologies, a developer of visualization systems for minimally invasive surgery. Previously Mr. Lyon was President of Cooper Surgical, a women’s health company; co-founder of AOT, Inc. an orthopedic equipment company and President of the International Division of Cooper Laser Sonics, Inc. a leading provider of medical and surgical lasers. Mr. Lyon has a BA in History from the University of Durham (United Kingdom.)
Zafiris Gourgouliatos, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, and a Company co-founder. Dr. Gourgouliatos is a biomedical and optical engineer with over 15 years of experience in the medical device industry. After earning his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering in Greece, Dr. Gourgouliatos pursued graduate studies in biomedical engineering as a Fulbright scholar at the University of Texas in Austin. His doctoral research involved interaction of light with tissue and effects of laser light on the skin. He holds four patents and has been published in many scientific journals. As a graduate student, Dr. Gourgouliatos worked with Michael Dell at Dell Computers in its very early stages. Before co-founding Lerner Medical, he managed new product development of endoscopic illumination products at Cogent Light Technologies, Inc. Dr. Gourgouliatos was the principal investigator in the SBIR award that funded initial development of the Fiberoptic Hairbrush during Lerner Medical's start-up phase.
David Chang, BSME, Vice President, Operations and Engineering, is a mechanical engineer with extensive knowledge in development and manufacturing of optical medical devices and computer products with over 26 years of experience in the field. Mr. Chang is a hands-on engineer and experienced manager and has successfully taken several products from conception to production. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from UCLA and has worked for Elec-Trol, Inc., developing production automations, and Micropolis Corporation designing high-performance disk drives. Mr. Chang founded Avitech, Inc., a PC-based point-of-sales software company. Before joining Lerner Medical, he managed product development and engineering of fiberoptic illumination projects as a colleague of Dr. Gourgouliatos at Cogent Light Technologies, Inc. Mr. Chang holds four patents, two in fiberoptics.
The Board of Directors includes Ethan Lerner, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman of the Board, John R. Lyon, CEO, and also:
Philip M. Darivoff, Member of the Board, is a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs &Co. He is a major investor in Lerner Medical Devices via his private investment company, Vayikra Capital, LLC.
Jed A. Kwartler, M.D., Member of the Board, is an otolaryngologist at the Summit Medical Group in Berkeley Heights, NJ. He is an investor in Lerner Medical Devices and also invests in and consults with other early stage biomedical companies.
Peter M. Lerner, Member of the Board, is an attorney and partner in the firm of Lerner & Weltman in Woodbridge Heights, CT.
Scientific Advisor:
R. Rox Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., is Research Director of the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School. He is co-inventor of the fiberoptic hairbrush. Dr. Anderson is a member of the scientific advisory board of several companies involved in biomedical optics. He is one of the most recognized individuals in Dermatology and a keynote speaker at major dermatology meetings. He has provided valuable advice on scientific matters related to phototherapy and photobiology.
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