Advisors

Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD

• 2015 President of American Society of Nephrology
• Director of Kidney Research Institute
• Director of Center for Dialysis Innovation
• University of Washington Professor of Medicine

John Ross, MD

• Lead surgeon & medical director of Dialysis Access Institute
• Founder & first VP of Vascular Access Society of Americas (VASA)
• Editorial boards: Journal of Vascular Access; Endovascular Today
• International renown for developing new surgical techniques for dialysis access

Ted Kohler, MD

• University of Washington Professor of Surgery (retired)
• Chief of Peripheral Vascular Surgery, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System (retired)
• Numerous publications on vascular access for hemodialysis
• Expert in failure modes of dialysis access grafts

Michael Sobel, MD

• University of Washington Professor of Surgery (retired)
• former Vice Chairman, University of Washington Dept. of Surgery
• former Chief of Surgery, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
• Vascular surgeon and researcher in graft thrombosis and vascular biology

Buddy D. Ratner, PhD

• Co-inventor of STAR biomaterial
• University of Washington Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering
• Past President of Society for Biomaterials
• Past President of American Institute of Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
• Past VP of Tissue Engineering Society International (TESI)
• Fellow of: AVS Science & Technology Society, Biomaterials Science & Engineering (FBSE), American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Member of National Academy of Engineering
• Over 400 publications on biomaterials, tissue engineering, polymers, biocompatibility, surface analysis of organic materials, self-assembly, nanobiotechnology, RF-plasma thin film deposition

Arthur J. Coury, PhD/MBA

• Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University
• Over 40 years in biomaterials industry including former roles as:
  • Director, Polymer Technology
  • Corporate Research Fellow, Medtronic
  • VP Research and CSO, Focal Inc.
  • VP Biomaterials Research, Genzyme
• Elected to National Academy of Engineering

James Bryers, PhD

• University of Washington Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering
• Expert in anti-biofilm biomaterials, engineering infection immunity, and healing by controlling macrophage plasticity
• Board of Review Editors, Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• College of Fellows, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)