MEDICAL ADVISORS
Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD
- Past President of American Society of Nephrology
- Founding Director of Kidney Research Institute
- Founding Director of Center for Dialysis Innovation
- Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM)
- Co-Director of MSSM Center for Kidney Disease Innovation
John Ross, MD
- Founder, 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
- Recipient of ASDIN Lifetime Achievement Award
Ben Starnes, MD
- Chief of Vascular Surgery & Professor, University of Washington
- Past President of Pacific Northwest Vascular Surgery Society
- Founder of Aortica Corp.
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
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS
Buddy D. Ratner, PhD
- Co-inventor of STAR biomaterial
- University of Washington Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Past President, Society for Biomaterials
- Past President, 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
- Past President, Society for Biomaterials
- Past President, American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering
- Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University
- Member of National Academy of Engineering
- Biomaterials industry veteran with 50+ patents
- Corporate Research Fellow and Director of Polymer Technology, Medtronic
- VP Research and CSO, Focal Inc.
- VP Biomaterials Research, Genzyme
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)