Advisors

Dr. Adam E. Saltman, M.D., Ph.D.  Dr. Saltman is the Associate Professor of Surgery & Physiology and the Director of Cardiac Surgery Research at the Univ. of Mass. Medical School.  (BA, Harvard University 1983; M.Phil. 1985; MD, Ph.D., Columbia University 1990)

Dr. Glenn Gaudette, Ph.D.  Dr. Gaudette is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineer at the Univ. of Mass. Medical School.  (BS-ME, UMass Dartmouth ‘89; MS-ME, Georgia Inst. of Tech. ‘92; Ph.D. Biomed. Eng., State Univ. of NY at Stony Brook 2002)

Dr. Douglas D. Payne, M.D.  Dr. Payne has been a Senior Surgeon of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the N.E. Medical Center for 19 years and a Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine for 13 years.  Formerly, he was Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation and Director of the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit.  His bibliography includes 54 publications, 38 abstracts, and 2 books.  (BA, Harvard College; MD, Harvard Medical School)

Ernest A. Carabillo, Jr., esq.  Mr. Carabillo is an internationally recognized expert specializing in medical devices, human tissue, and tobacco; his diversified background includes: extensive governmental experience with the FDA and Department of Justice culminating with an assignment as member of the White House staff.  He is a regulatory/quality systems strategist and an attorney, possessing a unique combination of corporate, governmental, and private management experience.  (JD, St. John’s Univ. School of Law; BS Pharmacy, St. John’s Univ. College of Pharmacy)

John Metz  Mr. Metz is the former President of Kimberly-Clark Professional Health Care Corp. and Bio-Plexus, Inc. specializes in strategic acquisitions.  Stanford University, Univ. of Mississippi.

Steve Sagon, esq.  Mr. Sagon is the current President of CardioFocus, Inc., and was the former President of Bard Electrophysiology after leading C.R. Bard’s sales & marketing efforts.  (BA, Franklin & Marshall 1977; JD, Emory University 1980)

Kathleen Limerick  Ms. Limerick brings a systems-level focus in the form of concept development, process and throughput analysis, risk analysis, experimental design, requirements development, management, traceability, and verification.  She has designed and authored our FDA, CE, and ISO procedures and processes.  (BS Chemistry, SUNY–Oneonta)