Experience

Organoid Technologies

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Sep 2020 - 3 years 4 months

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States At Organoid Therapeutics we envision a future in which artifical organs can be mass produced and become the first line treatment option for patients with end-stage organ disease. Our mission is to develop artificial organ technologies while contributing to the education of future generations and the development and production of technology in the United States.

• Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2020

  Greater Pittsburgh Area At Organoid Therapeutics we envision a future in which artifical organs can be mass produced and become the first line treatment option for patients with end-stage organ disease. Our mission is to develop artificial organ technologies while contributing to the education of future generations and the development and production of technology in the United States.



UPMC

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Artificial Heart Biomedical Engineer, Clinical Engineer, Flight/Patient transport Engineer

  • Jun 2011 - 12 years 7 months

  Greater Pittsburgh Area Patient care and support on ventricular assist devices (VADs) in UPMC Presbyterian and Children's Hospitals. The technologies we use to provide cardiovascular support to our patients include continuous as well as pulsatile flow devices for long term, short term, and bridge to transplant applications: Thoratec PVAD Thoratec Hearmate II VAD Thoratec Centrimag Heartware VAD Abiomed Impella platforms BerlinHeart (Pediatric) Arrow AutoCAT 2 WAVE IABP System



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate - Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering

  • Jun 2017 - Jan 2019

  Greater Pittsburgh Area



University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• MD/PhD Trainee - Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

  • May 2008 - May 2017

  Pittsburgh



University of Pittsburgh | McGowan Institute | Badylak Laboratory

• MD/PhD Trainee, Researcher, Graduate Student, Medical Student, Scientist, Instructor

  • May 2010 - Aug 2015

  Greater Pittsburgh Area



Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions

• Hong Kong
• Higher Education

• MCAT/DAT Instructor

  • May 2007 - May 2008

  MCAT and DAT instructor for pre-medical and pre-dental students -Physics, Biology, Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, Quantitative Reasoning, and Perceptual Ability



Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative

• Biotechnology Research

• Researcher, scientist

  • May 2006 - Aug 2006

  Greater Pittsburgh Area My research focused on the development of an ex-vivo perfusion system that simulated coronary vessel dynamics throughout the cardiac cycle on intact vascular segments