Scientific Advisory Board
The following investigators have been instrumental in the development of the preclinical and clinical studies required in the investigation of d-OSAB™ device platform leading toward commercial fruition. It is anticipated that they will continue in their respective advisory capacities.
Development of Proof-of-Concept
Byron Murray, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Apoptosis Expert
David S. Ucker, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, and an associate member of the Division of Immunology at the Medical Biology Institute in La Jolla, CA.
STROKE EXPERTS
Marilyn Rymer, M.D. - Professor of Medicine, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Dr. Rymer is also the Medical Director for the hospital’s stroke program and the Medical Director of the Mid-America Brain and Stroke Institute. Dr. Rymer holds the Edward T. Matheny Jr. Missouri Endowed Chair in Neuroscience and is the national chair of several stroke-related initiatives. Earlier Dr. Rymer co-founded the Center for Clinical Neurologic Studies, L.C., in Kansas City MO. She is also on the steering committee for the National Stroke Association Stroke Center Network.
Myron Ginsberg, M.D. - Peritz Scheinberg Endowed Chair in Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine. Earlier Dr. Ginsberg was co-director of the school’s neurotrauma research center and to that spent another 17 years teaching and engaged in researching in neurology and cerebral vascular disease.
Jacqueline Bello, M.D. - Professor of Clinical Radiology and Director of Neuroradiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. Dr. Bello has co-authored studies related to brain function and stroke, and has also published research on seizures and stroke prevention.
Charles Prestigiacomo, M.D., FACS - Assistant Professor in the Departments of
Neurological Surgery and Radiology, New Jersey Medical School, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Prestigiacomo’s specialties include cerebrovascular microsurgery (aneurysms, avm, cavernous malformation, carotid endarterectomy and bypass), endovascular surgery for the treatment of all brain, spinal cord and head/neck pathology (aneurysms, avm, stroke,tumor, vessel occlusion) and stereotactic radio surgery for vascular lesions.

