Healthcare Industry News: Bookwalter
News Release - May 16, 2006
Spirus Medical Announces Formation of Medical Advisory Board
Experts drawn from top medical facilitiesSTOUGHTON, Mass., May 16 (HSMN NewsFeed) -- Spirus Medical, Inc. (http://www.spirusmed.com), a leading developer of endoluminal technology for gastroenterology, urology and gynecology, announced the formation of its medical advisory board. The new board draws upon experts from some of the nation's most renowned medical facilities.
Through its medical advisory board, Spirus Medical seeks to revolutionize the way diagnostic and therapeutic devices are advanced, positioned and secured in various lumens of the body.
"We're honored to have such a highly esteemed group of physicians embrace our mission," said Bill Bookwalter, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Spirus Medical. "With their leadership and direction, we are well positioned to address the needs of physicians in some of the world's largest medical markets."
The members of the Spirus Medical Advisory Board are:
* Richard Rothstein, M.D., Chief, Section of Gastroenterology and
Hepatology, Professor of Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover,
NH
* Michael Rocchio, M.D., F.A.C.S., General Surgery and Endoscopy, Former
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Brown University School of
Medicine, Providence, RI
* Paul Akerman, M.D., Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy and & Endoscopic
Oncology, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine & Surgery, Rhode
Island Hospital, Providence, RI
* Charles Monier Jr., M.D., Owner and Director, Thibodaux Endoscopy,
Thibodaux, LA
* Robert Gannan, M.D., Ph.D., President & Partner of Northwest
Gastroenterology Associates, Bellevue, WA, Founder and National Medical
director of Physician's Endoscopy, Inc. Doylestown, PA
* Steven Edmundowicz, M.D., Chief of Endoscopy, Division of
Gastroenterology, Professor of Medicine, Washington University School
of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
* Ram Chuttani, M.D., Chief Interventional Gastroenterology, Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA
* Dicken S.C. Ko, M.D., Surgical Director, Renal Transplantation,
Departments of Surgery and Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Spirus Medical, Inc., headquartered in Stoughton, MA, was incubated and founded in 2005 by STD Med, Inc., a Stoughton-based manufacturer and developer of medical technologies. Spirus has developed a revolutionary Endoluminal Advancement System (EAS(TM)) for GI Endoscopy that represents a significant breakthrough by enabling gastroenterologists to perform flexible endoscopy procedures more efficiently. In addition, Spirus is developing other devices incorporating this same proprietary platform technology for use in urological and gynecological procedures.
Source: Spirus Medical
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