RESURGE THERAPEUTICS

Mikael is a senior industry leader in medical devices and drug device combination products. Prior to Resurge, he worked on drug delivery for solid tumors as Senior VP at TriSalus Lifesciences which is now a publicly traded company. Before that, he worked as a technical and business leader at CapsoVision developing the CapsoCam smart pill for gastrointestinal imaging and at Abbott Vascular / Guidant developing drug eluting stents and bioabsorbable scaffolds for treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease. Mikael started his career at Cohesion Technologies developing CoSeal surgical sealant which was out-licensed to Baxter. He is a coinventor of over 100 granted US patents for various drug delivery and medical device therapies. Mikael was a Fulbright Fellow at Stanford University.

John is an experienced leader and technical expert in drug delivery and medical devices. Prior to Resurge, he led development of novel drug delivery implants  for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) application as VP of R&D at Intersect ENT which was acquired by Medtronic. John previously worked in technical leader roles at Abbott Vascular / Guidant developing drug eluting device technologies for treatment of vascular disease. He has received over 65 granted US patents ranging across urology, ENT, vascular, and ophthalmology. John received his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh while conducting research in drug delivery at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

Shahram is the current Chief Medical Officer at Resurge with prior experience as CMO at KDX Diagnostics and partner at Boss Surgical.  He is an internationally recognized urologist in the field of minimally invasive robotic surgery and BPH with a clinic located in Silicon Valley and affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital and Stanford University.  His significant clinical research experience includes over 15 clinical studies as principal investigator, over 20 published manuscripts, and 10 book chapters.  Shahram received his MD from Boston University, completed fellowships in surgery and urology at the University of California San Francisco and a fellowship in urologic laparoscopic oncology at the University of Paris.

James brings over 25 years of legal and patent law experience to Resurge. He has represented a wide range of pharmaceutical and medical device companies and created significant intellectual property related to drug delivery, bioabsorbable, and smart pill technologies. He has worked at internationally renowned law firms including Squire Patton Boggs LLP, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, and Morgan Lewis as well as in-house at General Electric Aviation. In his spare time James is passionate for hobbies of mathematics, music and soccer.