Paul J. Kowalski

Roxwood Medical, Inc. manufactures and designs cardiac catheter products. The firm offers a platform of front-line catheters to help patients with coronary and peripheral arterial diseases. Its products include multicross catheter that provides multiple wire options for complex coronary and peripheral interventions and centercross catheter that offers a 3F central lumen to support guide wires and micro catheters to navigate complex coronary and peripheral interventions. The company was founded by Charlie Davidson and Mark Taber in 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Volcano Capital LLC (Volcano Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Douglas Wall. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Biofeedback Design, Inc. develops and manufactures medical hardware and software solutions. The company was founded by Dejan Stankovic and Jane Rogers Clark and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Woodwell Climate Research Center, Inc. provides environmental care services. It seeks to conserve and sustain forests, soils, water, and climate by demonstrating the value to human health and economic prosperity. The Center has initiatives in the Amazon, the Arctic, Africa, Russia, Asia, Boreal North America, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England. It programs focus on the global carbon cycle, forest function, landcover/land use, water cycles, and chemicals in the environment, working in collaboration with partners from local organizations to national governments and the United Nations. The company was founded by George Woodwell and is headquartered in Falmouth, MA.

Verax Biomedical, Inc. develops rapid tests for detecting bacterial contaminants in blood cells and tissues. The firm's first target application for its technology is to test for the presence of bacterial contaminants in platelets and bacterial contaminants in platelets and red blood cells represent the greatest lethal infectious risks in transfusion medicine today and no rapid, simple methods are presently available to effectively address this threat. Verax Biomedical was founded by Joe R. Sanders and Joe L. Straight in 1999 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Entac Medical, Inc. engages in the development of medical devices for predictive and diagnostic medicine. The company was founded by Buddy Lyons and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

EndoShape, Inc. commercializes medical devices. Its products include Medusa multicoil, animation and instructions, and computerized tomography (CT) imaging. The company was founded by Harold Tyber, Jeffrey Cstleberry and Robin Shandas in 2006 and is headquartered in Idaho Springs, CO.

Cardiosolutions, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. It focuses on a novel percutaneous alternative to open heart surgery to solve the problem of mitral regurgitation. The firm offers Dexterity Steerable Introducer, a multi-use tool that enables physicians to access regions of the cardiac anatomy, which are difficult to reach, including the left side of the heart; and Percu – Pro System for reducing the degree of mitral regurgitation in patients with either functional or degenerative valve disease. The company was founded by Steven J. Tallarida in 2006 and is headquartered in West Bridgewater, MA.

Mercator MedSystems, Inc. develops medical injection devices. The firm focuses on the treatment of peripheral artery disease using its catheter-guided, micro-infusion systems for site-specific, non-systemic delivery of therapeutic agents directly across any blood vessel. It offers bullfrog micro-infusion device and blowfish trans-bronchial micro-infusion device. The company was founded by Kirk Patrick Seward, Michael Vestel, and Albert P. Pisano in 2000 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

CIRCA Scientific LLC develops a temperature monitoring system to display continuous temperature measurement. The firm's products include CIRCA S-CATH, CIRCA S-CATH, CIRCA temperature monitor, CIRCA interconnect cable, CIRCA USB data transfer drive and CIRCA temperature standard. The company was founded by Shawn P. Fojtik in 2009 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

Summit Access LLC designs and manufactures medical device to create streamlined solutions for use in interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, and vascular surgery procedures. It distributes MicroTaper safety introducer set. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

Transaortic Medical, Inc. develops medical accessory devices to compliment trans-catheter aortic valve replacement procedures. It specializes in embolic protection device that doesn't require an additional access site which reduces procedure time. The company was founded on November 8, 2011 and is headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA.

Part of Patient Square Capital, Orthopedic Associates of Grand Rapids PC is a medical services provider. The company is based in Grand Rapids, MI. Orthopedic Associates of Grand Rapids was acquired by Hanger, Inc., part of Patient Square Capital from October 03, 2022 on October 29, 2012.

Drake Center, Inc. provides medical and rehabilitative care services. The company is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Oncoheroes Biosciences Inc. engages in the development of drugs for children and adolescents with cancer. The company was founded by Marc Goldberg, Ricardo Garcia, and Cesare Spadoni in August 2017 and is headquartered in Brookline, MA.

Endotronix, Inc. develops wireless heart sensor technology. The firm has introduced the Cordella Heart Failure System, a comprehensive solution for heart failure management. The company was founded by Anthony I. Nunez and Harry D. Rowland in June 2007 and is headquartered in Lisle, IL.

Bessor Pharmaceuticals manufactures pharmaceuticals. The private company is based in Framingham.

Concert Medical LLC manufactures medical devices. It offers interventional cardiology and neurology products. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Norwell, MA.

Bluefin Medical, Inc. manufactures medical instruments.

HealthCare IT, Inc. provides biomedical research software and healthcare managed hosting services. The company is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

BioVentures Investors (BioVentures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Peter J. Feinstein and Marc E. Goldberg. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Genetics Institute LLC develops pharmaceutical products through recombinant DNA and other genetic technologies. It develops drugs to make the blood of hemophiliacs clot, as well as substances that stimulate the production of red and white blood cells and proteins that enhance bone growth. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Massachusetts Biotechnology Council is a premier life sciences and healthcare hub with over 1,600 members dedicated to preventing, treating, and curing diseases through transformative science and technology. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA. MassBio works to advance policy and promote education while providing member programs, events, industry information, and services. The company's mission is to advance Massachusetts' leadership in the life sciences to grow the industry, add value to the healthcare system, and improve patient lives. Founded in 1985 by James P. Sherblom, the CEO is Kendalle Burlin O'Connell.

OPKO Diagnostics LLC engages in the provision of health services. It develops blood testing devices for use in homes and doctors offices. The company was founded by Vincent Linder, George M. Whitesides, David Steinmiller, and Samuel K. Sia in 2004 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.