Nadine Afari, MSc, is the Manager of Research Programs at Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC), working closely with CHOC's first Chief Scientific Officer and the Vice Dean for Research, Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine. She is also an R&D Associate with The West Coast Consortium for Technology and Innovation in Pediatrics (CTIP), an FDA-funded pediatric MedTech accelerator based at the University of Southern California. She has experience at the engineering, functional management, program management and executive levels spanning the full spectrum of product development, from customer-focused concept generation through design and development to production ramp-up and commercialization. She is driven by the desire to translate basic research into new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies that directly and positively impact people’s lives.
Dr. Kuperman is a neurologist with dual certification in epilepsy and neurology with over 10 years’ experience directing the clinical epilepsy and research programs at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland. The Eysz Team is currently conducting their device pilot at CHOC Children's Research Institute with Dr. Don Phillips from CHOC is the Co-PI. The Eysz device uses passive oculometric data from consumer grade eye-tracking systems, our software algorithms have the potential to reliably detect seizures and other neurological 'vital signs'. By employing machine learning capabilities, we expect our software to be able to predict when a seizure will occur.
Parth Amin leads the Product Development efforts and GTM Strategy at Eysz. He brings 15+ Years Medical Device Experience in Product and Project Management, Product Launch, and Alliances having worked at Siemens Healthineers, Varian, and Omnicell.
Laura is a healthcare executive and a passionate business creative in the innovation space. “She possesses a deeply insightful understanding of the many complicated facets of healthcare, and a vision of how innovative technologies can address them."
Phuong Dao is the Director of Research Operations in the rapidly growing Research Institute at CHOC Children’s Hospital. Phuong has worked in healthcare for over 20 years, specializing in research administration, research compliance, and corporate compliance.Prior to joining CHOC Children’s, Phuong was the Chief Corporate Integrity Officer for the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Phuong earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Seattle University and a Bachelor of Science from Smith College.
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Since 1964, CHOC has been steadfastly committed to providing the highest quality medical care to children. Affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, our regional pediatric healthcare network includes a state-of-the-art 334-bed main hospital facility in the City of Orange, and a hospital-within-a-hospital in Mission Viejo. CHOC also offers many primary and specialty care clinics, more than 100 additional programs and services, a pediatric residency program, and four centers of excellence – The CHOC Heart, Neuroscience, Orthopaedic and Hyundai Cancer Institutes.
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