Advisory Board

PracticePoint's Advisory Board members are leaders in the medical technology and healthcare industry, coming from global corporations such as Boston Scientific and Takeda, as well as respected medical institutions including UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Hospital. The Board will help to ensure that PracticePoint continues to provide the resources needed for faculty researchers, industry scientists and engineers, and clinicians to accelerate healthcare innovation and implementation for the benefit of patients.

Current Roster

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Keely Benson

Keely Benson

Director, MeHI at MassTech

 

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Leo Chen

Liaohai "Leo" Chen

Director, PracticePoint

 

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John Favreau

Principal R&D Engineer, Boston Scientific

 

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Roman Fayerberg

Attorney, GreenbergTraurig 

 

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PracticePoint Gregory Fischer

Gregory Fischer

CEO, AIM Medical Robotics

 

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Michael Hyder

Michael Hyder MD

Clinical Chief, Pharmacotherapies, Department of Medicine; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and UMassMemorial Health

 

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Brian Johnson

President, MassMEDIC

 

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Jeanne LeClair 

Vice President of Economic Development & Partnerships, MLSC

 

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Beth Loring

Founder, Loring Human Factors

 

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John Orr

Former Director, PracticePoint

 

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jay prosser

Jay Prosser

Executive Director, Nursing Council on Workforce Sustainability, UMass Chan Medical School

 

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Moises Rivera Bermudez

Moises Rivera-Bermudez, PhD

Fellow – Preclinical Research, Boston Scientific Corporation

 

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Jenifer Siegelman MD

Head, Late Transational Oncology, Takeda

 

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Bogdan Vernescu

Associate Provost for Research, WPI

 

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José Wong

Chief Product Officer at Dynocardia, Inc.

 

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PracticePoint Haichong Zhang

Haichong (Kai) Zhang

Associate Professor, Robotics Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, WPI