Leadership & Advisory Team
Our team of physicians, obesity experts, and experienced healthcare professionals are on a mission to bring an end to the obesity epidemic, one patient at a time.
Founders
Co-founder | Chair, SAB
Assistant Professor at Mayo Clinic
Founder of Gila Therapeutics ($5M raised Series A)
Publications: >75 Patents: 4
Co-Founder | Advisor
Physician, Scientist, World-renown, Gastroenterologist, Endowed Professor at Mayo Clinic, Past-president of AGA, ANMS. Clinic Publications: >800 Patents: 7
Management Team
CEO
Joining from Health2047
Serial entrepreneur, CEO, COO and CFO of diagnostic and health tech companies
$1/2 B raised; 6 M&A deals; 3 exits
Chief Data Scientist
20 years of experience in bioinformatics, software development and data science
Previously CareDx, Illumina, Microsoft
Chief Operating Officer
18+ years of sales, marketing, and business development experience in obesity device space.
Previously VP Marketing for Explorer Surgical.
LLC Manager / Advisor
10 years experience running CAP/CLIA labs
Start up and product launch experience
Clinical & Medical Advisors
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Donna Ryan, MD Professor Emerita, Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
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Ken Fujioka, MD Director of Nutrition & Metabolic Research and Obesity Telemedicine, Scripps Clinic |
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Craig Primack, MD Co-Director & Co-Founder of Scottsdale Weight Loss Center |
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Tony Auriemma, MD, JD Medical Director, AMITA Health |
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Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH Gastroenterologist, Mayo Clinic |
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Daniel Guerron, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Duke University Health System |
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Angela Fitch, MD Associate Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center |
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Shelby Sullivan, MD Associate Professor of Medicine & Director of Gastroenterology Metabolic and Bariatric Program, University of Colorado |
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Angela Golden, NP Current Fellow & Past President of American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) |
