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Edward Hlozek, CEO and Chairman

ehlozek@valvecure.com

Most recently CEO of Mind & Associates, Inc., Edward has been a senior level business executive, founder and Director of interventional and surgical/medical minimally invasive companies in cardiac, neurologic, orthopedic, urologic, gynecologic and ENT companies. He has been responsible for financial and clinical introductory oversight for Class I, II & III Devices for minimally invasive devices and techniques in all surgical specialties, including RF therapy devices. Designer and patent holder for the current transcatheter platform technologies of ValveCure.

Richard Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP,

FESC, FSCAI

Internationally-recognized cardiologist, inventor, educator, author and one of the early pioneers of the angioplasty procedure. Author of over 180 research studies, clinical textbooks, and author of 24 granted patents. Scientific Advisory Board Chair for ValveCure; Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine; Founder of the Phoenix Heart & Lung Center; Vascular Heart & Lung Associates, PC; Principal Investigator: 100+ medical device studies and 50 pharmaceutical studies.

Tom Witzel, VP Operations

twitzel@valvecure.com

Tom has extensive experience managing and participating in pre-clinical procedures and studies. Working with leading cardiovascular technologies, including heart valves and other surgical and endovascular devices, Tom has collaborated with prominent cardiovascular physicians in the U.S., Europe, and China. As an employee and consultant, Tom has completed pre-clinical projects for Edwards Lifesciences, Ventrica, HeartPort, MiCardia, and 3F Therapeutics. 

John Osth, CIO  

josth@valvecure.com

CEO of NanoSomix, previously CEO Celula, Inc., Chairman & CEO of QuantumCor Inc., of which he has been a founder. John has also held senior level positions at Baxter Healthcare including President of the Immunotherapy Division and head of European R&D. 

Jeffrey Hlozek 

jmh417@valvecure.com

C-Suite executive in companies developing enterprise product design, delivery and implementation availability in the market of health care data and analytics, with special emphasis on the cutting edge integration of universal availability and access for patient healthcare information.

Dennis Hlozek  

dj@valvecure.com

Principal and founder of sales and marketing representative companies focusing on Acute Care, Critical Care, OR, Cath Lab, ED, Wound Care, and Bio Medical Engineering in the surgical and minimally invasive markets.  Board and C-Suite oversight consultant adjunctive to Manufacturer's Representative engagements. 


Scientific Advisory Board

  • Richard Heuser, MD 
  • David Adams, MD 
  • Peter Block, MD
  • Randy Chitwood, MD
  • Saibal Kar, MD
  • Jeffrey Milliken, MD
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