Acupuncture - Reiki - Herbal MedicineProviding full-spectrum traditional Chinese and Asian medical services, including acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, herbal medicine, tui-na, moxibustion, cupping, and gua sha. Clinical specialties include pain management, rehabilitation, pediatrics, and special needs populations.Offering Reiki as a therapeutic modality for patients with a wide range of health concerns, as well as instructing classes for the community and other healthcare providers.

Consulting to the Biomedical industry on fortressing novel medical products and services for market success. Thorough landscape analysis on current market, stakeholders and reimbursement potential.Directs competitive strategy for market launch and increase in market penetration.Manages pre-clinical and biocompatibility testing, clinical study preparation and partnerships; prepares protocols, IFUs, branding and product materials.Develops and enhances product requirements, biomaterial selection, and User Interface. Expands and innovates product portfolio to protect current and future systems, surgical and manufacturing techniques and clinical applications; investigates prior art and possible infringements. Creates regulatory solutions for medical therapeutics and implantable products.

Created Reiki Fitness, LLC a small business of teaching and practicing Reiki, a Japanese form of healing.Generated clientele ranging from existing client referrals to large multi-national contracts.Maintained product inventory, created and managed on-line traffic from Web Site.Developed worldwide network for hundreds of students and teachers to interact and conduct trainings.Responsible for all the required revenue to make gains as a wellness center.

Responsibilities included: Investigating and developing marketing requirements for novel medical devices; directing market analysis of indications for implantable products; evaluating marketed and novel medical devices for alignment with the Bioness product portfolio, coordinating collaborative efforts from the interdepartmental implantable team (R&D, Regulatory, Clinical, Manufacturing, etc.) to project timelines, reach specific deadlines and reduce the number and impact of items on the critical path; piloting all branding and collateral for clinical study recruitment, labeling and future product launch; developing successful relationships with key opinion leaders and strategic customer groups including Surgeons who pioneered the field of Neuro-modulation; identified and managed Associates, Consultants, and Interns including other Biomedical Engineers.Accomplishments include: Developed the Implantable Systems team, ground up, from conception of medical device requirements and specifications to FDA and IRB submissions to clinical trials and development of branding strategy. Submitted 5 invention disclosures for device improvements resulting in provisional patent applications. Originated and directed the company’s first and subsequent Implantable Systems technical training programs and materials including cadaver labs for clinicians involved in investigational studies. Directed strategy for discovery of potential prior art infringements, technical and inventive mitigation. Reduced timelines to first implant to exceed critical deadlines while increasing the safety and quality of implantation, the device, and usability.

Directed research into viable applications of the BION® specific to patients suffering from Cerebral Palsy. Conducted focus groups with key opinion leaders and end-users for development of indications for use and User Interface design. Investigated and developed study designs and protocols to indicate novel applications for market launch. Explored necessary technological advancements for desired clinical applications. Created plans to market with thorough analysis of user needs, regulations and reimbursement concerns.

Researched the neural biocompatibility of coating materials for a multi-electrode array including adhesion molecules and growth factors. Originated computational systems for assessing 100,000s of data points. Organized and assisted in dissections of fetal mice to culture hippocampal neurons. Developed and maintained protocols for sterile. Directed and mentored undergraduates for the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Center.