Michael Costa-Parke Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

• Managing partnerships and discussions with other Parkinson’s organizations, including the Michael J Fox Foundation, Dancing with Parkinson’s, and Still Kicking Fitness, for collaborating on events and services.WPP is a Canadian charity, providing free medication to Parkinson’s patients. It has supported over 5000 patients and family members impacted by Parkinson’s disease across 32 countries.

• Secured new donors and sponsors for fundraising events including Longo's, Titleist, PING, and Tracer Golf for WPP’s annual charity golf tournament.

• Worked with the CEO and CFO on the launch of a $20M Series A investment round to bring the device to first-in-human clinical trials.• Built a customer relationship management (CRM) platform to effectively track fundraising activities.• Identified the most promising active VC investor targets investing in early-stage invasive medical devices.• Built strategic marketing material for demonstrating technological and commercial value.Panaxium is a medical device startup, commercializing a brain computer interface for stroke treatment.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led the stakeholder management of the Neuroscience commercialization program, managing relationships with over 80 external stakeholders including venture founders, scientists, industry leaders, investors, and clinicians.• Conducted due diligence on over 100 neuroscience ventures developing novel drugs and devices, assessing their commercial stage and clinical value proposition. Recognized as a top 5 venture recruiter across the CDL organization of over 100 recruiters.• Completed market research on the neuroscience industry to identify clinical, regulatory, and reimbursement challenges, as well as high-potential innovation areas. This research informed the recruitment strategy of the program.CDL is a startup accelerator program operating 21 specialized technology commercialization programs across 11 sites globally.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Utah, United States

• Worked with the CTO on clinical usability testing of medical imaging software, called FSL.• Wrote clinical protocols for surgeons on best practices for extracting brain imaging data using FSL.Glendor is a medical software startup, building a platform for protecting health information in medical images.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Worked with Dr. Sarah Lidstone on research investigations focused on improving patient experiences, including the patient demographics of functional movement disorders, the efficacy of multidisciplinary care of Parkinson’s, and co-design in Parkinson’s care• Co-authored a highly-cited publication (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35217516/) in the field of movement disorders, while responsible for leading the literature review, data management, and liaising with international study collaborators to amalgamate a database of 4905 patient cases.TWH Movement Disorders clinic is a globally renowned center of excellence for the care and research of Parkinson’s and other movement disorders.

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

• Led the student club towards garnering more support for Parkinson’s Disease.• Fulfilled a key role in the vision and project management of several large-scale initiatives, including liaising with researchers to host educational events.

• Coordinated with the national charity to launch 3 SuperWalk events while garnering support for the organization’s Hamilton Chapter.

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

• Worked with Dr. Kevin Jones on a research investigation focused on the diagnosis of infantile spasms.• Conducted a literature review and retrospective data analysis to measure the efficacy of traditional diagnostic techniques for assessing hypsarrhythmia.The McMaster Children’s Hospital’s Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program focuses on the care of children and youth with epilepsy.

• Research assistant and shadow intern to Dr. Carmine Simone, which included attending surgeries to observe differences between laparoscopic vs open procedures• Conducted a data analysis comparison of post-surgical patient-reported pain scores for the two categories of procedures.Michael Garron Hospital is a level one Thoracic Surgery Centre that provides comprehensive Thoracic Surgery care.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Biomedical Engineering

Research and course focus on product development, human factors, and commercialization of medical devices.

Honours Bachelor Of Science - (Honours) B.Sc., Medical And Biological Physics

Research thesis completed in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, under the supervision of Kari Dalnoki-Veress, investigating.

Education record