Raúl San José Estépar Email & Phone Number

Wellesley, Ma, Us

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Co-founded and active member of Quantiative Imaging Solutions LLC, an image analytics company in the healthcare space that drives discovery for clients using advanced AI solutions. The founding team has more than 15 years of experience in imaging and modeling. I serve as a scientific advisor providing guidance and expertise in machine learning and imaging analysis.

Boston

Establish quantitative imaging program in chest diseases by leveraging image analysis, computational imaging and machine learning techniques.Secure extramural funding from federal agencies and private entitiesDesign and coordinate all aspects of complex research projects across multidisciplinary team

Greater Boston Area

• Led the development of an image-based discovery platform for genome wide associations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) as part of COPDGene®.• Led a human trial for an image-guided system to assist Fine Needle Aspirations (FNA) in pancreas lesions.• Developed a navigation system for NOTES surgery and coordinated animal experiments at Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.• Supervised over 15 trainees at different levels in their careers.• Author of 30 journal publications, 30 peer-review conference publications and 1 worldwide patent filed.• Obtained ~1MM in grant funding from NIH as Principal Investigator.

Greater Boston Area

• Led the development of an image-based discovery platform for genome wide associations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) as part of COPDGene®.• Led a human trial for an image-guided system to assist Fine Needle Aspirations (FNA) in pancreas lesions.• Developed a navigation system for NOTES surgery and coordinated animal experiments at Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.• Supervised over 15 trainees at different levels in their careers.• Author of 22 journal publications, 30 peer-review conference publications and 1 worldwide patent filed.• Obtained $700,000 in grant funding from NIH as Principal Investigator.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Greater Boston Area

• Designed and developed Airway Inspector. An open source platform for COPD image-based characterization used in multiple centers across the nation and worldwide.• Primary designer and developer of a device for image-guided surgical navigation for laparoscopy and endoscopy surgery (intraluminal and transluminal).• Developed novel engineering methods for neuroimaging and cardiac applications.

• Developed novel algorithms for medical image filtering and segmentation. Algorithms were implemented in the open source packages 3D Slicer and Insight Toolkit.

Madrid Area, Spain

Greater Boston Area

Faculty and Mentor of the IDEA3 program. The Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium is a partnership of leaders in science, medicine, engineering, business, and the public sector dedicated to catalyzing change in Madrid’s healthcare innovation ecosystem by accelerating translational research and encouraging entrepreneurship. It was founded by Comunidad de Madrid, in 2010, in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Greater Denver Area

Co-Mentor graduate student in biostatistics

Boston

The Startup Leadership Program (SLP) is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of grooming the next-generation of startup CEOs, by providing a high quality 6 month curriculum.

Greater Boston Area

• Marketing, financial, regulatory and technical due diligence for ventures in the area of in-vitro Diagnostics, Med Device and Healthcare IT• Assisting in investment proposal preparation for target companies• Assisting in valuation models for potential targets• Interacted with multiple entrepreneurs

Co-founded a new venture around a novel organ preservation technology for organ transplantation. - Developed business plan which included analysis of market size, current and emerging competition, the expected route and strategy for FDA and European approval, intellectual property and freedom to operate, and a funding strategy. - Pitched the business plan to several prospective investors, including angels and venture capitalists. Currently raising funds to continue development.- Second Prize in "Big Undiscovered Idea" competition at Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day 2010

• Developed tools to monitor the fetal growth from US images.

• Worked on the theoretical foundation that formed the core of my doctoral work.

Certificate, Technology, Operations, And Value Chain Management

Certificate, Management And Leadership

Courses include Finance, Strategic marketing, and strategic leadership and project valuatio

Postdoc, Radiology

Phd, Telecomunications Engineering

Master, Telecommunication Engeenering