Itamar Medical — Company History And Founders

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Itamar Medical — Company History And Founders There are a number of companies which are focusing to become the leading providers of sleep apnea management devices for cardiac patient care pathway. Itamar Medical is one of the leaders in the field of management of sleep apnea for cardiac patients. They are the developers of the WatchPat as well of the sellers of a diagnostic product which is based on the proprietary Pat signal which has been proven as a simple and scalable alternative to airflow because it enables versatility at the point of deployment. They are also the producers of the Total Sleep Solution which is a product which includes an organizational field support, supporting technologies and partnerships to enable all physicians and cardiologists to provide a seamless care to sleep apnea patients. Additionally, the company has also developed and is presently marketing the EndoPAT system which is an assessment tool for endothelial function and is used by clinicians, pharmaceutical companies and researchers easily and reliably to quantify and observe arterial health. Itamar medical wouldn’t be in a position but for Itamar medical founders who are all highly qualified personnel that have worked in unison with each other to develop the kind of solutions this company is presently marketing. Every one of the Itamar medical founders has received specialized education and training in sleep research as well as the medical field to provide solutions which unacknowledged as the best around the world.


Who Are The Individuals Acknowledged As Itamar Medical Founders Dr. Giora Yaron Dr. Yaron is an active founding member of a number of hightech and med tech companies which have been acquired by companies such as Cisco and Dell. Dr. Yaron holds qualifications in physics and mathematics along with a Ph.D. in applied physics from the Hebrew University. He also serves as the chairman of the Tel Aviv University as well as the board of Amdocs. His expertise has even evinced interest from the Ministry of Defense where he serves on the advisory board. Prof. Peretz Lavie Prof. Lavie received formal training in sleep medicine and research from the University of Florida, the University of California San Diego, and was also a visiting professor at Harvard University in Boston. He joined the faculty of medicine in 1975 at the Technion Israel Institute of technology and it was here that he found it the laboratory for sleep research and the center for sleep medicine. The sleep research laboratory he founded was the first for diagnosing sleep disorders. It presently has four branches in hospitals in Israel. Prof. Daniel Goor 1962 was the year when Prof. Goor received his M.D. degree from the Jerusalem University. Between 1963 and 1965 he received training in cardiology in Israel and thereafter


trained for general and cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Minnesota as well as the New York Hospital Cornell Medical College. He is the author of 120 medical scientific papers and was also the president of the Israel Association of thoracic and CV surgery between 1985–1992. Mr. Martin Gerstel Mr. Gerstel is a businessman who was also the co-chairman of the Alza Corp. as well as the CEO and is the co-founder and co-chairman of Itamar medical. He also serves as a director in Yissum Research Development Company Of Hebrew University Limited as well as the foundation for national medals of science and technology of the US. The executive committee of the Weizmann Institute Of Science And the Board of Governors Of the Hebrew University Of Jerusalem also has Mr. Gerstel as a member of the board of governors. Mr. Gerstel is also an advisor for Burrill Life Science Funds as well as on the board of the BIRD which is the Israel US binational industrial research and development foundation. It is clearly evident that Itamar medical is a company that has a set of founders who are qualified and have the expertise necessary to provide advanced devices for the management of sleep apnea among cardiac patients. With a highly credible list of individuals who are qualified in every aspect of the business, there cannot be any reservations that this is the company which has managed to establish itself as the leader in this field.


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