CTIP Steering Committee

Our high-impact Steering Committee of faculty, clinicians and translational experts brings together expertise across institutions with a goal of developing and commercializing pediatric medical devices.

Katie

Bales

Patient Advocate

Yaniv

Bar-Cohen, MD

co-director
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Michael

C.K. Khoo, BS, MS, PhD

Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Pediatrics
University of Southern California

Kathryne

Cooper, MBA

Investment Advisor
CTIP

Juan

Espinoza, MD, FAAP

Director, Principal Investigator
Lurie Children's

Bill

Fienup

Co-Founder and Executive Director of the MedTech Accelerator
mHUB

Hon. Julian

Gold, MD

Consultant
Cedars-Sinai Accelerator

Katherine

Hammond

Managing Director - Center for Clinical Research
Northwestern University; NUCATS

Sanjeet

Hegde, MD, PhD

Co Director of Research, Heart Institute, Medical Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging
UCSD - Rady Children’s

Judy

Hsieh

Program Director, Life Sciences
Larta Institute

Omkar P.

Kulkarni, MPH

Chief Innovation Officer
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

Daniel Steven

Levi, MD

Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist; Associate Professor, School of Engineering
Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA

Gerald

Loeb, MD

Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Director, Medical Device Development
University of Southern California

Chuck

Magness

Innovation Strategist
Seattle Children's

Jennifer

McCaney

Executive Director, UCLA Biodesign; Adjunct Assistant Professor, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine & Anderson School of Management; Assoc. Director, UCLA CTSI
University of California, Los Angeles

Taylor

McPartland

CEO
ScaleHealth

Ellis

Meng, PhD

Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Vice Dean, Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship 
University of Southern California

Rubayath

Mohsen, BS, MS

Manager, Business Development & Technology Transfer
The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation

Marcia

Molina

Director, Technology Transfer & Commercialization
Children's Mercy, Kansas City

Megan

O'Brien

Associate Director, Technology & Innovation Hub
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Arvin

Paranjpe, J.D., M.S.

Sr. Technology Development Manager
Oregon Health & Science University

Frances

Richmond, PhD

Director, Department of Regulatory Science
University of Southern California

David

Sheridan, MD, MCR

Co-Director, Emergency Medicine Clinical Innovation; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics
Oregon Health & Science University

Dave

Whelan

Managing Director
Bespoke Business Strategy Inc.