John Funkhouser has extensive experience in healthcare as Chief Executive Officer of four cardiac life sciences companies including CoeurLabs, PharmaNetics, nContact and now, MSI. Before working in healthcare, Mr. Funkhouser worked in banking and venture capital at Chemical Bank Of New York, Wheat First Securities, Crestar Capital and Hillcrest Group. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
Dane Carl Andreeff is the current President, Chief Executive Officer and Director at Helius Medical Technologies, Inc., an advanced medical device company focused on improving neurological health and wellness. He is also the founder of Maple Leaf Partners, LLC and Andreeff Equity Advisors, LLC.
In addition to his role as Director at MSI, Andreeff is Director at HDL Therapeutics, a highly innovative medical company that has developed the first therapy of its kind to rapidly reverse coronary atherosclerosis in patients with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). He is also on the board at TraceSecurity, LLC, a security company helping to protect and eliminate risk for companies ranging local and community financial institutions to global enterprises.
William Burke is currently President at Austin Highlands Advisors, L.L.C., and in addition to MSI, is Director of Adtalem Global Education and Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. Burke’s strong experience in strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity financing.
Previously, Burke served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at IDEV Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Abbott, Inc. providing next-generation medical devices for use in interventional radiology, vascular surgery and cardiology. Burke also notably served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ReAble Therapeutics, Inc. for over three years, a diversified orthopedic device company, where he increased annual revenues from $100 million to $450 million through means of both acquisitions and organic growth.
Randy Hill currently serves as a key business advisor to United Imaging in North America and specializes in consulting innovative companies across the healthcare imaging sector. Hill brings extensive experience in the medical imaging industry and a background in sales in marketing to help position MSI at the forefront of imaging innovation.
Hill has also served as Chief Executive Officer at Siemens Medical, and previously as Chief Operations Officer and VP of Service at Siemens for more than eight years. Prior to that, Hill served six years as Chief Executive Officer and Director at VasoMedical subsidiary, Vaso Diagnostics, a medical technology company ranging a diverse product and service selection, including several diagnostic imaging solutions as well as non-invasive monitoring and therapeutic devices.
Todd Robinson currently serves as CEO/Principal at Southwood Group, L.L.C., with approximately $45 million in revenue and 200 employees. Robinson also serves as Managing Partner for Hanover Ventures, L.L.C., a venture partnership currently holding three primary investments, including Myocardial Solutions, Inc., VazTec, L.L.C. American Nano, L.L.C. Robinson brings in a diverse background and significant operating experience as both a manager and director.
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Robert (Bob) Kay brings over 40 years of executive management experience in both early-stage and growth companies doing business domestically and internationally, along with having served on numerous private and public company boards. From 2006 to 2012, Bob served as COO and CFO of Drilling Info, Inc., an Austin, Texas-based online data and analytics software company serving the global oil and gas exploration and related financial industries, until early 2012, when the company was sold to a major private equity group. Since 2012, Bob has spent his time investing in private growth companies and serving on related Boards of Directors, including nContact Surgical, Inc., Myocardial Solutions, Inc., and other early-stage medical device, pharmaceutical, and online data companies. Bob also serves on the board of MSC Income Fund, Inc., a side-by-side Private Equity and Mezzanine Debt investor to Main Street Capital, Inc. (NYSE), Houston, Texas, and is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.
Dane Carl Andreeff is the current President, Chief Executive Officer and Director at Helius Medical Technologies, Inc., an advanced medical device company focused on improving neurological health and wellness. He is also the founder of Maple Leaf Partners, LLC and Andreeff Equity Advisors, LLC.
In addition to his role as Director at MSI, Andreeff is Director at HDL Therapeutics, a highly innovative medical company that has developed the first therapy of its kind to rapidly reverse coronary atherosclerosis in patients with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). He is also on the board at TraceSecurity, LLC, a security company helping to protect and eliminate risk for companies ranging local and community financial institutions to global enterprises.
Randy Hill currently serves as a key business advisor to United Imaging in North America and specializes in consulting innovative companies across the healthcare imaging sector. Hill brings extensive experience in the medical imaging industry and a background in sales in marketing to help position MSI at the forefront of imaging innovation.
Hill has also served as Chief Executive Officer at Siemens Medical, and previously as Chief Operations Officer and VP of Service at Siemens for more than eight years. Prior to that, Hill served six years as Chief Executive Officer and Director at VasoMedical subsidiary, Vaso Diagnostics, a medical technology company ranging a diverse product and service selection, including several diagnostic imaging solutions as well as non-invasive monitoring and therapeutic devices.
Todd Robinson currently serves as CEO/Principal at Southwood Group, L.L.C., with approximately $45 million in revenue and 200 employees. Robinson also serves as Managing Partner for Hanover Ventures, L.L.C., a venture partnership currently holding three primary investments, including Myocardial Solutions, Inc., VazTec, L.L.C. American Nano, L.L.C. Robinson brings in a diverse background and significant operating experience as both a manager and director.
Nael Osman founded Myocardial Solutions after developing MyoStrain’s technology as a professor at Johns Hopkins University. As a known leader in cardiac MRI technology, Nael has pushed the frontiers of measuring regional function of the heart using MRI. Nael is an accomplished researcher and academician with a track record of academic publications (60+ scientific papers, 100+ conference presentations and abstracts), research contribution, teaching and life science innovation.
Memorial MRI & Diagnostic (MMD) has partnered with Myocardial Solutions to build Houston's first and only MyoStrain Cardiac Prevention Center in Katy, Texas. MMD's longstanding commitment towards improving the lives of patients through its line of state-of-the-art imaging technologies and community-focused services has made MMD the ideal caliber of outpatient imaging facilities to offer MyoStrain. With more than 10 locations spread across Greater Houston, Dallas, Beaumont, Corpus Christi and surrounding cities, the partnership will deliver the unique MyoStrain MRI heart scan to communities throughout Texas, expanding access to better cardiac care and helping patients take control of their heart health.
"We are incredibly excited to offer MyoStrain at our Katy facility, as the prevalence and risk of cardiac diseases within our community is exceedingly high. In addition to providing a uniquely accurate assessment of heart health, MyoStrain also gives us the speed and efficiency to address large at-risk patient populations. We believe it is a vital solution to help our community’s care providers proactively manage heart health while supporting the enormous volume of patients in need of cardiac care.”
United Imaging, a global leader in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, has partnered with Myocardial Solutions Inc. to bring rapid cardiac MR imaging to unmet cancer care and cardiology markets, helping enable physicians to protect and manage patient heart health during and after cancer treatment.
United Imaging is the preferred provider for MyoStrain®, and the two companies have joined together to deliver this dedicated solution to cancer centers and hospitals. The FDA’s 510(k) pre-market clearance of MyoStrain for United Imaging MRI machines marks the availability of this novel, proprietary technology in the U.S. market.
“With this joint solution from Myocardial Solutions and United Imaging, oncologists and cardiologists will be able to monitor patient heart health before, during, and after cancer treatment. Together, United Imaging and Myocardial Solutions will deliver the diagnostic testing using MyoStrain software on a dedicated MR scanner for both cancer centers and cardiologists. The fast, MR based technique is highly automated to deliver reproducible results.”
John Funkhouser has extensive experience in healthcare as Chief Executive Officer of four cardiac life sciences companies including CoeurLabs, PharmaNetics, nContact and now, MSI. Before working in healthcare, Mr. Funkhouser worked in banking and venture capital at Chemical Bank Of New York, Wheat First Securities, Crestar Capital and Hillcrest Group. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
Dane Carl Andreeff is the current President, Chief Executive Officer and Director at Helius Medical Technologies, Inc., an advanced medical device company focused on improving neurological health and wellness. He is also the founder of Maple Leaf Partners, LLC and Andreeff Equity Advisors, LLC.
In addition to his role as Director at MSI, Andreeff is Director at HDL Therapeutics, a highly innovative medical company that has developed the first therapy of its kind to rapidly reverse coronary atherosclerosis in patients with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). He is also on the board at TraceSecurity, LLC, a security company helping to protect and eliminate risk for companies ranging local and community financial institutions to global enterprises.
William Burke is currently President at Austin Highlands Advisors, L.L.C., and in addition to MSI, is Director of Adtalem Global Education and Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. Burke’s strong experience in strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity financing.
Previously, Burke served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at IDEV Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Abbott, Inc. providing next-generation medical devices for use in interventional radiology, vascular surgery and cardiology. Burke also notably served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ReAble Therapeutics, Inc. for over three years, a diversified orthopedic device company, where he increased annual revenues from $100 million to $450 million through means of both acquisitions and organic growth.
Randy Hill currently serves as a key business advisor to United Imaging in North America and specializes in consulting innovative companies across the healthcare imaging sector. Hill brings extensive experience in the medical imaging industry and a background in sales in marketing to help position MSI at the forefront of imaging innovation.
Hill has also served as Chief Executive Officer at Siemens Medical, and previously as Chief Operations Officer and VP of Service at Siemens for more than eight years. Prior to that, Hill served six years as Chief Executive Officer and Director at VasoMedical subsidiary, Vaso Diagnostics, a medical technology company ranging a diverse product and service selection, including several diagnostic imaging solutions as well as non-invasive monitoring and therapeutic devices.
Todd Robinson currently serves as CEO/Principal at Southwood Group, L.L.C., with approximately $45 million in revenue and 200 employees. Robinson also serves as Managing Partner for Hanover Ventures, L.L.C., a venture partnership currently holding three primary investments, including Myocardial Solutions, Inc., VazTec, L.L.C. American Nano, L.L.C. Robinson brings in a diverse background and significant operating experience as both a manager and director.
