David L. Kirschman

Vivo Capital LLC (Vivo Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Frank C. Kung and Edgar G. Engleman. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Preventice Solutions, Inc. develops mobile health applications. It integrates technology from industries in health care, pharmaceuticals, medical device companies and mobile phone technology in an open, secure cloud-computing framework. The firm also offers HealthClips Rx, an interactive patient education platform that feeds data about patient compliance and post-surgical complications back into the clinical system. The company was founded in 2007 by Scott Burrichter, Dan Spors, Jonathan P. Otterstatter and Greg Wobig and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Surgical Specialties Corp. manufactures medical products. It specializes in designing and manufacturing of surgical knives and wound closure products. The firm offers suture needles, sutures, microsurgical cutting instruments, eye garters, and ophthalmic cannulas. The company is headquartered in Westwood, MA.

Seran Bioscience LLC provides a range of capabilities to support clinical studies, including custom-designed solutions to meet unique clinical demands, enhanced solubility and engineered particle solutions, and optimized formulations to improve therapeutic performance. The company is based in Bend, OR. Seran Bioscience is committed to delivering clinical supplies and data to support the success of each drug's unique development path. The company was founded in 2016 by John Melvin and Dan Smithey, with Dan Smithey serving as CEO since then.

Swift Health Systems, Inc. provides healthcare services. It offers dental solutions. The company was founded by John Pham and Hongsheng Tong in 2014 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Scion Medical Technologies, LLC manufactures medical devices. Its products include rotational core ultrasound breast biopsy and tissue maker. The company was founded by Joseph Siletto on January 17, 2012 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Scientia Vascular, Inc. develops medical devices. The company is based in West Valley City, UT. The company was founded by John Lippert. John Lippert has been the CEO since incorporation.

HistoWiz, Inc. develops information technology infrastructure to archive and manage multi-terabyte databases for histopathology services. It offers PathologyMap, an online preclinical pathology database allowing online viewing, tagging, collaboration, search, comparison, and analysis of histopathology data across different laboratories and hospitals. The company was founded by Ke Cheng in 2012 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY.