M. Ross Brown

IRIS International, Inc. engages in the manufacture of surgical and medical instruments. Its products include in vitro diagnostic systems. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Brea, CA.

IDX Systems Corp. provides health care information systems and services. Its products that function across patient care settings & organizational models including integrated delivery networks, group practices, academic medical centers, radiology centers and hospitals. The company was founded in June, 1969 by Robert H. Hoehl & Richard E. Tarrant and is headquartered in South Burlington, VT

VisionGate, Inc. provides in-vitro automated 3D cell structure and analysis solutions. It focuses on early detection and prevention of lung cancer. The firm’s attendees include surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, pulmonologists, radiologists, pathologists, epidemiologists, basic research scientists, nurses and allied health professionals and patients. The company was founded by Alan C. Nelson and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

NinePoint Medical, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. It designs, manufactures, and sells an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging platform for clinical use in gastroenterology, pulmonology, urology, gynecology, evaluation of human tissue microstructure. The company is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Atlas5D, Inc. provides technology-enabled solutions that help older adults to move in their homes. It offers its solutions for aging-in-place by directly measuring changes in how a person is moving in their own home, including activity, location and speed. The company was founded by Zeb Kimmel and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Part of Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Carl Zeiss, Inc. is a company that manufactures optical lenses. The company is based in Maple Grove, MN.

Delta Education LLC publishes science manipulative and other curricular materials. It manufactures curriculum based elementary school science kits. The firm offers science education by providing hands-on science programs and materials that are correlated to National Science Education Standards (NSES) and state standards. The company was founded by Tom Richardson in 1974 and is headquartered in Nashua, NH.

Part of Integrated Health Services, Inc., Health Care Industries, Inc. provides home health care services. The company is based in Tampa, FL. Health Care Industries was acquired by Integrated Health Services, Inc. from Marriott International, Inc. on June 26, 1997.

LightLab Imaging, Inc. develops optical coherence tomography technology. Its technology is used to manufacture medical products for imaging and tissue characterization. The company was founded in February 1998 and is headquartered in Westford, MA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. provides medical products and solutions. It offers imaging systems, therapy equipment, and hearing instruments for diagnosis, treatments, and patient monitoring. The firm services include imaging and therapy, customer resources and logins, healthcare financing solutions and laboratory diagnostics services. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

TransMedics, Inc. manufactures and develops medical devices. It offers a portable warm blood perfusion system designed to maintain organs in a functioning state outside the human body during transport from organ donor to recipient. The firm’s products are used in heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplants. The company was founded by Waleed H. Hassanein in August 1998 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Intelligent Medical Devices, Inc. engages in the designs development and manufacture of platform-agnostic, regulatory-cleared molecular diagnostic tests. The company was founded by Alice A. Jacobs Nesselrodt in 2000 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Part of Pearson Plc, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc. engages in publishing and printing services. The company is based in Reading, MA.

Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH specializes in patient-friendly diagnostics for early disease detection, personalized medicine, and lifetime health monitoring. Hummingbird Diagnostics is based in Heidelberg, DE and was founded by Jochen Kohlhaas and Karoly Nikolich. The German company uses liquid biopsies based on miRNA biomarkers to detect diseases such as lung cancer, melanoma, breast cancer, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, heart diseases, and IBD. Jochen Kohlhaas has been the CEO since incorporation.

Part of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd., Breas Medical AB is a Swedish company that manufactures home respiratory ventilators and sleep apnea products. The company is based in Mölnlycke, Sweden. Breas Medical was acquired by Human Design Medical LLC, a subsidiary of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd. from General Electric Co. on February 04, 2014.

Kew, Inc. provides oncology services. It provides multiple services to oncologists to assist in treatment decisions for cancer patients and offers genomic testing for patient tumor samples and genomic information important to diagnostic and treatment decisions that assist physicians and are detailed in cancer-specific Therapeutic Pathways. The company was founded by Richard Bohmer, Viren Mehta, Clayton Matt Christensen, Jeffrey Elton, Mason Freeman, John P. Glaser, H. Robert Horvitz, Bruce Johnson, Kathy Behrens Wilsey and Raju S. Kucherlapat in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

GreyBird Ventures LLC (GreyBird Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Tom Miller, Scott Gazelle and Mike Devlin. The firm is headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts.

Ceres Nanosciences, Inc. provides research, development, and commercialization of innovative sample preparation products, based on its proprietary technology. The company was founded by Emanuel F. Petrioin III, Lance Liota and Ross M. Dunlap in 2008 and is headquartered in Manassas, VA.