The founding team is made of entrepreneurs and inventors who have translated novel technologies from the research lab to FDA-cleared products.
Raj Shekhar, PhD
Raj Shekhar is an inventor of the StethAid™ technology, who has led its research and development since inception together with CMO Robin Doroshow. Dr. Shekhar is also a principal investigator and a professor of radiology and pediatrics at Children’s National Hospital and George Washington University. Dr. Shekhar holds 13 US patents and is also the founder of IGI Technologies with an FDA cleared image fusion product.
Robin Doroshow, MD
Robin Doroshow is an inventor of the StethAid™ technology, who has led its research and development since inception together with CTO Raj Shekhar. She is the creator of the Murmur Library that has led to the company’s AI algorithms. Dr. Doroshow is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist with Children’s National Hospital and a professor of pediatric cardiology with George Washington University. She is an expert of pediatric heart murmurs, echocardiography, fetal cardiology, and congenital heart diseases.
Shilpa J Patel, MD
Shilpa J. Patel, M.D., M.P.H., is the medical director for the Improving Pediatric Asthma Care (IMPACT) DC Asthma Clinic, an attending physician in the Children’s National Emergency Department and an assistant professor of pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences (GW).
Dr. Patel received a medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine and a master’s degree in public health at GW. She completed a pediatric residency, chief residency and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Children’s National Health System before joining the faculty. Dr. Patel is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine. Her academic and clinical interests include: geographic predictors of health outcomes, asthma, firearm violence prevention and suicide prevention.
Mark Chandler, MBA
Mark Chandler is a seasoned business executive and a recognized expert in commercializing IP and technology. He is the founder of Upstream Partners, a specialty advisory firm that helps its clients with their IP needs in all aspects of early-stage technology, product development, and business creation. He is also an early-stage investor and has managed $50M capital with 10+ portfolio companies.
Youness Arjoune, PhD
Youness Arjoune leads product commercialization and interfaces with regulatory partners to bring StethAid™ to market. He is a biomedical research engineer with experience in medical device product development and signal processing. Dr Arjoune holds a PhD degree from University of North Dakota.
Trong Nguyen, PhD
Trong Nguyen leads the engineering and analytic development of StethAid™ and its digital auscultation platform. He brings cross industry experience to the health technology field. Dr. Nguyen got his PhD degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Ko-Tsung Hsu, PhD
Ko-Tsung Hsu earned his Ph.D. from the Bioengineering Department at George Mason University. His academic journey includes a B.S. in Biotechnology from Ming Chuan University, followed by an M.S. in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology from George Mason University. Presently, his research is dedicated to advancing technology through artificial intelligence and machine learning, specifically in the realm of signal processing for medical devices.