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Leadership

Murray Penner, MD is a world-renowned orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Murray Penner, MD, FRCSC

Founder & Chairman of the Board

Areas of Expertise

  • Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia

  • 6 yrs as Director of the UBC Adult Foot & Ankle Reconstruction Fellowship

  • Head, Regional Department of Orthopaedics, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority & Providence Health Care

  • Head, Department of Orthopaedics, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC

  • Co-Founder & Medical Director, Footbridge Centre for Integrated Orthopaedic Care, Vancouver, BC

  • Founder & President, MJP Consulting Inc.

 

Prominent Products DevelopeD

  • TrueAim Lisfranc and Lapidus System – Innovative Midfoot Solutions & Strategic

  • INFINITY™ and INFINITY™ with ADAPTIS™ Total Ankle Replacement System – Strategic/Wright Medical

  • INBONE 2™ Total Ankle Replacement System – Strategic/Wright Medical

  • INVISION™ Revision Total Ankle Replacement System – Strategic/Wright Medical

  • ORTHOLOC™ Ankle Fracture Plating System – Strategic/Wright Medical

  • GRAVITY™ SYNCHFIX™ Syndesmosis Fixation Device – Strategic/Wright Medical

  • CoLink® Bone Graft Harvester – In2Bones

Areas of Expertise

  • 45 yrs of medical device industry experience, development & commercialization 10+ product families, encompassing 100+ products

  • 22 yrs working for large strategic companies developing and commercializing products 

  • 23 yrs acting as a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded ten companies mostly with physician KOL’s in the health care space

  • Led as CEO, responsible for company formation, capitalization, product development, subsequent commercialization, followed by successfully executed exit strategies

 

Prominent Products Developed

  • IMPRA/CR Bard -- FLUENCY --  fully encapsulated ePTFE endovascular stent grafts

  • IMPRA/CR Bard -- CARBOFLO – ePTFE arteriovenous vascular grafts for hemodialysis access

  • IMPRA/CR Bard -- CARBOFLO – ePTFE vascular grafts for peripheral arterial bypass

  • IMPRA/CR Bard -- DISTAFLO – ePTFE cuffed arterial bypass vascular graft

  • IMPRA/CR Bard -- DYNAFLO – ePTFE above-knee vascular bypass graft

  • CardioSpectra/Volcano -- coronary and peripheral artery OCT imaging system

  • Prytime -- ER- REBOA balloon catheter to temporarily occlude large vessels in support of hemorrhage control

  • BiO2 Medical/Mermaid --ANGEL Catheter -- Nitinol IVC filter permanently attached to a central venous access catheter providing temporary prophylactic PE protection

Christopher Banas

Founder, President, and CEO

Chris Banas is a medical device veteran, having led multiple companies to commercial success.

Founder & Chief Medical Officer

Gregory Berlet, MD, FRCSC, FAOA, FAAOS

Greg Berlet, MD is based in Columbus, Ohio and is recognized as an innovation leader in the foot and ankle orthopedics space.

Areas of Expertise

  • Dual fellowship trained (foot and ankle and sports medicine) orthopedic surgeon 

  • Clinical assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Ohio State University

  • Former chief of Foot and Ankle Ohio State University

  • Former fellowship director OFAC MD/DO fellowship

  • Chairman annual meetings AOFAS 2012 – 2013

  • Chairman Education committee AOFAS 2009 – 2011

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Prominent Products Developed

  • Design surgeon with > $150,000,000 (USD worldwide) commercial orthopedic implants sold

  • TrueAim Lisfranc and Lapidus System

  • INBONE II total ankle replacement

  • INFINITY total ankle replacement

  • INVISION revision total ankle replacement

  • Adaptis total ankle replacement system

  • Ortholoc 1 and Ortholoc II foot and ankle system

  • GRAVITY™ SYNCHFIX™ Syndesmosis Fixation Device – Strategic/Wright Medical

  • Valor intramedullary nail system

  • Biofoam spacer system

  • G-force anchor system

  • Jones fracture system

  • Sonic soft tissue fixation system

  • Zimmer Biomet - Headless compression twist off fixation system (HCTO)

  • In2Bone - CoLink® Bone Graft Harvester – In2Bones

  • Ossio - Cannulated nail system

  • Artelon - FLEXBAND Solo, Multi, and TWIST

Areas of Expertise

  • Chief of Foot and Ankle Surgery- Coordinated Health/ Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (2006-2021)

  • Foot and Ankle Fellowship Director (2010-2024)

  • Professor of Surgery- The Geisinger Commonwealth Medical College (2015-2024)

  • President, Degenerative Diseases- Celularity Inc.  (NASDAQ:CELU) (2019-present)

  • Founder, Venel Holdings (2007-present)

  • Plazmology4, Board Member (2006-present)

  • Founder/Chief Executive Officer- Edge Orthopeadics Inc.  Acquired by Orthofix NA.  2014

  • 39 Issued Patents- Medical Device, Biomaterial, Cell Migration Focus

  • 100+ peer reviewed publications

  • 4 Textbook chapters

 

Prominent Products Developed

  • TrueAim LisFranc and Lapidus Systems- Strategic

  • CoLink Bone Graft Harvester- In2Bones

  • Alloderm/GraftJacket Acellular Dermal Matrix-LifeCell and Wright Medical Technologies

  • Edge Orthopaedic Forefoot, Hindfoot, and Ankle Platforms

  • Quantum Total Ankle Replacement- In2Bones

  • TriWay Hindfoot and Ankle Fusion Nail- In2Bones

  • ICON Nailing System- Orthofix USA

  • Full list available upon request

Stephen Brigido, DPM, FACFAS

Founder & Chief Innovation Officer

Stephen Brigido, DPM is based in Allentown, PA and is considered a thought leader in foot and ankle surgery.
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