OUR TEAM
Founding Team with experience in Orthopedic Implants
John Ashley
Co-Founder
CEO
Previous VP of R&D at CoAlign Innovations Previous leadership positions at Spinal Kinetics, Benvenue, Oratec and Foxhollow Technologies
Murali Kadaba Ph.D.
Co-Founder and
Chief Science Officer
Previous Chief Science Officer at CoAlign Innovations. Previous leadership positions at Vertiflex, Stryker and Howmedica
Dillon Kiwat
Co-Founder and
Senior R&D Engineer
Senior R&D engineer at University of California, San Francisco
Damien Shulock
VP Research & Development
Previous senior product development: Microsfere, ZKR Ortho, Stryker, CoAlign
Mohammed Diab, MD
Professor and Chief of Pediatric Orthopedics, UCSF
Tom Afzal
Outside Board Member, Executive Chairman Activas Orthopedics
Stephan Hochshuler, M.D
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board Texas Back Institute
Steve Hwang, MD
Neurosurgeon at Shriner's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia
Harsh Grewal, MD
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and attending surgeon at Shriner's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia
Neel Anand, MD
Professor of Surgery and Director of Spine Trauma at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Dennis Crandall, MD
Medical Director of the Sonoran Spine Group, Phoenix, AZ and Clinical Professor at the University of Arizona School of Medicine
