Medcura, Inc., a producer of innovative hemostasis solutions that deploy patented biopolymer technologies to control surgical bleeding, has announced the formation of its Spinal Surgery Advisory Board.
The Board includes nine spine surgeons who are experts in clinical trial strategy and medical device design. They will guide the Medcura team as it advances LifeGel™ Absorbable Hemostatic Gel through clinical trials, regulatory approvals, and commercialization.
“We are happy to have assembled such an esteemed group of spine surgeons to guide the development and commercialization of LifeGel,” said Chief Medical Officer Kenneth Renkens, MD. “Their insights and experience will be invaluable as we continue to advance this breakthrough hemostatic agent. With their support, we are confident in our ability to address the unmet needs of spine surgeons and improve patient outcomes.”
Dr. Renkens, who chairs Medcura’s Spinal Surgery Advisory Board, is an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and co-founder of the Indiana Spine Group. With his 30 years of experience in the implantable surgical innovation space, plus his involvement in five investigational hemostasis spine studies, Dr. Renkens leads clinical innovation of surgical hemostatic agents at Medcura.
Medcura’s Spinal Surgery Advisory Board includes the following internationally recognized experts who are leaders in the field:
- Adedayo Ashana, MD, Minimally Invasive Spine Specialist at OrthoNC in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Barrett Boody, MD, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon at Indiana Spine Group, core faculty for Indiana Spine Group’s spine surgical fellowship, and Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery at Indiana University Health
- Bryan Cunningham, PhD, Director, Scientific Orthopaedic Research at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Peter Grossi, MD, Chief Physician Executive, Duke Health Integrated Practice, Community Division Chief of Neurosurgery, Duke Raleigh Hospital
- Serena Hu, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chief of the Division of Spine Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine
- Jun S. Kim, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Head of the Orthopedic Surgery Department’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) laboratory
- Paul McAfee, MD, MBA, Chief of Spinal Research at Union Memorial Hospital and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD, Spine Surgeon at Allegiant Spine Institute, Director of the Robotic Spine Institute of Las Vegas, and Chairman of Orthopaedics and Spine at Southern Hills Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Nicholas Theodore, MD, Professor of Neurological Surgery and Director, Neurosurgical Spine Center at Johns Hopkins Medicine and Chairman, Head, Neck & Spine Committee, National Football League
- Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA, Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and President of Rothman Orthopaedic Institute in Philadelphia
View Spinal Surgery Board member biographies here: https://www.medcurainc.com/press-news/medcura-forms-world-class-spinal-surgery-advisory-board
