Health & Fitness
Health and Fitness
Health and Fitness
Wed, March 7, 2012
Prominent Harvard Cardiologist Joins VentriPoint Scientific Advisory Board
March 07, 2012 07:00 ET
Prominent Harvard Cardiologist Joins VentriPoint Scientific Advisory Board
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON--(Marketwire - March 7, 2012) - VentriPoint Diagnostics Ltd. ("VentriPoint") (TSX VENTURE:VPT) (PINKSHEETS:VPTDF) is pleased to announce that Dr. Scott Solomon, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, Director of Noninvasive Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital has agreed to join the Company's Scientific Advisory Board.
"I welcome Dr. Solomon to the Advisory Board," commented Dr. George Adams, VentriPoint's CEO. "His experience and leadership will help as VentriPoint advances its strategy of developing new applications for cardiac medicine."
About Dr. Scott Solomon
Dr. Solomon received his undergraduate degree from Williams College (Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors) and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency and fellowship in cardiology both at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Dr. Solomon now directs the Noninvasive Cardiac Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
About VentriPoint Diagnostics Ltd.
VentriPoint has created a diagnostic ultrasound tool to monitor patients with heart disease, a leading cause of death in developed countries. Management believes the VMS™ is the first cost-effective and accurate diagnostic tool for measuring right ventricle heart function. Congenital heart disease is the first application in a suite of applications for all major heart diseases including pulmonary hypertension, cardiovascular disease and heart failure, which management believes has a multibillion-dollar market potential. Canada and Europe (CE Mark) have granted approval for the sale of VentriPoint's VMS™ heart analysis system and VentriPoint is pursuing the US-FDA approval through the 510(k) process.
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