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Board of Directors

Cristian Mogodici

Co-Founder & CEO ZAYA AI

Cristian’s motivation is to bring together pathology science with cutting edge AI technology, to create high performing software that provides better diagnosis of diseases and improves patient outcomes. In the last few years, he has been focused on developing new AI models in pathology diagnosis.

As a co-founder and CEO of a fast-growing HealthTech start-up, he has gained experience in funding strategy, R&D, go-to-market strategies, product management, strategic planning, new product planning, launch readiness & commercialization, market development and pricing strategies

Prof. Dr. Sabina Zurac

MD, Phd

Senior pathologist with 27 years of experience in pathology, Professor of Pathology, Vice Dean of Research in the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Head of Department of Pathology in Colentina University Hospital.

Fields of expertise: Dermatopathology, oral pathology, soft tissue tumors, infectious disease pathology. Accredited with 350 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 155 scientifical papers (71 published in ISI indexed journals), 26 books and chapters in books, director or expert for 26 national and international research grants (21 finalized, 5 ongoing), 3 patents. H-index June 2022: 18

Board of Advisors

Carolina Alarco

Founder Bio Strategy

Founder and Principal at Bio Strategy Advisors, she is a dynamic and seasoned biotech executive with more than 25 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Cătălina Klumpner

CEO Medist Life Science

CEO Medist Life Science – Leica distributor in Romania.

Martin Lammens

MD, PhD

MD, PhD, Senior Pathologist, and Neuropathologist, 40 years of experience, Professor emeritus of Pathology at Antwerp University.

Aleodor Andea

Prof.

Professor of Pathology and Dermatology at University of Michigan Health System at Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, US.

Christoph Westerteicher

Former International Business Director, Philips Hospital to Home.

Heather Couture

Senior Machine Learning

Senior Machine Learning Advisor. Heather is a Machine Learning Consultant and Founder of Pixel Scientia Labs. She has two decades of experience in computer vision and machine learning, half of those with applications related to pathology.

Heather works with pathology startups to reduce the trial-and-error of machine learning development. She makes use of the latest research to amplify their results and support their in-house team for the long term. She also publishes the Pathology ML Insights Newsletter and hosts the Impact AI Podcast.

Team

Dr. Cristiana Pop

MD, Phd

Senior pathologist 17 years of experience in pathology, M.D. since 2015.

Fields of expertise: Gastrointestinal pathology, liver and pancreatic pathology, lung pathology.
Expert in 5 national research grants, project manager in one national research grant
(on-going).
Over 100 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 60 scientifical papers, 3 books and chapters in books.
H-index iun 2022: 11

Dr. Luciana Nichita

MD, Phd

Lecturer in pathology – senior pathologist 19 years of experience in pathology.

Fields of expertise: Urology and male genital pathology, soft tissue tumors, infectious diseases pathologyOver 100 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 45 scientific papers, 3 chapters in books; expert in 4 national research grants. H-index iun 2022: 11

Dr. Mirela Cioplea

MD

Senior pathologist 11 years of experience in pathology.

Fields of expertise: Urology and male genital pathology, dermatopathology, hematopathology, gastrointestinal pathologyExpert in 3 national research grants (2 finalized, 1 ongoing). Over 75 presentations, posters and scientifical papers

Dr. Alexandra Cioroianu

MD

Pathologist 9 years of experience in pathology.

Fields of expertise: Dermatopathology, breast and female genital pathologyExpert in 3 national research grants (1 finalized, 2 ongoing).Over 40 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 8 scientifical papers.

Dr. Liana Sticlaru

MD

Senior pathologist 14 years of experience in pathology.

Fields of expertise: Hematopathology
Over 50 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 20 scientifical papers. Expert in 3 national grants (2 finalized, 1 ongoing).

Dr. Petronel Mustățea

PhD

PhD Medical Science General Surgeon Cantacuzino Hospital.

Dr. Mihai Bușcă

MD

Pathologist 9 years of experience in pathology.

Fields of expertise: Breast and female genital pathology. Expert in 2 national research grants
(1 finalized, 1 ongoing). Over 25 presentations and posters in national and international congresses and symposia, 2 scientifical papers

Andrei Voicu

Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer, specializing in Computer Vision.

Bogdan Ceachi

Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer, specializing in Computer Vision.

Julian Dcruz

Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer, specializing in Computer Vision.

Laurențiu Motoonu

Full Stack Engineer

Full Stack Engineer.

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