Team

Management
Donna Richardson, CEO of CollaMedix

Donna Richardson, Founder
Chief Executive Officer

30 years’ experience in the medical device industry
Columbia University, Executive MBA

Subba Shankar, CTO of CollaMedix

Subba Shankar, PhD, Founder
Chief Technology Officer

20 years’ experience in leading medical device development
PhD, Neuroscience, MS Biomed. Engr., CWRU: BA, Computer Engr., Columbia

Ozan Akkus, PhD

Ozan Akkus, PhD, Inventor, Founder
Chief Scientific Officer

Kent H. Smith Professor of Engineering, CWRU
Well-funded researcher, with a large and active lab
Renowned Collagen Expert and Co-Inventor

Adonis Hijaz, MD, Founder
Chief Medical Officer

Director, Female Pelvic Surgery, UH CMC
Professor, Urology, CWRU School of Medicine

Advisory Board

Robert Gillespie, MD
Chairman, Orthopedic Advisory Board
Chief, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, UH Cleveland Medical Center
Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery, UH Cleveland Medical Center
Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine

Joseph Iannotti, MD, PhD
Professor, Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Chief of Staff, Chief Academic, and Innovations Officer Cleveland Clinic Florida
Past Chairman of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic 2000 – 2018

Kathleen Derwin, PhD
Vice Chair, Cleveland Clinic Department of Biomedical Engineering
Co-Director, Cleveland Clinic Musculoskeletal Research Center
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, CWRU

James Voos, MD
Head Team Physician, Cleveland Browns, University Hospitals
Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UH Cleveland Medical Center
Professor, CWRU School of Medicine

Karen Spilizewski
CollaMedix
Board of Directors

Jim Anderson, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University

Dave Nolan, Board Advisor
Retired Group President, Global Businesses, Zimmer Biomet