People
By involving clinicians, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and business people in research and professional development programs, Catalyst fosters an innovation ecosystem that produces high impact people and technologies. Fellows discover and lead collaborative project teams, guided by a cadre of multiprofessional leaders and mentors.
Catalyst Fellows
Emerging biomedical innovation leaders
2024 Fellows
![Thomas Beachkofsky, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Beachkofsky.png)
![Thomas Beachkofsky, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Beachkofsky.png)
Thomas Beachkofsky, MD
2024 spring cohort
Director, Dermatology Laser Surgery and Cutaneous Rehabilitation Clinic, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
![Adrián Noriega de la Colina, MD PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Decarli.png)
![Adrián Noriega de la Colina, MD PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Decarli.png)
Monize Caiado Decarli, PhD
2024 spring cohort
Group leader, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Netherlands
![Sarah Carbone](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Carbone.png)
![Sarah Carbone](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Carbone.png)
Sarah Carbone
2024 spring cohort
Research Health Science Specialist, United States Department of Veterans Affairs
![Aditya Chandrasekhar](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Chandrasekhar.png)
![Aditya Chandrasekhar](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Chandrasekhar.png)
Aditya Chandrasekhar, MD, MPH
2024 spring cohort
Staff Physician, Fenway Health
![Aditya Chandrasekhar](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Daniel.png)
![Aditya Chandrasekhar](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Daniel.png)
Rinu Daniel
2024 spring cohort
Clinical Rehabilitation Engineer, James A. Haley VA Hospital
![Danielle Hallman, DNP, RN, NE-BC](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Hallman.png)
![Danielle Hallman, DNP, RN, NE-BC](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Hallman.png)
Danielle Hallman, DNP, RN, NE-BC
2024 spring cohort
Assistant Chief Nurse-Mental Health, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System
![Xinming "Sherman" Huang, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Huang.png)
![Xinming "Sherman" Huang, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Huang.png)
Xinming "Sherman" Huang, PhD
2024 spring cohort
Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
![Amit Kalia, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Kalia.png)
![Amit Kalia, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Kalia.png)
Amit Kalia, MD
2024 spring cohort
Chief of Imaging, Section Chief of Interventional Radiology, Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
![David Lawrence, MD, FASAM](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lawrence.png)
![David Lawrence, MD, FASAM](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lawrence.png)
David Lawrence, MD, FASAM
2024 spring cohort
Medical Director, Downtown Los Angeles Substance Use Disorder Clinic, VA Greater Los Angeles Health System
![Gha Young Lee](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lee.png)
![Gha Young Lee](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lee.png)
Gha Young Lee
2024 spring cohort
MD/PhD Candidate at Harvard Medical School and MIT
![Marta López, MSc](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lopez.png)
![Marta López, MSc](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Lopez.png)
Marta López, MSc
2024 spring cohort
PhD Candidate at University of Barcelona & Visiting researcher at Harvard Medical School
![Hariharasudan Malaichamee](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Malaichamee.png)
![Hariharasudan Malaichamee](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Malaichamee.png)
Hariharasudan Malaichamee
2024 spring cohort
Principal Software Engineer, Symbotic
![Javier Nazario-Larrieu, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nazario-Larrieu.png)
![Javier Nazario-Larrieu, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Nazario-Larrieu.png)
Javier Nazario-Larrieu, MD
2024 spring cohort
Staff Interventional Radiologist, VA Caribbean Healthcare System
![Adrián Noriega de la Colina, MD PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/de-la-Colina.png)
![Adrián Noriega de la Colina, MD PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/de-la-Colina.png)
Adrián Noriega de la Colina, MD PhD
2024 spring cohort
CIHR-Institute of Aging Fellow,
Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital
![Michelle A. Petrovic, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Petrovic.png)
![Michelle A. Petrovic, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Petrovic.png)
Michelle A. Petrovic, MD
2024 spring cohort
Director & Chief of Medical Simulation and Attending Anesthesiologist, Orlando VA Healthcare System
![Spencer B. Shumway, MSE](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Shumway.png)
![Spencer B. Shumway, MSE](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Shumway.png)
Spencer B. Shumway, MSE
2024 spring cohort
Cofounder at SkyDance Vascular
Current Phase 2 Fellows
![Akshar Abbott](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Akshar-Abbott-300x300-1.png)
![Akshar Abbott](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Akshar-Abbott-300x300-1.png)
Akshar Abbott
2022 spring cohort
Ophthalmologist, Veterans Affairs VISN 23 Technology-based Eye Care Service program
![Paul Albear](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Albear-300x300-1.png)
![Paul Albear](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Albear-300x300-1.png)
Paul Albear, MD, MBA
2023 spring cohort
Chief Plastic Surgery, James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa FL
![Lola Baird](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Baird-300x300-2.jpg)
![Lola Baird](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Baird-300x300-2.jpg)
Lola Baird, LICSW, ACSW
Polytrauma/TBI Social Worker at VA Boston Healthcare System
![Laura Bajor](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Bajor-300x300-1.png)
![Laura Bajor](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Bajor-300x300-1.png)
Laura Bajor, DO
2023 spring cohort
Staff Psychiatrist, James A. Haley VA, Tampa, FL
![Zachary Buono](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Zack-Buono-300x300-1.png)
![Zachary Buono](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Zack-Buono-300x300-1.png)
Zachary Buono
2022 spring cohort
Biomedical Engineer at the US Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
![Alexandra Buscher](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Alexandra-Buscher-300x300-1.png)
![Alexandra Buscher](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Alexandra-Buscher-300x300-1.png)
Alexandra Buscher
2022 spring cohort
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Stryker Neurovascular
![Javier Cubas](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cubas-300x300-1.png)
![Javier Cubas](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cubas-300x300-1.png)
Javier Cubas, PhD
2023 spring cohort
Associate Professor, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid;
Fellow, Rafael del Pino-MIT Fellowship on Deep-tech entrepreneurship
![Emily DeFraites](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DeFraites-300x300-1.png)
![Emily DeFraites](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DeFraites-300x300-1.png)
Emily DeFraites, MD, MPH
2023 spring cohort
Section Chief, Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery Services, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System
![Mark Drinkwater](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Drinkwater-300x300-1.jpg)
![Mark Drinkwater](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Drinkwater-300x300-1.jpg)
Mark Drinkwater, NP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner at VA Boston Healthcare System in Emergency Services
![Beatriz Garcia Santa Cruz, MsC](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Beatriz-Garcia-300x300-1.png)
![Beatriz Garcia Santa Cruz, MsC](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Beatriz-Garcia-300x300-1.png)
Beatriz Garcia Santa Cruz, MsC
2022 spring cohort
Doctoral Candidate at the University of Luxembourg
![Elisa Gomez de Lope](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/deLope-300x300-1.png)
![Elisa Gomez de Lope](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/deLope-300x300-1.png)
Elisa Gómez de Lope, MSc
2023 spring cohort
Doctoral candidate at University of Luxembourg & Visiting researcher at University of Cambridge
![Enrique Gutiérrez](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Gutierrez-300x300-1.png)
![Enrique Gutiérrez](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Gutierrez-300x300-1.png)
Enrique Gutiérrez, PhD
2023 spring cohort
Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
![Danielle J. Harper](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Harper-300x300-1.png)
![Danielle J. Harper](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Harper-300x300-1.png)
Danielle J. Harper, PhD
2023 spring cohort
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
![Natrina Johnson](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Johnson-300x300-1.jpg)
![Natrina Johnson](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Johnson-300x300-1.jpg)
Natrina Johnson, MS
Candidate in Health Services Research at Boston University School of Public Health, and researcher in the VA Boston Healthcare System
![Amar Mandavia](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mandavia-300x300-1.png)
![Amar Mandavia](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mandavia-300x300-1.png)
Amar D. Mandavia, MA, PhD
2023 spring cohort
Medical Informatics Fellow at Boston VA
![Smitta Patel, MD, MPH, MBA](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Smitta-Patel-300x300-1.png)
![Smitta Patel, MD, MPH, MBA](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Smitta-Patel-300x300-1.png)
Smitta Patel, MD, MPH, MBA
2022 spring cohort
Chief of Innovation, Department of Mental Health at the Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center
![Alison Quinn](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Quinn800x800.jpg)
![Alison Quinn](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Quinn800x800.jpg)
Alison Quinn
2021 spring cohort
Staff Physician, Psychiatrist Memphis VA Medical Center Memphis
![Jason Ramirez](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ramirez212x212.jpg)
![Jason Ramirez](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ramirez212x212.jpg)
Jason Ramirez
2021 spring cohort
Staff Physician
Salt Lake City Veterans Health Administration
Salt Lake City
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rasalingam-800x800-1.jpg)
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rasalingam-800x800-1.jpg)
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rasalingam-800x800-1.jpg)
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rasalingam-800x800-1.jpg)
Ravi Rasalingam, MBChB
2019 spring cohort
Staff Cardiologist, Medicine/Cardiology, Boston VA Healthsystem
![Aparna Repaka, MBBS](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Aparna-Repaka-300x300-1.png)
![Aparna Repaka, MBBS](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Aparna-Repaka-300x300-1.png)
Aparna Repaka, MBBS
2022 spring cohort
Staff Physician, Gastroenterologist, VA Boston Healthcare System
![Tom Rust, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Rust-300x300-1.png)
![Tom Rust, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Rust-300x300-1.png)
Tom Rust, PhD
2023 spring cohort
Systems Scientist,
Office of Healthcare Transformation,
Department of Veterans Affairs
![Debarghya Sarkar, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Debarghya-Sarkar-300x300-1.png)
![Debarghya Sarkar, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Debarghya-Sarkar-300x300-1.png)
Debarghya Sarkar, PhD
2022 spring cohort
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
![Vimig Socrates](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Socrates-300x300-1.png)
![Vimig Socrates](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Socrates-300x300-1.png)
Vimig Socrates
2023 spring cohort
Clinical Informatics Graduate Student, Yale University
![Taylor Wahlig](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Wahlig800x800.jpg)
![Taylor Wahlig](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Wahlig800x800.jpg)
Taylor Wahlig
2021 spring cohort
Post Doc University of Utah
Salt Lake City
![Tarsha Ward](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ward-300x300-1.jpg)
![Tarsha Ward](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ward-300x300-1.jpg)
Tarsha Ward, PhD
2019 spring cohort
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
![Keir Warner](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Warner-300x300-1.png)
![Keir Warner](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Warner-300x300-1.png)
Keir Warner, MD
2023 spring cohort
Clinical Informatics Fellow,
Emergency Department Attending Physician,
VA Boston Healthcare System
![Lina Williamson](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Williamson-300x300-1.png)
![Lina Williamson](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Williamson-300x300-1.png)
Lina Williamson, DVM, PhD
2023 spring cohort
Head of Entrepreneurship,
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Fellows Alumni
![Halimat Afolabi](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Halimat-1-300x300-1.png)
![Halimat Afolabi](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Halimat-1-300x300-1.png)
Halimat Afolabi, MBBS
2023 spring cohort
Applied Medical Artificial Intelligence Researcher, University California San Francisco
![Image](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Aseidu-300x300-1.jpg)
![Image](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Aseidu-300x300-1.jpg)
Mercy Asiedu, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
![Image](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Portrait-Atanasova-820x820-1-scaled-1.jpg)
![Image](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Portrait-Atanasova-820x820-1-scaled-1.jpg)
Iliyana Atanasova, PhD
2012 cohort
Associate Director of Global Oncology Forecasting at Sanofi Genzyme
![Margaret Bennewitz](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Portrait-Bennewitz-300x300-1.jpg)
![Margaret Bennewitz](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Portrait-Bennewitz-300x300-1.jpg)
Margaret Bennewitz, PhD
2012 cohort
Assistant Professor in Biomedical Imaging, West Virginia University
![Soledad Betanzos-Lara](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Portrait-Betanzos-300x300-1.jpg)
![Soledad Betanzos-Lara](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Portrait-Betanzos-300x300-1.jpg)
Soledad Betanzos-Lara, PhD
2012 cohort
Patent agent, Goodrich, Riquelme y Asociados
![Vyda Bielkus](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Bielkus-300x300-1.jpg)
![Vyda Bielkus](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Bielkus-300x300-1.jpg)
Vyda Bielkus, MBA
CEO Health Yoga Life, EMBA Candidate at MIT Sloan School of Management
![Judith Birkenfeld](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Birkenfeld-300x300-1.jpg)
![Judith Birkenfeld](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Birkenfeld-300x300-1.jpg)
Judith Birkenfeld, PhD
2014 cohort
MULTIPLY MSC Action Fellow at IO-CSIC, Visual Optics and Biophotonics Group
![Aurelien Bourquard](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bourquard-300x300-1.jpg)
![Aurelien Bourquard](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bourquard-300x300-1.jpg)
Aurelien Bourquard, PhD
2013 cohort
Chief Data Scientist and Cofounder, Leuko Labs
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bruen800x800.jpg)
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bruen800x800.jpg)
Tracy Bruen
2021 spring cohort
Clinical Assistant Professor / Director MS Clinical Nutrition and Dietetic Internship University of Memphis
Memphis
![Ian Butterworth](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Butterworth-300x300-1.jpg)
![Ian Butterworth](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Butterworth-300x300-1.jpg)
Ian Butterworth, MSc
2013 cohort
CTO and Cofounder, Leuko Labs
![Chris Carr](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Carr-300x300-1.jpg)
![Chris Carr](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Carr-300x300-1.jpg)
Chris Carr, ScD
2019 spring cohort
Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Molecular Biology
![Carlos Castro González](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Castro-820x820-1.jpg)
![Carlos Castro González](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Castro-820x820-1.jpg)
Carlos Castro González, PhD
2013 cohort
CEO and Cofounder, Leuko Labs
![Jon Champagne](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Champagne-300x300-1.jpg)
![Jon Champagne](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Champagne-300x300-1.jpg)
Jon Champagne, PA-C
2019 spring cohort
Physician Assistant, Cardiac Electrophysiology, West Roxbury VA
![Ryan Coe](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Coe-300x300-1.jpg)
![Ryan Coe](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Coe-300x300-1.jpg)
Ryan Coe, PhD
2013 cohort
Engagement Manager at Triangle Insights Group
![Susan Conover](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Conover-300x300-1.jpg)
![Susan Conover](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Conover-300x300-1.jpg)
Susan Conover, MS
2016 cohort
CEO and Cofounder, LuminDx
![Shivang Dave](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dave-300x300-1.jpg)
![Shivang Dave](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dave-300x300-1.jpg)
Shivang Dave, PhD
2011 cohort
CEO and Co-Founder, PlenOptika
![Jake Drutchas](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Jake-Drutchas-300x300-1.png)
![Jake Drutchas](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Jake-Drutchas-300x300-1.png)
Jake Drutchas
2022 spring cohort
Master’s Candidate, MIT Integrated Design and Management
![Martha Duffy, MD, MPH](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Martha-Duffy-300x300-1.png)
![Martha Duffy, MD, MPH](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Martha-Duffy-300x300-1.png)
Martha Duffy, MD, MPH
2022 spring cohort
Interprofessional Advanced Fellow in Addiction Treatment and Primary Care Physician at VA Boston
![Nick Durr](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Durr-300x300-1.jpg)
![Nick Durr](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Durr-300x300-1.jpg)
Nicholas Durr, PhD
2011 cohort
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University
![Victor Ekuta](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ekuta800x800.jpg)
![Victor Ekuta](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ekuta800x800.jpg)
Victor Ekuta
2021 spring cohort
Academic Mentoring Seminar Instructor
MIT
Boston
![Yigitcan Eryaman](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Eryaman-300x300-1.jpg)
![Yigitcan Eryaman](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Eryaman-300x300-1.jpg)
Yigitcan Eryaman, PhD
2011 cohort
Assistant Professor at Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota
![Osasere Evbuomwan](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Evbuomwan-300x300-1.jpg)
![Osasere Evbuomwan](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Evbuomwan-300x300-1.jpg)
Osasere Evbuomwan, PhD
2012 cohort
Assistant Professor of Chemistry at University of San Francisco
![Berta Marti Fuster](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Fuster-300x300-1.jpg)
![Berta Marti Fuster](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Fuster-300x300-1.jpg)
Berta Martí Fuster, PhD
2014 cohort
Head of Communications & Partner Relations, Oncoheroes Biosciences
![Luca Giancardo](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Giancardo-300x300-1.jpg)
![Luca Giancardo](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Giancardo-300x300-1.jpg)
Luca Giancardo, PhD
2013 cohort
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston
![Germán González Serrano](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Gonzalez-300x300-1.jpg)
![Germán González Serrano](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Gonzalez-300x300-1.jpg)
Germán González Serrano, PhD
2011 cohort
Independent Researcher and Scientific Consultant
![Tobias Hahn](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hahn2020-300x300-1.jpg)
![Tobias Hahn](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hahn2020-300x300-1.jpg)
Tobias Hahn, PhD
2013 cohort
Director Strategic Programs, OSRAM
![Amy Hanson](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Hanson-300x300-1.jpg)
![Amy Hanson](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Hanson-300x300-1.jpg)
Amy Hanson, RN
Assistant Nurse Manager VA Boston Healthcare System
![Soledad Betanzos-Lara](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/silo-300x450-1-e1592936289187.jpg)
![Soledad Betanzos-Lara](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/silo-300x450-1-e1592936289187.jpg)
![Soledad Betanzos-Lara](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/silo-300x450-1-e1592936289187.jpg)
Anna Jagielska, PhD
2019 spring cohort
Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
![Mani Sai Suryateja Jammalamadaka](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Mani-Sai-Suryateja-Jammalamadaka-300x300-1.png)
![Mani Sai Suryateja Jammalamadaka](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Mani-Sai-Suryateja-Jammalamadaka-300x300-1.png)
Mani Sai Suryateja Jammalamadaka
2022 spring cohort
Graduate Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
![Javier Jimenez Gonzalez](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Gonzalez-300x300-2.jpg)
![Javier Jimenez Gonzalez](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Gonzalez-300x300-2.jpg)
Javier Jimenez Gonzalez, PhD, MBA
2012 cohort
CEO and Cofounder, NBS
![Rey Johnson](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Johnson800x800.jpg)
![Rey Johnson](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Johnson800x800.jpg)
Rey Johnson
2021 spring cohort
Software Engineer
3M Health Information Systems
Salt Lake City
![Ara Kassarjian](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Kassarjian-300x300-1.jpg)
![Ara Kassarjian](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Kassarjian-300x300-1.jpg)
Ara Kassarjian, PhD
2011 cohort
Founder and Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist at Elite Sports Imaging
![Nahun Kim](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Kim-300x300-1.jpg)
![Nahun Kim](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Kim-300x300-1.jpg)
Nahun Kim
MS Candidate at MIT’s Integrated Design + Management
![Robert Karl Kosior](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Kosior-300x300-1.jpg)
![Robert Karl Kosior](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Kosior-300x300-1.jpg)
Robert Karl Kosior, PhD
2011 cohort
Resident in Psychiatry at University of Manitoba
![Soledad Betanzos-Lara](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lage-300x300-1.jpg)
![Soledad Betanzos-Lara](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lage-300x300-1.jpg)
Eduardo Lage, PhD
2011 cohort
CTO and Co-Founder, PlenOptika
![Wencke Lehnert](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lehnert-300x300-1.jpg)
![Wencke Lehnert](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lehnert-300x300-1.jpg)
Wencke Lehnert, PhD
2012 cohort
Head of Medical Physics, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf
![Jonathan Li](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Li-300x300-1.jpg)
![Jonathan Li](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Li-300x300-1.jpg)
Jonathan Li, PhD
PhD Candidate in Computational & Systems Biology at MIT
![Daryl Lim](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lim-300x300-1.jpg)
![Daryl Lim](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lim-300x300-1.jpg)
Daryl Lim, PhD
2011 cohort
COO and Co-Founder, PlenOptika
![Bevin Lin](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lin-300x300-1.jpg)
![Bevin Lin](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lin-300x300-1.jpg)
Bevin Lin, PhD
2012 cohort
Program Director, Buck Institute for Research on Aging
![Amy Linsky](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Linksy-300x300-1.jpg)
![Amy Linsky](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Linksy-300x300-1.jpg)
Amy Linsky, MD
2019 spring cohort
Physician, Internal Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System
![Nathali Lizerbram](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Lizerbram-300x300-1.png)
![Nathali Lizerbram](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Lizerbram-300x300-1.png)
Nathali R. Lizerbram
2023 spring cohort
Manager, Strategy and Consulting at Accenture
![Lars Lofgren](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lofgren800x800.jpg)
![Lars Lofgren](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lofgren800x800.jpg)
Lars Lofgren
2021 spring cohort
Graduate Research Fellow University of Utah
Salt Lake City
![Cristina Lois](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Gomez-300x300-1.jpg)
![Cristina Lois](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Gomez-300x300-1.jpg)
Cristina Lois, PHD
2012 cohort
Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
![Joaquín López Herraiz](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Herraiz-300x300-1.jpg)
![Joaquín López Herraiz](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Herraiz-300x300-1.jpg)
Joaquín López Herraiz, PhD
2012 cohort
Associate Professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
![Jie Luo](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Luo-300x300-1.jpg)
![Jie Luo](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Luo-300x300-1.jpg)
Jie Luo, PhD
2013 cohort
Assistant Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
![Carlos Sanchez Mendoza](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sanchez-Mendoza-300x300-1.jpg)
![Carlos Sanchez Mendoza](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sanchez-Mendoza-300x300-1.jpg)
Carlos Sanchez Mendoza, PhD
2013 cohort
Head of Data Science at Snappet Connected Learning
![Sam Miles](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Miles800x800.jpg)
![Sam Miles](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Miles800x800.jpg)
Sam Miles
2021 spring cohort
Informatics and Education RN Memphis VAMC
Memphis
![Asif Naseem](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Naseem-300x300-1.jpg)
![Asif Naseem](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Naseem-300x300-1.jpg)
Asif Naseem, PhD
2014 cohort
President & Chief Executive Officer, Paragon Development Systems (PDS)
![Vicente Parot](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Parot-300x300-1.jpg)
![Vicente Parot](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Parot-300x300-1.jpg)
Vicente Parot, PhD
2011 cohort
Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University
![Ritu Raman](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Raman800X800.jpg)
![Ritu Raman](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Raman800X800.jpg)
Ritu Raman
2021 spring cohort
Postdoctoral Fellow MIT
Boston
![Anita Ranade](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ranade800x800.jpg)
![Anita Ranade](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ranade800x800.jpg)
Anita Ranade
2021 spring cohort
Chief of Business Office
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston
![Amos Raymond, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Amos-Raymond-300x300-1.png)
![Amos Raymond, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Amos-Raymond-300x300-1.png)
Amos Raymond, MD
2022 spring cohort
Assistant Chief, Emergency Department, VA Medical Center, Memphis
![Paolo Renigar](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Renigar800x800.jpg)
![Paolo Renigar](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Renigar800x800.jpg)
Paolo Renigar
2021 spring cohort
Education Program Specialist Veterans Affairs
Salt Lake City
![Soledad Betanzos-Lara](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/silo-300x450-1-e1592936289187.jpg)
![Soledad Betanzos-Lara](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/silo-300x450-1-e1592936289187.jpg)
![Soledad Betanzos-Lara](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/silo-300x450-1-e1592936289187.jpg)
Aasia Romano, MD
2019 spring cohort
OBGYN Physician, Clinical Instructor for Harvard Medical School, Veteran Affairs Healthcare System Boston
![Álvaro Sánchez-Ferro](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sanchez-Ferro-300x300-1.jpg)
![Álvaro Sánchez-Ferro](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Sanchez-Ferro-300x300-1.jpg)
Álvaro Sánchez-Ferro, MD
2013 cohort
Chief Medical Officer and Cofounder, Leuko Labs
![Colas Schretter](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Schretter-300x300-1.jpg)
![Colas Schretter](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Schretter-300x300-1.jpg)
Colas Schretter, PhD
2012 cohort
Senior Research Scientist, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
![Fatima Shahzad](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Shahzad800x800.jpg)
![Fatima Shahzad](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Shahzad800x800.jpg)
Fatima Shahzad
2021 spring cohort
Senior Project Manager
VA Boston HealthCare System / Boston VA Research Institute (BVARI)
Boston
![Jonathan Sherrod, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Jonathan-Sherrod-300x300-1.png)
![Jonathan Sherrod, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Jonathan-Sherrod-300x300-1.png)
Jonathan Sherrod, MD
2022 spring cohort
Staff Anesthesiologist, Memphis VA Medical Center
![Sanjit Singh, BS](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sanjit-Singh-300x300-1.png)
![Sanjit Singh, BS](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Sanjit-Singh-300x300-1.png)
Sanjit Singh, BS
2022 spring cohort
Mixed Reality Developer, MPLEX
![Luis Soenksen](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Soenksen-300x300-1.jpg)
![Luis Soenksen](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Soenksen-300x300-1.jpg)
Luis Rubén Soenksen, MSE
2014 cohort
Venture Builder in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare at MIT
![Chelsey Solar](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Solar-300x300-1.jpg)
![Chelsey Solar](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Solar-300x300-1.jpg)
Chelsey Solar, PhD
Fellow in Medical Informatics at VA Boston Healthcare System
![Smithri Sunil](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Sunil-300x300-1.jpg)
![Smithri Sunil](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Sunil-300x300-1.jpg)
Smithri Sunil, PhD
Candidate in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Boston University
![Eric Swart](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Swart-300x300-1.jpg)
![Eric Swart](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-Swart-300x300-1.jpg)
Eric Swart, MD
Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts
![Jack Tsao](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tsao800x800.jpg)
![Jack Tsao](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Tsao800x800.jpg)
Jack Tsao
2021 spring cohort
Staff Neurologist Memphis VAMC
Memphis
![Jason Tucker-Schwartz](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tucker-Schwartz2020-300x300-1.jpg)
![Jason Tucker-Schwartz](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Tucker-Schwartz2020-300x300-1.jpg)
Jason Tucker-Schwartz, PhD
2014 cohort
Director of Marketing and Business Development, SpectraWAVE
![Esra Abaci Turk](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Turk-300x300-1.jpg)
![Esra Abaci Turk](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Turk-300x300-1.jpg)
Esra Abaci Turk, PhD
2013 cohort
Research Fellow at Boston Children's Hospital
![Christine Zhang](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-ZhangC-300x300-1.jpg)
![Christine Zhang](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-ZhangC-300x300-1.jpg)
Christine Zhang
MBA Candidate MIT Sloan School of Management
![Kai Zhang](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-ZhangK-300x300-1.jpg)
![Kai Zhang](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Portrait-ZhangK-300x300-1.jpg)
Kai Zhang, PhD
Senior Manager, Clinical Biomarkers and Diagnostics, Amgen
Catalyst faculty
Representing the spectrum of biomedical innovation and care
Catalyst 2024 Faculty
![Pam Bellino](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bellino-300x300-1.jpg)
![Pam Bellino](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bellino-300x300-1.jpg)
Pamela Bellino MA, OTR/L
Director of Patient Safety, VA Boston Healthcare System
![Eric Bruns](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Eric-Bruns-300x300-1.png)
![Eric Bruns](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Eric-Bruns-300x300-1.png)
Eric Bruns, MBA
Director, EES SimLEARN Division, VHA Employee Education System
![Marra Francis](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Fran.png)
![Marra Francis](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Fran.png)
Marra S. Francis, MD, FACOG
Medical Consultant
![Image](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Gaehde-300x300-1.jpg)
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Stephan Gaehde, MD, MPH
Boston VA Medical Informatics Fellowship Program Director and Chief of Emergency Services
![Image](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Dimitra-Georganopoulou-portrait.jpg)
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Dimitra Georganopoulou, PhD
General Partner, Qral Ventures
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Martha Gray, PhD
Director, MIT linQ
![Daniel Hurtado, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Hurtado-300x300-1.png)
![Daniel Hurtado, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Hurtado-300x300-1.png)
Daniel Hurtado, PhD
Visiting professor, MIT;
Associate professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
![Angela James portrait](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Angela-James-portrait.jpg)
![Angela James portrait](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Angela-James-portrait.jpg)
Angela James, PhD
Vice President, Head of Clinical Pharmacology, MacroGenics Inc
![Image](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Padera2-300x300-1.jpg)
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Tim Padera, PhD
Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
![Anne Quaadgras](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Quaadgras-portrait.png)
![Anne Quaadgras](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Quaadgras-portrait.png)
Anne Quaadgras, PhD
Director of the MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative, Senior Lecturer at the Sloan School of Management
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rasalingam-800x800-1.jpg)
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rasalingam-800x800-1.jpg)
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rasalingam-800x800-1.jpg)
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rasalingam-800x800-1.jpg)
Ravi Rasalingam, MBChB
Catalyst Alumnus ’19
Staff Cardiologist, Medicine/Cardiology, Boston VA Healthsystem
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Santos.png)
![Ravi Rasalingam](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Santos.png)
Prof. dr. Hélder A. Santos
Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen
![Pranjul Shah, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Pranjul-Shah-300x300-1.png)
![Pranjul Shah, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Pranjul-Shah-300x300-1.png)
Pranjul Shah, PhD
Head of the Incubator at the University of Luxembourg
![Suzanne Shirley, LCSW](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shirley-300x300-1.png)
![Suzanne Shirley, LCSW](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shirley-300x300-1.png)
Suzanne Shirley, LCSW
Director of Community Engagement & Fellowship with the Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem (VHA IE)
![Nancy Steele](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Steele-portrait-2021.png)
![Nancy Steele](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Steele-portrait-2021.png)
Nancy R. Steele, MA
Vice President, Strategy & Innovation at Pfizer, retired & Mentor, Entrepreneurship for All
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Iván Uray, MD, PhD
Senior Research Scientist & Associate Professor, Dept of Oncology, University of Debrecen
Hungary
![Image](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Vakoc-300x300-1.jpg)
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Ben Vakoc, PhD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Catalyst faculty, 2018–2023
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Pamela Bellino MA, OTR/L
Director of Patient Safety, VA Boston Healthcare System
![Lydia Bourouiba, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bourouiba-300x300-1.jpg)
![Lydia Bourouiba, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bourouiba-300x300-1.jpg)
Lydia Bourouiba, PhD
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering;
Affiliate Faculty of Harvard Medical School
![Mike Catania, MBA](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mike-catania.jpg)
![Mike Catania, MBA](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/mike-catania.jpg)
Mike Catania, MBA
Director of Innovation at the VA Greater Los Angeles
![DaSilva portrait](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DaSilva-300x300-1.png)
![DaSilva portrait](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DaSilva-300x300-1.png)
Leonardo DaSilva
Director, VA New England Center for Innovation Excellence (NECIE)
![Heather L. Davidson, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Davidson-300x300-1.jpg)
![Heather L. Davidson, MD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Davidson-300x300-1.jpg)
Heather L. Davidson, MD
Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine;
Deputy Chief of Staff and Hospitalist Physician at VA Boston HCS
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Russel Eng
Industrial Engineer – Systems Redesign
VA Boston & VA New England Health Care System (VISN 1)
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John Flaherty, MD, MPH
Chief Emergency Medicine, Memphis VA Medical Center
![Image](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Frolund-300x300-1.jpg)
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Lars Frølund, PhD
Research Director, MIT Innovation Initiative
Visiting Fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management
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Stephan Gaehde, MD, MPH
Boston VA Medical Informatics Fellowship Program Director and Chief of Emergency Services
![Image](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Dimitra-Georganopoulou-portrait.jpg)
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Dimitra Georganopoulou, PhD
General Partner, Qral Ventures
![Karen Golmer](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Golmer-300x300-1.jpg)
![Karen Golmer](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Golmer-300x300-1.jpg)
Karen Golmer, MBA
Innovation Manager MIT Desphande Center for Technological Innovation
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Martha Gray, PhD
Director, MIT linQ
![Pablo Fernandez](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pablo-Fernandex-portrait-square.png)
![Pablo Fernandez](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pablo-Fernandex-portrait-square.png)
Pablo Fernández González
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
![Peter Hansen, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hansen-300x300-1.jpg)
![Peter Hansen, PhD](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hansen-300x300-1.jpg)
Peter Hansen, PhD
Founder of Union Biometrica, Inc.
![Anh Hoang](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Hoang-800x800-1.jpg)
![Anh Hoang](https://catalyst.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Hoang-800x800-1.jpg)
Anh Hoang
Chief Science Officer at Sofregen
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Jacob Hooker, PhD
Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport MGH Research Scholar
Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
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Beth Kahn, MS
Associate Director, NE I-Corps
NSF I-Corps Instructor
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Andy Levine, MS
CEO and President, Conformal Medical
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Mahnaz Maddah, PhD
Director of Machine Learning for Health at the Broad Institute
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Fiona Murray, PhD
Associate Dean for Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management
Co-Director of MIT Innovation Initiative
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Emily Niederst, PhD
Director of Scientific Initiatives, Alana Down Syndrome Center
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Tim Padera, PhD
Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
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Alice Lin Pomponio, MPP
Advisor, Red Sky Partners
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Contessa “Tess” Ramos, MSNED
Chief of Education/ DLO
Center for Learning Excellence
George E. Wahlen,
Salt Lake City VA
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Ravi Rasalingam, MBChB
Catalyst Alumnus ’19
Staff Cardiologist, Medicine/Cardiology, Boston VA Healthsystem
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Indra Sandal, PhD, MBA
Chief of Innovation, Tampa VA Hospital
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Andy Shin, JD, MPH, MBA
SVP, Strategy at Mass General Brigham
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Karthik Sivashanker, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine;
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, VA Boston Healthcare System
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Nancy R. Steele, MA
MIT linQ Faculty
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Collin Stultz, MD, PhD
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
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Iván Uray, MD, PhD
Senior Research Scientist & Associate Professor, Dept of Oncology, University of Debrecen
Hungary
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Ben Vakoc, PhD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Independent Advisory Panel
Providing insight and wisdom to refine projects
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Satish Annadata, MD, MPH, MBA
Chief Medical Officer of Behavioral Health, UnitedHealthcare Health Plan of Nevada
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Saurabha Bhatnagar, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Head of Technology & Performance, UnitedHealthcare
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Bonnie Charland, PhD
Associate Director of Quality Management, VA Boston Healthcare System
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Heather Davidson, MD
Deputy Chief of Staff, VA Boston HCS; Hospitalist
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Melinda Decker, MS, MBA
Chief Commercial Officer, Mymee
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Samuel “Mooly” Dinnar, PMB
Founder of Meedance,
Instructor at Harvard and MIT
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Will Febbo
CEO of OptimizeRx
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Christiana Iyasare, MD
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Medicine Innovation Program;
Co-Founder, Dyrnamix, Inc.
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Julia Jackson, MBA
Director, Digital Health at Sage Therapeutics
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Angela James, PhD
Global Development Project Leadership in Oncology at Astellas Pharma
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Jochen Klucken, MD
Chair of Digital Medicine, University Luxembourg, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Central Hospital Luxembourg
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Terry Keane, PhD
Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development at VA Boston Healthcare System
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Emily Lindemer, PhD
Director of Data Science and Analytics at Wellframe
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Daphne Psacharopoulos, MBA
Advisor, Digital Health, Strategy & Commercialization
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Jagesh Shah, PhD
Vice President, Gene Therapy Technologies at Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
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Joseph M. Smith, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, BD
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Tonya Smoot, PhD
Senior Director of Biostatistics for Therapeutics, Inc.
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Barry Stein, MD, MBA, FSIR, FACR, RPVI
Chief Clinical Innovation Officer at Hartford HealthCare
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Frances Toneguzzo, PhD
Intellectual Property and Business Strategy Consultant
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Ryan Vega, MD
Chief Officer, Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs