About SafeStitch
History
Mission
Management
Board of Directors
Medical Advisory Board
Board of Directors
Jane H. Hsiao Ph.D.Chairman of the Board
  • Jane H. Hsiao, Ph.D., MBA., is Vice-Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of OPKO Health, Inc. since May 2007. Dr. Hsiao served as the Vice Chairman-Technical Affairs of IVAX from 1995 to January 2006, when Teva acquired IVAX. Dr. Hsiao served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of IVAX Animal Health, IVAX's veterinary products subsidiary from 1998 to 2006. Dr. Hsiao serves as Chairman of the Board of Safestitch Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: SFES) and Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: NIMU), both are medical device companies, since September 2007 and October 2008, respectively. Dr. Hsiao is also a director of Prolor Biotech, Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company (NYSE AMEX: PBTH) and Neovasc, Inc., a company developing and marketing specialty vascular devices (TSXV:NVC).
Jeffrey G. Spragens
  • Founder and Business Manager of SafeStitch Medical, Inc.; Former Founder and Director of North American Vaccine Corporation; Co-Founder and Director of Foundation for Peace; Co-Founder of Mint Management and Development
Charles J. Filipi M.D.
  • Founder and Medical Director of SafeStitch Medical, Inc.; Professor of Surgery at Creighton University School of Medicine; Former President of the American Hernia Society; Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; Pioneer of laparoscopic antireflux and hernia surgery
Steven D. RubinChairman of Compensation Committee
  • Executive Vice President of Opko Health, member of The Frost Group, Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of IVAX
Richard Pfenniger, Jr.Chairman of Audit Committee
  • CEO and President of Continucare Corporation
Kevin Wayne
  • Associate Professor of Business Administration at Rivier College, Co-founder and Former Vice President of Onux Medical, Inc
Chao C. Chen Ph.D.
  • Chief Operating Officer of UniMed VM, Former Vice President of TaiMed Inc., Formerly with Cordis and Ethicon, subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson