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Advisory Board

Noel Courage

Noel Courage



Bereskin & Parr LLP | Partner | Chair 



Brian Lewis

Brian Lewis




Founder | President, Brian Lewis and Associates Inc



Colin Foster

Colin Foster

Health Canada| Medical Devices Bureau;

Director | Bureau of Device Licensing Services at Health Canada


Linda Maxwell

Linda Maxwell


Toronto Metropolitan University & St Michael's Hospital | Director, Biomedical Zone


Isabel Galiana

Isabel Galiana



Saccade Analytics | CEO



Andre Tremblay

Andre Tremblay


Agile MV | Partner, 

Chief Technology Officer



Gareth Davies

Gareth Davies



Baylis Medical | R&D Director, Advanced Development


Brian Kalis

Brian Kalis


Accenture | Managing Director, Health Strategy


Desmond Hirson

Desmond Hirson


Moleculight | Chief Operating Officer


Stephen Waldman

Stephen Waldman

Toronto Metropolitan University | Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science | Academic & RU Lead | Ex-officio

Ahmad Haidar

Ahmad Haidar

McGill University | Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences | McGill Academic Lead | Ex-officio


M. Adnan Syed

M. Adnan Syed

Toronto Metropolitan University | Director, 

MedTech Talent Accelerator,

Administrative Lead | Ex-officio


Jesse Ehrlick

Jesse Ehrlick

McGill University | Program Manager,

MedTech Talent Accelerator | Ex-officio

Mary Susan Thomson

Mary Susan Thomson

Toronto Metropolitan University | Program Manager,

MedTech Talent Accelerator | Ex-officio

MedTech Talent Accelerator, Ryerson University, McGill, Biomedical Zone, Medtech Canada

We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

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