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                      Bio of Ananth Natarajan, MD

Dr. Natarajan is a physician and engineer who specializes in utilization of advanced technology to solve pressing clinical problems.  He founded Infinite Biomedical Technologies (IBT) in 1997 and served as the Chief Executive Officer of the company for over ten years.  Funding for the company was provided by the National Institutes of Health, which committed substantial capital to IBT for development of its high impact technologies.

The company developed neurocritical care monitors and also spun-out a software company in the endoscopy space, Ikona Medical. The spin-out developed the first mobile reader application for capsule endoscopy. IBT also launched a healthcare information technology company (Vigilant Medical) which provides medical image sharing for clients, which have included four of the “Top 10 Heart Hospitals”  as ranked by U.S. News and World Report. Over 40,000 patients per year are cared for using the Vigilant system. 

Currently IBT is developing advanced dexterous prosthetic technology for upper limb amputees, and over 2,500 amputees in thirty-one countries are currently using one or more components of this system. Ananth has also been an active angel investor and has helped fund over a dozen early-stage technology companies, including Vaxart (NASDAQ: VXRT), whose COVID-19 vaccine candidate was chosen for US Operation Warp Speed.

Ananth has several publications, presentations, and patents to his credit.  He has received the TR35 award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Technology Review and the Duke University Engineering Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. He has been featured in the Red Herring magazine in a cover story as one of “5 Technology Innovators Changing the World.”  He is a member of the California Club, the Athenaeum, and the Economic Round Table (Past-President).  

He also serves as the Chairman of the Board for Infinite Biomedical Technologies, BlueCode AI, Point Designs, Team Med Ventures and Vigilant Medical, and as a member of the Duke University Biomedical Engineering Advisory Board. In the past he has served on the Boards of the Caltech Associates (Past President), Duke University Alumni Association of Southern California, Expanse 3D, HIVE Lighting, Innovate Pasadena, the Pasadena Angels, and the Pasadena Symphony. He is also Past President of the Physicians’ Wine & Food Society. For over twenty years he has served as a Member or Chairman of various review panels for the National Institutes of Health. Currently, he is Chairman of the NIH Translational Neural, Brain, and Pain Relief Devices panel.

Dr. Natarajan received his BSE in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Duke University (at age 18, with Distinction).  He received an MSE in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and his MD from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.  Additionally, he completed his residency training in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Southern California. He has held adjunct faculty appointments at USC as well as at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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