From Surgical Innovation to
Regenerative Medicine
With more than 35 years in healthcare, my perspective has been shaped by decades of working alongside physicians, hospitals and medical practices—often at the intersection of medicine, technology and innovation.
The Road to T3
35+ Years in Healthcare
My career began in hospitals and operating rooms, working alongside physicians across a wide range of surgical specialties and technologies. Those years gave me a front-row view of how innovation can change medicine—and how important experience, evidence and sound judgment are when evaluating what comes next.
Early Exposure to Biologic Tissue & Remodeling
More than 20 years ago, I began working with biologic tissue scaffolds used in abdominal wall and breast reconstruction. Watching those materials support tissue remodeling gave me an early appreciation for the body’s remarkable capacity to repair itself—and planted the seed for what would later become a much deeper interest in regenerative medicine.
Regenerative Medicine Becomes Personal
Years later, regenerative medicine became personal. After years of age- and sports-related knee pain, I experienced firsthand both the possibilities and the limitations of conventional approaches. That experience ultimately led me to explore regenerative medicine from an entirely different perspective—not simply as someone working in healthcare, but as a patient.
What kept me in regenerative medicine, however, was not simply my own experience. Over the years, I have worked alongside physicians and practices and heard the experiences of hundreds of patients. I became increasingly fascinated by the science of inflammation, immune signaling, the extracellular matrix and the mechanisms involved in tissue repair and recovery.