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Azin Parhizgar

Investor

Managing Director, US; member of the Investment Committee at 415 Capital

San Francisco, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks Β· typically $1.5M

About

Azin Parhizgar, PhD, is Managing Director, US and an Investment Committee member at 415 Capital, with a background in the medical device industry. She previously served as CEO, President and Board Member of Claret Medical, which she led through clinical trials, FDA approval and a $270M acquisition by Boston Scientific, and earlier held COO and executive roles at Conor Medsystems, Arterial Vascular Engineering and Medtronic. She holds a PhD in Cell, Gene and Tissue Engineering and an MSc in Biomechanical Engineering and Artificial Organ Design from Brown University.

Invests in

Medical Devices

Experience

  1. Protembis GmbHChairwoman of the Board of Directorscurrent2022 β€” presentAchen germany
  2. CroiValveDirectorcurrent2022 β€” presentDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
  3. InnovHeart S.r.l.Directorcurrent2021 β€” presentMilan, Lombardy, Italy
  4. 415 CAPITALUS Managing Directorcurrent2020 β€” presentGermany
  5. Women As OneDirectorcurrent2021 β€” presentNYC
  6. CVPath Institute, Inc.Chairwoman of the Board of Directorscurrent2008 β€” present
  7. Brown University School of BioEngineeringAdvisory Board Membercurrent2008 β€” present
  8. MGVSDirectorcurrent2006 β€” present
  9. Moray MedicalDirector2021 β€” 2022United States
  10. SoundBite Medical Solutions Inc.Director2019 β€” 2022Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
  11. Imperative CareDirector2017 β€” 2020Campbell, California
  12. The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory UniversityAdvisory Board Member2013 β€” 2020
  13. Claret Medical/ Boston ScientificPresident and CEO2013 β€” 2018Santa Rosa, California
  14. Claret MedicalDirector2012 β€” 2018Santa Rosa
  15. Entourage Medical Technologies, Inc.Scientific Advisory Board member2010 β€” 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  16. Meril Life Sciences India Pvt LtdScientific Advisory Board member2010 β€” 2013India
  17. IKARIA, Inc. - now a part of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals.Scientific Advisory Board member2010 β€” 2013
  18. V-WaveDirector2010 β€” 2012Israel
  19. Amaranth Medical, Inc.Director2007 β€” 2010
  20. Johnson & JohnsonExecutive VP & Advisor2007 β€” 2008

Education

  1. Brown UniversityPhD, Biomedical Engineering1991 β€” 1995
  2. Brown UniversityMSc, Biomechanical Engineering1988 β€” 1991

Skills & more

Leadership11Medical Devices62Biotechnology31FDA37Commercialization27Lifesciences13Design Control7Cardiology12Product Development11Regulatory Affairs10Clinical Trials18Pharmaceutical Industry6

From Azin's professional profile.

Same school

Shared employers

Investments

Board seats

CroΓ­ValveInnovHeartProtembis

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at 415 Capital

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