Todd Whitehurst, M.D.

PO Box 391
Radio City Station
New York, NY  10101-0391
Phone: +1.646.374.8658
todd@toddwhitehurst.com

EXPERIENCE

• 2009-Present
  Palyon Medical, New York, NY
  Vice President, Research and Development
  · Led development and manufacturing of novel implantable infusion pump
  · Developed intellectual property for implantable pump systems
  · Recruited physicians and scientists for medical advisory role and clinical trials
• 2002-09
  Boston Scientific Neuromodulation (formerly a part of Advanced Bionics Corporation), Santa Clarita, CA
  Vice President, Emerging Indications, 2004-09
  Director, Emerging Indications, 2002-03
  · Defined new applications for implantable neurostimulation devices, including intellectual property and system architectures
  · Developed requirements and specifications for new and revised hardware for new applications, including a revised multielectrode implantable pulse generator, a new charger, a revised charger, and new electrode leads
  · Led team that developed and launched animal studies and clinical trials of implantable neurostimulation devices for headache, erectile dysfunction, and epilepsy
  · Recruited physicians and scientists for medical advisory role, pilot studies, and clinical trials
• 1999-2002
  Advanced Bionics Corporation
  Senior Principal Engineer – Biomedical Systems
  · Designed and developed neurostimulation circuitry, RF telemetry circuitry, and battery charger circuitry for implantable and external devices
  · Developed embedded software for an implantable neurostimulator and external remote control
• 1988-92
  SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
  Research Associate
  · Developed a prototype three-dimensional ultrasound medical imaging system
  · Designed and implemented digital and analog hardware and data acquisition and processing software

EDUCATION

• 1995-99
  The University of California, San Francisco
  · M.D. in conjunction with research integrating computerized pattern recognition with medical imaging
  · President of Associated Students of the School of Medicine (student government association)
  · USMLE Step I: 243 (98th percentile); USMLE Step II: 241 (97th percentile)
  · MCAT: Bio. Sci. 14/15, Verbal 14/15, Phys. Sci. 13/15; School of Medicine academic scholarship
• 1990-95
  Stanford University
  · Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in progress (currently on a leave of absence)
  · Stanford Neural Interface Lab: research and development of a bionic arm, specifically an implantable chronic neural interface for mammalian peripheral nerves
  · Designed special microfabrication processes, custom digital and analog integrated circuitry (ASICs), and PC-based data acquisition system for implantable device
  · GPA 3.9; ARCS Academic Scholarship Award; GRE: Quantitative 800, Analytical 790, Verbal 610
• 1988-90
  The University of California, Berkeley
  · M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1989
  · Master's Thesis on ultrasound imaging in the Bioengineering Research Lab at SRI International
  · GPA 3.97; National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
• 1983-87
  Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
  · B.E., Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics, 1987
  · GPA 4.0; Valedictorian; Founder's Medal in Engineering