17-01-2024
Lucid Diagnostics - EsoGuard ® Esophageal DNA Test
Dr. Lishan Aklog, MD, Chairman and CEO of Lucid Diagnostics, a commercial-stage cancer prevention diagnostics company, discusses the company’s EsoGuard ® Esophageal DNA Test and EsoCheck ® Esophageal Cell Collection Device, the first and only commercially available tools designed with the goal of preventing cancer and cancer deaths through widespread, early detection of esophageal precancer, targeting the millions of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), also known as chronic heartburn, who are at risk of developing esophageal precancer and cancer.
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Lishan Aklog, M.D. has served as Lucid’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since its IPO in October 2021 and previously served as its Executive Chairman since its inception in 2018. Dr. Aklog also
co-founded and has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucid’s parent company, PAVmed Inc (Nasdaq: PAVM) since its inception in 2014, and as Executive Chairman of PAVmed’s other major subsidiary, digital health company Veris Health Inc., since its inception.
Dr. Aklog has been active in the life sciences for several decades, including as an executive, entrepreneur, public company director, technological innovator, corporate advisor, and, previously, as an innovator in cardiac surgery at leading academic medical centers, including Harvard Medical School and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is a medical technology industry leader who serves on the Board of Directors of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the world’s leading medical technology trade association, and was recognized as one the Top Healthcare Technology CEOs of 2021 by Healthcare Technology Report.
Dr. Aklog began his career as a medical technology entrepreneur and executive in 2007, as co-founding Partner of both Pavilion Holdings Group (PHG), a medical device holding company, and Pavilion Medical Innovations (PMI), its venture-backed medical device incubator. He co-founded Vortex Medical Inc., a PHG portfolio company which developed and commercialized the revolutionary AngioVac ® system and served as its Chairman and Chief Technology Officer from its inception until its acquisition by AngioDynamics Inc. Dr. Aklog is an inventor on 35 issued patents and dozens of patent applications, including the patents of the AngioVac system and the majority of the PAVmed’s products. His patents have been honored by the Boston Museum of Science and the Boston Patent Lawyers Association.
Dr. Aklog has served in various other capacities across the life sciences industry including on the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Contrafect Inc. (Nasdaq: CFRX), a biopharmaceutical company, and previously on the Board of Directors and as Chair of the Audit Committee of Viveon Health Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: VHAQ), a healthcare special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC). Over his career, Dr. Aklog has served as a consultant to and on the Scientific Advisory Boards of numerous leading medical device companies, including Medtronic Inc., St. Jude Medical Inc., now Abbott Laboratories, Guidant Cardiac Surgery, now, Getinge AB, and Cardiovations, then, a division of Johnson & Johnson, as well as numerous early-stage medical technology companies.