The SCAA identifies and unites cardiac arrest survivors, those at risk of Sudden Cardiac Death, and those interested in advocating for SCAA issues in their communities and beyond. Vicor and the SCAA share a common mission: to prevent loss of life from sudden cardiac arrest.
Vicor’s Scientific Advisory Board gives the Company access to some of the most accomplished professionals in the life sciences industry.
In addition to Drs. Anchin, Skinner, and Weiss, members of the Scientific Advisory Board include:
Edward F. Lundy, MD, PhD – Chairman
- Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Active International Cardiovascular Institute
at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mark E. Josephson, MD
- Chief of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Author, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Scientific Advisor to 20 companies
Hein J. J. Wellens, MD
- Chairman and Professor, Cardiology Department,
Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht, the Netherlands - Director, Interuniversity Cardiology Institute
- Member, Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Visiting Lecturer, Harvard Medical School.
Richard M. Luceri, MD, FACC
- Recently retired Director, Interventional Arrhythmia Center, Holy Cross Hospital
- Clinical Investigator, MADIT-II (MultiCenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial)
- Author, SCD-HeFT (Sudden Cardiac Death Heart Failure Trial).
Robert G. Hauser, MD, FACC, FHRS
- Senior Consulting Cardiologist, Minneapolis Heart Institute
- Chairman, Cardiovascular Services Division,
Abbott Northwestern Hospital. - Former CEO, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
(Eli Lilly subsidiary acquired by Guidant Corporation)
Jonathan Kaplan, MD, MPH
- Medical Director, Fidelis Care New York
- Former Corporate Medical Director,
Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield
David Chazanovitz
- Chairman, Inovise Medical, Inc.
- Chairman, Masspro
- Former President/CEO at Alvelous
- Former President/CEO at Cambridge Heart
Jules T. Mitchel, MBA, PhD
- Founder, Target Health, Inc.
Ariel D. Soffer, MD, FACC
- President/CEO, Soffer Heart Institute
- Chief of Cardiology, Jackson North Medical Center
Mitchell Scott Karl, MD
- Practicing Physician, Boca Raton Community Hospital
- Clinical Associate Professor,
Florida Atlantic University
Hank Lubin, MD
- Practicing Physician, Hightstown Medical Associates
- Clinical Associate Professor,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
David Fertel, DO
- Clinical Professor of Surgery, Michigan State University
- Practicing Board Certified Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon.
