Episode 59: Interview with Gail Lebovic, M.D., Surgeon, Serial Medical Device Entrepreneur, Inventor of NasoClenz, and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovations │ Building a Medical Device as a Consumer Product
In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Gail Lebovic, M.D., surgeon, serial medical device entrepreneur that has started and exited 8 companies. Dr. Lebovic is currently Founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovations. Dr. Lebovic tells the listeners about her journey as a surgeon that became heavily involved in inventing and commercializing medical devices mainly focused on improving oncologic care and reconstructive surgery for women with breast cancer. Dr. Lebovic discusses how she has applied her experience with her prior companies toward her current device, NasoClenz, a medical device with patent cleaning solution for cleaning the nose. Dr. Lebovic explains using the Academic Mindset for developing a medical device and how her company performed clinical studies demonstrating the efficacy of NasoClenz for reducing infection for surgical patients. Dr. Lebovic also discusses how her team has developed NasoClenz to be an over the counter consumer product that is available on Amazon and in stores. Lastly, Dr. Lebovic provides advice for entrepreneurs on finding business partners, using research to develop devices, and building a great team.
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Gail Lebovic, M.D.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaillebovic/
Silicon Valley Innovations Website: https://svi-inc.com/
NasoClenz
Website: https://nasoclenz.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasoclenz/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/nasoclenz/