Starlight Cardiovascular Appoints Paul G. Yock, MD to its Board of Directors
SAN DIEGO, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul G. Yock has joined the Starlight Cardiovascular Board of Directors. Dr. Yock is the Founder, Director Emeritus, and a Board Member of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign. He is the former Martha Meier Weiland Professor of Medicine, founding co-chair of Stanford University's Department of Bioengineering, and the 2018 recipient of the National Academy of Engineering's Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education. Yock, who is trained as an interventional cardiologist, is known for his numerous innovative contributions to medical technology, including the Rapid Exchange angioplasty and stenting system, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), and the Smart Needle.
- SAN DIEGO, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul G. Yock has joined the Starlight Cardiovascular Board of Directors.
- "We are overjoyed that Paul has joined the Starlight family," stated Beverly Tang, co-Founder and CEO of Starlight Cardiovascular.
- Yock was appointed as an independent director and joins Alf Grunwald, Tom Duerig, and Beverly Tang on the Board of Directors.
- "Starlight Cardiovascular is taking on this challenge by developing highly novel pediatric technologies -- and, equally important, pioneering novel approaches to business execution.