Our  leadership

Management

Lara Barghout  President & Chief Executive Officer

Lara Barghout joined ReCor Medical in January 2023.

Ms. Barghout brings over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry, leading global organizations and driving cultural transformation, with a particular focus on commercialization, operations and customer service. Most recently, Ms. Barghout served as Senior Vice President and Head of Advanced Therapies at Siemens Healthineers, leading the image-guided therapy business in North America, with focus on unique value-added and integrated solutions and services. Prior to Siemens Healthineers, Ms. Barghout served as Senior Vice President Global Commercial Operations at Terumo Cardiovascular. Throughout her tenure, she oversaw market access, commercial excellence, strategy and commercial operations both regionally and globally. Ms. Barghout holds a Bachelor of Science from Jordan University of Science and Technology and has an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Executive Program.

 

MATTHEW J. FRANKLIN, MBA    Chief Financial Officer

Matt Franklin joined ReCor Medical in June 2015.

Mr. Franklin has been CFO of numerous venture-backed companies including most recently serving as CFO of myoscience (therapeutics/aesthetics) for six years. He specializes in helping Pre-IPO companies get through initial commercialization. In 2000, he co-founded, CFO Connection, a financial services firm that assists technology and medtech companies in successfully building their businesses. Prior to CFO Connection he was ACLARA BioSciences’ (medtech) top financial officer for four years. Earlier in his career he was Co-Founder and CFO at BioLumin Corporation (sold to GE Healthcare) and held senior financial positions at VeloBind (Manufacturing) and Precision Echo (Defense Manufacturer), both public companies. Mr. Franklin received a BS in Business from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

 

NEIL C. BARMAN, MD    Chief Scientific Officer

Neil Barman joined ReCor Medical in November 2017.

Prior to joining ReCor, Dr. Barman co-founded AblaCare, a start-up medical device company focused on infertility due to polycystic ovary syndrome. Prior to this, Dr. Barman was an early employee and part of the senior management team at Ardian. Ardian pioneered the field of catheter-based renal denervation and was acquired by Medtronic in January 2011. Previously, Dr. Barman led the clinical/medical team at Concentric Medical that developed the first FDA approved line of embolectomy catheters for ischemic stroke. He started his medical device career at Radiant Medical investigating catheter-based cooling for heart attack and stroke. Dr. Barman graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.S. in Biology from Stanford University. He earned his M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School. During medical school, Dr. Barman also did coursework at the Kellogg School of Management.

 

RICK FELLER, Chief Operating Officer

Rick Feller joined ReCor Medical in March of 2022.

Mr. Feller brings over 20 years of leadership experience in medical device development specifically in the areas of R&D, manufacturing development, clinical research, and program management. He began his professional career with Cordis where he led the development of many peripheral interventional products from early-stage concepts through PMA approval. He later expanded his leadership as V.P. of R&D and Manufacturing Development for ev3 in the development of interventional devices treating both peripheral arterial and venous disease. Through subsequent acquisitions by Covidien and then Medtronic, he expanded his responsibilities to manage a global R&D team across the United States and Europe. He later joined Wright Medical as V.P. of R&D and Clinical Research for their shoulder arthroplasty business until an acquisition by Stryker. Mr. Feller is a graduate of the University of Florida with a BS and MS in Materials Science & Engineering.

 

UDO SCHEINER  VP & GM, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Udo Scheiner joined ReCor Medical in January 2022.

Mr. Scheiner brings over 20 years of broad commercial and operational experience within the Medical Device Industry. He has lived and worked in several countries across Europe and Asia Pacific. Mr. Scheiner served in various sales, marketing, therapy development and GM roles with increasing scope and responsibility at Guidant in Europe. Following Guidant, Mr. Scheiner held several senior leadership positions at Boston Scientific Corp in Europe and Asia, where he finally served as Regional Vice President of the Asia Pacific region. He then joined Abbott Vascular as Divisional Vice President for the EMEA region before accepting the role of CEO at New Valve Technology (NVT), a start-up company in the structural heart space. Mr. Scheiner is a former Board Member and Chair of the Cardiovascular Sector Group at Eucomed, the European Medical Device Industry Association. He holds a BS degree in Business Management and Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Würzburg, Germany.

 

DAVID KIM  Vice President, Quality Affairs

David Kim joined ReCor Medical in June 2015.

Mr. Kim has 20 years experience with increasing responsibility in quality assurance systems and engineering. Mr. Kim began his quality career at Perclose following the acquisition by Abbott Laboratories, where he lead the site implementation of corporate quality and compliance directives. Following that experience, he worked at several rapidly growing medical device companies including Conor MedSystems where he was part of evolving the quality system to meet the demands of an expanding organization while maintaining a collaborative and innovative culture of compliance. More recently, Mr. Kim has been the first quality employees at several early stage companies including Moximed and Altura Medical, where he was responsible for rapidly establishing the quality system and obtaining ISO certification. Mr. Kim is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering.

HELEN REEVE-STOFFER, Ph.D  Vice President, Clinical Affairs

Helen Reeve-Stoffer joined ReCor Medical in June 2013.

Dr. Reeve-Stoffer has more than 15 years of experience of global clinical and Medical Affairs program development in the medical device industry preceded by an additional 9 years in academic research and teaching. Most recently Dr. Reeve-Stoffer served as CRM Clinical Director for New Product Development and Low Voltage platforms for Boston Scientific Inc. where she was responsible for the pre and post-launch clinical evidence and regulatory program strategies. She also held the position of International Director of Medical Affairs and Education at Cameron Health BV and prior to that had several US and International-based clinical positions for Guidant Corporation including project management, technical field support for all study phases and the development of country-specific clinical business strategies. She began her academic career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Reeve-Stoffer earned her PhD and BSc in Pharmacology at the University of Leeds, Leeds UK.

 

LESLIE COLEMAN, DVM, MS, DACLAM  Vice President, Regulatory & Medical Affairs

Leslie Coleman joined ReCor Medical in May 2013.

Dr. Coleman has more than 15 years of experience in the medical device industry in medical affairs, preclinical and clinical research, and over 10 years of veterinary medicine. Prior to joining ReCor Medical, Dr. Coleman served as Director, Medical Affairs at Abbott Vascular Structural Heart. Previously, Dr. Coleman was Director, PreClinical Research at Abbott Vascular and Guidant Corporation where she was a key contributor towards numerous research and development projects to treat coronary artery disease. Dr. Coleman has contributed towards the development of several drug eluting stent platforms through PMA submission, FDA Advisory panel meeting and PMA approval. Dr. Coleman received a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, a Masters of Science in Toxicology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine.

 

DARCI TEOBALDI  VP General Counsel

Darci Teobaldi joined ReCor Medical, Inc. in April 2022.

Ms. Teobaldi oversees all legal issues related to the development and implementation of the company’s business strategy, compliance, corporate governance, human resources and general commercial matters. She has two decades of experience advising companies in the life science, consumer, education and medical device sectors. Before joining ReCor Medical, Inc., she was VP and General Counsel for the Specialty Diagnostic Group of Themo Fisher Scientific in Boston Area, and General Counsel of Advanced Bionics in Southern California. Ms. Teobaldi holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from San Diego State University, and a J.D. from Pepperdine University.

 

DAVE HAUGAARD  Vice President, Operations

Dave Haugaard joined ReCor Medical in September 2018.

Mr. Haugaard brings over 20 years of experience in operational leadership in the development and commercialization of innovative Medical Devices for underserved patients. Previously, Mr. Haugaard was Vice President of Operations at Elixir Medical, a start-up coronary drug eluting stent company where he developed and commercially launched numerous bioabsorbable and metallic stent systems. Prior to this, he was Senior Director of Operations at Conor Medsystems, a drug-eluting stent company acquired by Johnson and Johnson in February 2007 and Director of Operations for Broncus Technologies, which developed devices for interventional pulmonology. During his career Mr. Haugaard has led both domestic and international operations teams from development and through commercialization. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University.

 

FAISAL KHAN  Vice President, Marketing

Faisal Khan joined ReCor Medical in January 2019.

Mr. Khan has over 18 years experience spread across management consulting, technology and healthcare. Within medical devices, Mr. Khan as built and led high performing marketing teams in cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, and neurovascular markets. Mr. Khan started his career as a management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and then IBM, leading consulting projects exceeding $1 billion in revenue at clients such as Pfizer. Mr. Khan went on to work in positions of increasing leadership at companies such as Cordis, Abbott Vascular and Stryker Neurovascular, managing global launches of both line extensions and disruptive innovations in the access, intervention and closure categories. Mr. Khan has a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

 

PORTIA SERAME  Senior Director, Human Resources

Portia Serame joined ReCor Medical, Inc. in August 2019.

Ms. Serame has twenty years of experience mostly in the life sciences, partnering with business leaders to build companies from the ground up, spearheading strategic planning and implementation of initiatives, programs, and policies. Ms. Serame focuses on both operational and strategic HR practices, attributable to her passion and natural curiosity about people and behavior. Overseeing all aspects of human resources management, she establishes and develops HR teams and infrastructure to effectively support rapid business growth. Prior to joining ReCor Medical, Inc., she held senior executive management roles at GE Healthcare, Affymetrix and FUJIFILM Wako Diagnostics. Ms. Serame holds Bachelor of Science Degrees in Microbiology and Psychology from University of California at Davis.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NORIKO TOJO,  Chairman

Noriko Tojo was appointed chairman of the board of directors of ReCor Medical in July 2018.

Mrs. Tojo is President and Representative Director of Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. and an Executive Director of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd., which she joined in 2008, initially as Managing Director in charge of business development. Prior to joining Otsuka, Mrs. Tojo was a Director of Intel Capital in Tokyo, where she focused on advanced technology-related investments. She joined Intel Capital in 2004 from McKinsey & Company, where she was an Engagement Manager advising major Japanese and US corporations on technology strategy and mergers and acquisitions. Mrs. Tojo started her career as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs in Tokyo. Mrs. Tojo holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

 

Lara Barghout 

See above in MANAGEMENT.

 

KAZUMICHI KOBAYASHI

Kazumichi Kobayashi, R.Ph., is an Executive Deputy President of Otsuka Medical Devices. Co., Ltd., and Advisor of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. Prior to joining Otsuka Holdings, Mr. Kobayashi was on assignment  as Senior Research Fellow to the Office of Pharmaceutical Industry Research (OPIR) at JPMA from April 2012 to March 2015. Prior to OPIR, he was a Senior Vice President and co-head of Otsuka’s Pharmaceutical Business Division as well as head of Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, and Quality Assurance at Otsuka Pharmaceutical. Concurrently, he served as CEO of Otsuka Maryland Research Institute and from 2007 as the first CEO of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization Inc. (Princeton). He joined the Regulatory Affairs Department of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in 1982 and became Director for Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance in 2000

 

 

Part of Otsuka Medical Devices

ReCor Medical became an Otsuka Medical Devices company in 2018.

Otsuka Medical Devices focuses on the global development and commercialization of endovascular devices that provide new therapeutic options in areas where patient needs cannot be met through pharmaceutical or other conventional treatment. Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. (www.otsuka.com/en), a leading global healthcare group listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (JP 4578).

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