Who We Are

Sri Sarma, PhD

Sri Sarma, PhD

Executive Director
NTH Leadership
Nitish Thakor, PhD

Nitish Thakor, PhD

Technical Director
NTH Leadership
Santosh Venkatesha, MBA

Santosh Venkatesha, MBA

Operations Director
NTH Leadership
Charles Montague, PhD

Charles Montague, PhD

Evaluation & Innovation Deputy Director
NTH Leadership
Henry Brem, MD

Henry Brem, MD

Director of Clinical Innovation
NTH Leadership
Youseph Yazdi, PhD

Youseph Yazdi, PhD

Innovation Director
NTH Leadership NTH Cores
Adler Archer, JD, MS

Adler Archer, JD, MS

Director, Strategy Management
NTH Leadership
Evaristus Nwulia, MD, MHS

Evaristus Nwulia, MD, MHS

Outreach Director
NTH Leadership NTH Cores
Robert Storey

Robert Storey

Evaluation Director
NTH Leadership Evaluation Core NTH Cores
Ralph Eitenne-Cummings, PhD

Ralph Eitenne-Cummings, PhD

Innovation Co-Director
NTH Leadership NTH Cores
Kebreten Manaye, MD

Kebreten Manaye, MD

Outreach Institute Director, URM Pathways
NTH Leadership NTH Incubator

The NTH Advisory Board and Steering Committee consists of world-renowned clinicians, commercialization, regulatory and ethics experts, scientists and engineers. They will ensure a rigorous proposal evaluation, support the selected solutions and guide the acceleration process of the promising new technologies. Collectively, they have more 338,000 scholarly citations for their published works, 392 patents in the neuromedical technologies space, and more than 200 nationally recognized awards.

Advisory Board

Emery Brown, MD, PhD

Emery Brown, MD, PhD

Advisory Board
Marc Filerman

Marc Filerman

Advisory Board
Eric J. Grigsby, MD., MBA

Eric J. Grigsby, MD., MBA

Advisory Board
Leigh Hochberg MD, PhD

Leigh Hochberg MD, PhD

Advisory Board
Martha Morrell, MD

Martha Morrell, MD

Advisory Board
Erika Ross, PhD

Erika Ross, PhD

Advisory Board

Steering Committee

MemberAffiliationExpertise
Emery BrownMITClinical, Scientist, Technology
Martha MorrellCMO, NeuropaceClinical, Business Development
Erika RossAbbottBusiness Development
Marc FilermanColumbia Univ.Business Development, Technology
Eric J. GrigsbyNeurovationsClinical, Patient Advocacy
Leigh HochbergBrown Univ., Center for NeurotechScientist, Technology
Holly S. GilmerMichigan Head & Spine InstituteClinical
Sameer SethBaylor College of MedicineClinical, Neuroethics
Jorge Gonzalez MartinezDirector, Epilepsy & Movement Disorders, UPMCClinical, Technology
Milton MorrisNeuSpera Medical, IncBusiness Development
Frederick KoehnDixi MedicalBusiness Development
Victor PikovMedipace, Inc, Pasadena, CABusiness Development
Ruchika SinghalMedtronicBusiness Development
Elliot KramesPacific Pain Treatment CenterClinical, Patient Advocacy
Kam LeongColumbia Univ.Scientist, Technology
Paul SadjaColumbia Univ.Scientist, Technology
Bin HeDirector, U MinnScientist, Technology
Krishna ShenoyStanfordScientist, Technology
Doug WeberPittsburghScientist, Technology
Howard RiinaNYU Langone HealthClinical , Scientist