Frank Litvack

Dr. Frank Litvack is a Board Certified Internist and Cardiologist and is Chairman of the Board at Credence MedSystems.

He began his career in Academic Medicine and was formerly Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Intervention Center at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles and Professor of Medicine at UCLA. There he led a prominent clinical and research program known for its excellence in innovation, care, and leadership in Translational Medicine. He has published extensively and is the recipient of several awards including the Leon Goldman Medical Excellence Award for contributions to the field of biomedical optics and the United States Space Technology and Space Foundation Hall of Fame for pioneering work with the excimer laser. Dr. Litvack left full-time practice and academics in 2000 to concentrate on entrepreneurial activities.

Dr. Litvack has founded and/or operated several healthcare ventures both as Chairman and/or CEO including Advanced Interventional Systems Inc. (merged with Spectranetics Inc.), Progressive Angioplasty Systems Inc., Savacor Inc., Conor Medsystems Inc., and Reprise Medical Technologies LLC, a Medtech incubator. Dr. Litvack is a Co-Founder and General Partner in Pura Vida Investments LLC, a health care-focused Hedge Fund, and he serves on several Boards.