Fred Aslan

Fred Aslan, MD, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Artiva Biotherapeutics. Fred is also Founder and Chairman of Adavium Medical (holding company of Vydence Medical and previously Vyttra Diagnosticos). Vydence Medical has grown to become a leading Brazilian aesthetic device company with a proprietary line of energy-based devices sold globally and as distributor for several international aesthetic devices. While CEO of Adavium Medical, Fred had the opportunity to launch and commercialize in Brazil a number of premier aesthetic device brands including CoolSculpting® and ARTAS®. Prior to Adavium Medical, Fred was an investor at Venrock where he led investments in Zeltiq, an aesthetic device company subsequently acquired by Allergan, and in PowerVision, an ophthalmology device company subsequently acquired by Alcon. While at Venrock, Fred also co-founded and served as board member of Receptos Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company subsequently acquired by Celgene. Earlier in his career Fred was Director of Business Development at CuraGen, a genomics company, and a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Fred has a B.S. in Biology from Duke University, an M.D. from Yale School of Medicine, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.