Asad R. Zaidi

Asad R. Zaidi, President & CEO is a biochemist and biomedical engineer who graduated with honors from the University of California, Irvine. He has been involved with the development of heart valves, artificial coronary arteries, membrane oxygenators, dialyzers, and various in-vitro-diagnostic and biomedical devices since 1973. His experience of over 25 years spans the growth of biomedical devices in companies such as Shiley (Pfizer), C.R. Bard, Mitral Medical, Bicer Medical, and Medtronic. He has been responsible for licensing and transferring medical device manufacturing technology from Latin America to Canada and to England. His areas of expertise range from product development to patenting and production. He has written and assisted in FDA submissions of 510k pre-market notifications, investigational device exemptions (IDE), and pre-market authorizations (PMA).