Taraneh G. Farazi

Taraneh has over 19 years of research and clinical experience in the medical device industry. Prior to joining Gynesonics, she was the Program Director, Clinical Affairs at St. Jude Medical where she led preclinical research, clinical feasibility IDEs, pivotal IDEs, and post-market studies of a range of innovative technology solutions. Responsible for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy clinical programs globally, she developed strategic clinical plans and interacted with FDA, TUV and other regulatory agencies to achieve regulatory and market access objectives with clinical trials. Taraneh has collaborated with physician experts worldwide to design and conduct clinical studies that address unmet clinical needs, resulting in several dozen published scientific journal articles and accepted conference abstracts. She has successfully led clinical premarket applications through the preparation, submission, and FDA review and approval. She also holds 98 issued patents and 64 pending patent applications with the USPTO in the field of medical device therapy solutions.

Taraneh graduated magna cum laude from the California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, with a B.S. degree in computer engineering. She also received a M.S. with distinction in Electronic Engineering from Cal Poly, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California.