Bernard E. Lyons

Bernie is the former President and CEO of Direct Flow Medical, Inc., a medical device company specializing in transcathter aortic valve implants. Throughout his career Bernie has held senior level management positions at a number of medical device companies, including Vasca, Inc. (President and CEO), a maker of subcutaneous vascular access ports for hemodialysis treatment, CardioClasp, Inc. (President and CEO), a start-up focused on the treatment of congestive heart failure, and Boston Scientific Corporation, a large manufacturer of diagnostic and therapeutic products. Bernie has been an Instructor in Surgery at Dartmouth Medical School and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. He earned a Ph.D. in Cancer Biology from Stanford University School of Medicine.