Oleg Svanidze

Oleg is the Chief Medical Officer of the company. He has over 20 years of experience in the medical device industry with a background in clinical cardiac surgery and a successful track record in all aspects of clinical/medical affairs, R&D, and business development. He joined SamanTree Medical from Newronika, where he was serving as a Chief Medical Officer. Prior to Newronika, Dr. Svanidze held executive positions at several medical device companies, including Xeltis, Allergan Medical, Arbor Surgical Technologies, 3F Therapeutics (now Medtronic), Computer Motion (now Intuitive Surgical), and HeartPort (now Edwards Lifesciences). Oleg is a co-author of many scientific publications and holds several patents in the fields of minimally invasive heart valves and medical robotics.