Aftab Kherani
Founder at Summus Global, Inc.
Profile
Aftab serves as Chief Medical Officer and Managing Director of Ajax Health.
He also serves as Executive Vice Chairman of current Ajax companies Ablacon, Serpex and Verix, and as a board member of Cortica and Protaryx.
He additionally serves as Chairman of Summus Global and on the Board of Visitors of Duke University School of Medicine.
Aftab received his M.D.
from Duke University School of Medicine, where he was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship recipient, and his B.S.
in Biology and A.B.
in Economics from Duke University, awarded magna cum laude and graduating Phi Beta Kappa.
Aftab Kherani active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Aisling Capital LLC
Aisling Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Aisling Capital LLC (Aisling Capital) is an venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Dennis Joseph Purcell. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York. | Private Equity Investor | 2008-08-31 |
Serpex Medical, Inc.
Serpex Medical, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Serpex Medical, Inc. provides biomedical services. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Summus Global, Inc.
Summus Global, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Summus Global, Inc. is a virtual health advisory platform that connects families to a network of over 4,000 top specialists across 48 leading hospitals worldwide. The company is based in New York, NY. The company aims to provide a faster and more efficient way to access high-quality medical expertise, transforming the existing inefficient and opaque referral system. Summus partners with companies across the country to create an elevated healthcare experience for their employees and to support better, cost-efficient outcomes across all health questions. The company was founded by Julian Flannery, Aftab R. Kherani, and Jennifer Kherani, and Julian Flannery has been the CEO since incorporation. | Founder | - |
Treeline Biosciences, Inc.
Treeline Biosciences, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Treeline Biosciences, Inc. develops transformative precision medicines for patients with cancer. The company is based in Stamford, CT. The company was founded by Joshua H. Bilenker. Joshua H. Bilenker has been the CEO since incorporation. | Director/Board Member | - |
Ajax Health LLC
Ajax Health LLC Investment ManagersFinance Ajax Health LLC (Ajax Health) is a private Equity and venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Duke S. Rohlen. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-12-31 |
Ablacon, Inc.
Ablacon, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Ablacon, Inc. provides machine learning based electrographic mapping services for heart treatments. The company was founded by Peter Ruppersberg in 2015 and is headquartered in Wheat Ridge, CO. | Director/Board Member | 2019-04-30 |
Cortica, Inc.
Cortica, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Cortica Healthcare, Inc. operates neurological clinics. It offers in-home, in-clinic, and telehealth services. The company was founded by Neil Hattangadi and Suzanne Goh and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2019-04-30 |
Former positions of Aftab Kherani
Companies | Position | End |
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ASENSUS SURGICAL, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2019-10-30 |
TransEnterix, Inc. /Old/
TransEnterix, Inc. /Old/ Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology TransEnterix is advancing the field of minimally invasive surgery through exploration, innovation and collaboration. Based in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, TransEnterix is a rapidly growing medical device company founded in 2006. Since its inception the company has designed, received FDA approval and launched the groundbreaking SPIDER Surgical System, which provides surgeons with enhanced capabilities by creating triangulation via single site access with flexible articulating instruments. The platform enables a whole new class of less invasive surgery - Flexible Laparoscopy - which builds on the proven technologies of laparoscopic surgery and catheter based medical treatments. | Director/Board Member | 2019-10-30 |
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Training of Aftab Kherani
Duke University | Doctorate Degree |
Experiences
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 1 |
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ASENSUS SURGICAL, INC. | Health Technology |
Private companies | 12 |
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Aisling Capital LLC
Aisling Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Aisling Capital LLC (Aisling Capital) is an venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Dennis Joseph Purcell. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York. | Finance |
TransEnterix, Inc. /Old/
TransEnterix, Inc. /Old/ Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology TransEnterix is advancing the field of minimally invasive surgery through exploration, innovation and collaboration. Based in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, TransEnterix is a rapidly growing medical device company founded in 2006. Since its inception the company has designed, received FDA approval and launched the groundbreaking SPIDER Surgical System, which provides surgeons with enhanced capabilities by creating triangulation via single site access with flexible articulating instruments. The platform enables a whole new class of less invasive surgery - Flexible Laparoscopy - which builds on the proven technologies of laparoscopic surgery and catheter based medical treatments. | Health Technology |
Spirox, Inc.
Spirox, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Spirox, Inc. develops medical devices. Its product LATERA Absorbable Nasal Implant is designed to address causes of nasal obstruction today, nasal valve collapse caused by weakened lateral wall cartilage. The company was founded by Donald Albert Gonzales and Iyad Saidi on November 3, 2011 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Health Technology |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Loxo Oncology, Inc.
Loxo Oncology, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Loxo Oncology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. It focuses on genetic alterations, targeted therapies, and genetic testing. The company was founded by Joshua H. Bilenker in May 2013 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT. | Health Technology |
Summus Global, Inc.
Summus Global, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Summus Global, Inc. is a virtual health advisory platform that connects families to a network of over 4,000 top specialists across 48 leading hospitals worldwide. The company is based in New York, NY. The company aims to provide a faster and more efficient way to access high-quality medical expertise, transforming the existing inefficient and opaque referral system. Summus partners with companies across the country to create an elevated healthcare experience for their employees and to support better, cost-efficient outcomes across all health questions. The company was founded by Julian Flannery, Aftab R. Kherani, and Jennifer Kherani, and Julian Flannery has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
Ajax Health LLC
Ajax Health LLC Investment ManagersFinance Ajax Health LLC (Ajax Health) is a private Equity and venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Duke S. Rohlen. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. | Finance |
Ablacon, Inc.
Ablacon, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Ablacon, Inc. provides machine learning based electrographic mapping services for heart treatments. The company was founded by Peter Ruppersberg in 2015 and is headquartered in Wheat Ridge, CO. | Technology Services |
Serpex Medical, Inc.
Serpex Medical, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Serpex Medical, Inc. provides biomedical services. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Health Technology |
Treeline Biosciences, Inc.
Treeline Biosciences, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Treeline Biosciences, Inc. develops transformative precision medicines for patients with cancer. The company is based in Stamford, CT. The company was founded by Joshua H. Bilenker. Joshua H. Bilenker has been the CEO since incorporation. | Health Technology |
McKinzie & Co. LLC | |
Cortica, Inc.
Cortica, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Cortica Healthcare, Inc. operates neurological clinics. It offers in-home, in-clinic, and telehealth services. The company was founded by Neil Hattangadi and Suzanne Goh and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Health Services |