Helios Cardio
A Boston based cardiac repair and regeneration company
The Helios Cardio team comprises experts in regenerative medicine and cardiothoracic surgery
Our mission is to provide cardiac surgeons with transformative technologies to tackle some of the toughest problems in cardiac health.
Management Team
Yiannis Monovoukas PhD, MBA
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Monovoukas is the former Chairman, President, and CEO of TEI Biosciences and TEI Medical, two regenerative medicine companies founded on technology generated at MIT. Both companies were sold to Integra LifeSciences in 2015 for more than $300 million.
Dr. Monovoukas holds a BS degree from Columbia University and MS and PhD degrees from Stanford University, all in chemical engineering, as well as an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Dr. Monovoukas was winner of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Award for New England in Life Sciences, and was a 2011 Life Sciences US National Finalist.
Peter Jackson PhD
Chief Commercial Officer
With over 25 years of experience in R&D, business development and commercial leadership, Dr. Jackson has a unique set of skills to transition transformative medical technologies from laboratory to clinical and market success.
Dr. Jackson has broad international experience having worked in the US, UK, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland.
Dr. Jackson holds a 1st class degree and PhD in chemistry from the Universities of Cardiff and Swansea, UK.
Clayton Kaiser MD
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Kaiser received an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, an MD from Vanderbilt University Medical School, and did his residency in Cardiovascular Surgery at Stanford Hospital and Clinics.
Dr. Kaiser is currently a Staff Surgeon at Ascension Saint Thomas Heart, Nashville.
His clinical areas of interest are in adult cardiac surgery, aortic aneurysms, connective tissue diseases, aortic/mitral valve disease, and minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
Kevin Cornwell PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Cornwell is a recognized expert in Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering with 20 years of research and development into biopolymers and ECM biomaterials. He received a PhD from a joint WPI and UMASS Medical School program in Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics.
Kevin formerly held positions at TEI Biosciences and Integra LifeSciences where he worked closely with clinicians to develop and commercialize medical devices for a wide range of surgical applications including wound healing, general surgery, and reconstructive plastic surgery.
BOARD OF Advisors
We are proud to be guided by a team of world renowned experts in cardio thoracic surgery, regenerative medicine and biomedical engineering.
Pedro J. del Nido MD - Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital. William E. Ladd Professor of Child Surgery, Harvard Medical School.
Gus Vlahakes, MD, MS - Professor of cardiac surgery - Massachusetts General Hospital.
Ellen Roche PhD - Assistant Professor, MechE and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
How to find us
Research and Development
Helios Cardio Inc.
22 Strathmore Road
Natick, MA 01760
United States
Headquarters
Helios Cardio Inc.
11 Dellbrook Road
Weston, MA 02493
United States
Phone
(339) 707-7788