KFAR-SABA, Israel & ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CathWorks announced that Ramin Mousavi has joined CathWorks as Vice President of Global Marketing & Strategy. Mr. Mousavi, an experienced cardiovascular marketer, will take responsibility for the CathWorks FFRangio™ System U.S. clinical and commercial launch and direct future expansion into other global markets.
Mr. Mousavi has over 15 years of global marketing, strategy, product development and general management expertise and is widely recognized for leading one of the most successful cardiovascular device launches of the past decade. Prior to joining CathWorks, Ramin was the head of marketing for Transcatheter Heart Valves in the U.S. at Edwards Lifesciences. Ramin earned B.S. degrees in both computer- and electrical engineering from UC, Irvine. He also earned an M.B.A. from UC, Irvine and received a Healthcare Executive Leadership certificate for Business Innovation in Global Healthcare from Harvard Business School.
Jim Corbett, CathWorks CEO, said of Ramin’s appointment, “I could not be more excited to have Ramin join our leadership team. His analytical and strategic thinking combined with his experience in launching transformational and innovative technology utilizing advanced digital platforms to raise awareness and increase adoption, will be very beneficial as we launch and grow the adoption of the CathWorks FFRangio System in the United States and globally. The CathWorks System represents a tremendous opportunity for interventional cardiologists to improve the quality of care and lower costs in the treatment of multi-vessel coronary artery disease.”
Mr. Mousavi said, “I am excited to join CathWorks and I know that physicians and patients will greatly benefit from having an objective, non-invasive platform to routinely support PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) decision-making during the coronary angiogram. Our goal is to ensure that the CathWorks FFRangio system is clinically and economically beneficial for interventional cardiologists, their patients, and the healthcare system overall.”
The CathWorks FFRangio System quickly and precisely delivers the objective FFR guidance needed to optimize PCI therapy decisions for every patient. It is non-invasive and performed intra-procedurally during coronary angiography without adding additional clinical risk or per-procedure costs. The company received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for the CathWorks FFRangio Coronary Vascular Physiologic Simulation Software on December 19, 2018.
About CathWorks
CathWorks is a medical technology company focused on applying its advanced computational science platform to optimize PCI therapy decisions and elevate coronary angiography from visual assessment to an objective FFRangio based decision-making tool for physicians. FFR-guided PCI decision-making is proven to provide significant clinical benefits for patients with coronary artery disease and economic benefits for patients and payers. The company’s focus is specifically on bringing the CathWorks FFRangio System to market to provide quick, precise, and objective intraprocedural FFRangio guidance that is practical for every case.
