Ephraim Akyuz

Ephraim is the Vice President of Research and Development at Catalyst OrthoScience. He began working with Catalyst in a consulting role in 2014 and joined Catalyst full time in 2017. He has over 20 years of research, development, and commercialization experience in the medical device field, including spine, sports medicine, adult reconstruction, ex... tremities, and general surgery. His professional career started at Medicine Lodge Inc, where he partnered with various OEMs including J&J DePuy, ConMed, Stryker, OsteoMed and TranS1. More recently he co-founded a product development firm, Marker Medical, which helped surgeon inventors and early-stage companies to develop medical devices at various stages from concept through to clinical release. He has a history of proven innovation with over 50 issued or pending patents. He has 11 publications in peer-reviewed journals and over 10 papers presented at major medical conferences. Ephraim holds a PhD and MS in Bioengineering from the University of Utah and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University.Read More