Our Team
Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. OZ SHAPIRA
MD.
Head of the Allevetix Scientific Advisory Board, Senior Surgeon with over 35 years of experience, former Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Hadassah Medical center, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, and Clinical Director, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center.
Prof. Oz Shapira has vast experience and proved record in supporting medical devices development.
Dr. HAROLD JACOB
MD.
Dr. Harold Jacob is Director of the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit at the Hadassah Medical Center with over 40 years of experience in the medical field, including managerial experience for medical device companies. Dr. Harold has worked as a Director of Medical Affairs at Given Imaging Ltd for 4 years.
Dr. Harold Jacob founded NanoVibronix, Inc., where he serves as Chief Medical Officer & Director.
Dr. ERWIN SANTO
MD.
Dr. Erwin Santo is the Head of Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases at Tel aviv Sourasky Medical with over 35 years of experience in Interventional Endoscopy. Dr. Erwin was the Director of the Interventional Endoscopy Unit of the Tel Aviv Medical Center. He is an active member of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Professionals, the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Network, and the Gastrointestinal Cancer Association.
Management
ZIV KALFON
CEO
Mr. Kalfon has over 20 years of experience in developing medical products from Idea to commercialization, he has vast experience in Research, engineering, Regulation, Clinical, Business Development and IP.
Ziv has led the R&D and Engineering groups at Allium Medical for the last seven years, before joining Allium he served in various R&D positions in Versamed (acquired by GE Healthcare) and at Mediguide (acquired by St. Jude Medical). Ziv holds an M.Sc in bio-medical engineering and B.Sc in mechanical engineering from the Technion - Israel institute of Technology.
EREZ KEINAN
CFO
Mr. Keinan was appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer in October 2019, prior to that he served as the company’s Controller since 2017. Mr. Keinan is an Israeli Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and economics from the Haifa University in Israel, and LL.M from the Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
ELI AGAZADE
ENGINEERING MANAGER
Mechanical Engineer; Eli has over 10 years of experience in the medical device industry. He worked as a senior engineer and project managers at Galli Medical. Eli has experience in production processes development, processes validation, 3D CAD modulation, project management and continuously manufacturing improvements.
DR. TAL BLECHER
PROJECT MANAGER
Dr. Tal Blecher holds a Ph.D. degree in Neuroscience from Bar Ilan university and a MS.c in Bio-Medical engineering from Tel Aviv university.
Tal has extensive R&D, testing and project management experience in the medical device field.
NETTA NAHUM
V&V MANAGER
B.Sc. Biomedical Engineer from the Technion, Netta has experience in optimizing testing environment: enhancing reproducibility and result significance. Netta performs, V&V protocols, validation of sterilization and shelf life for sterile products.
SHAHAF BARON
MATERIALS EXPERT
Material Engineer (B.Sc) at Ben Gurion University and Mechanical Engineering Student (M.Sc) at Tel Aviv University.
Experienced R&D Engineer, skilled in CAD software, 3D printing, electrochemistry, surface treatments, corrosion tests and more.
STAV GEVA
SYSTEM MANAGER
Stav Geva is a Physics Major (B.Sc) at Tel Aviv University and an Electrical Engineering Student (M.Sc) at Tel Aviv University. Has over 5 years in medical device industry and experienced in CAD design, 3D printing, applicable system control and fatigue testing.