Vinod H. Thourani

Z-Medica LLC engages in the manufacture of medical devices. The firm focuses on the development of hemorrhage control products for healthcare providers, military personnel, first responders, and consumers. It offers QuikClot hemostatic devices. The company was founded by Francis X. Hursey and C. Bart Gullong in April 2002 and is headquartered in Wallingford, CT.

Emory University Hospital Midtown is a 511-bed community-based, acute care teaching facility and full-service hospital located in Midtown Atlanta. A part of Emory Healthcare, the hospital offers a full range of services, which include general medicine, maternal and infant care, orthopaedics and surgery. Emory University Hospital Midtown is staffed by 600 Emory medical faculty and 800 community physicians. More than 23,205 inpatients and 143,961 outpatients come to Emory University Hospital Midtown each year. Patients receive care from community-based physicians, physicians of The Emory Clinic and from a highly-trained staff of nurses and other clinical professionals. Medical services include 56 intensive care beds, a level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and four hyperbaric oxygen units. This full-service hospital is well known for services in cancer, cardiology, cardiac surgery, gastroenterology, and emergency medicine. Women's services include prenatal and postnatal education, bone density testing, mammography, and obstetrics, with a specialization in high-risk pregnancy.

Apica Cardiovascular Ltd. designs and develops innovative medical devices for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Its product includes innovative transapical access and closure system that is designed to simplify and standardize the technique used to open and close the apex of a beating hear. The company was founded by Ajit P. Yoganathan, Jorge H. Jimenez, Vinod H. Thourani and James L. Greene in November 2009 and is headquartered in Galway, Ireland.