Thomas R. Trotter
President & Chief Executive Officer

Thomas R. Trotter joined AngioScore in August 2005 as President and CEO.

Mr. Trotter brings to AngioScore more than 30 years experience in the medical device business. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of OrthoLogic, Inc., a public orthopedics company. Prior to OrthoLogic, Mr. Trotter worked for Mallinckrodt, Inc. as President of the Critical Care Division, which included 2500 employees and over $400 million in annual revenues. He joined Mallinckrodt via the acquisition of Diamond Sensor Systems, a venture-backed medical device company in the blood chemistry analysis business, where he served as President and CEO. Previously, Mr. Trotter worked for Shiley, Inc., then a division of Pfizer, where he managed the worldwide cardiopulmonary business.

Mr. Trotter holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in business administration from the University of Maryland. He is also a senior fellow of the Holmes Society at Harvard University.

James B. Andrews
Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Jim Andrews serves as Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AngioScore.

Previously, Mr. Andrews was the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Orquest, Inc., an innovative medical technology company dedicated to setting new standards of care in orthopedics through biological solutions. From 1995 – 2004, Mr. Andrews held a variety of positions with Orquest and was an integral member of the team which sold Orquest to DePuy Acromed, a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.

Mr. Andrews also founded Andrews and Associates, a financial management consulting firm specializing in senior management consulting in the life science industry. He started his career working four years in Big 4 public accounting where he became a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Andrews has a B.S. in Business (specialty accounting) from the University of Colorado.

Karin J. Gastineau
Sr. Vice President, Medical, Regulatory, and Quality

Karin J. Gastineau serves as Sr. Vice President, Medical, Regulatory, and Quality and provides the company with strategic insight, leadership, and direction for its worldwide regulatory, quality, and clinical activities.

Ms. Gastineau brings to the company over 23 years experience in the therapeutic medical device industry and has an outstanding background in all aspects of medical, regulatory, and quality affairs.  Prior to joining AngioScore, Ms. Gastineau was a well known and highly respected Regulatory Affairs and Compliance Consultant in the S.F. Bay Area.  Previously, she was Director of Regulatory Affairs for Angiotech Pharmaceuticals where she developed global regulatory strategies for novel device-drug combination products for cardiovascular and general surgery applications.  Ms. Gastineau was the Director of Regulatory Affairs, Quality Control and Quality Assurance for Cohesion Technologies, and was a veteran at Collagen Corporation working in regulatory affairs, clinical research, business development, and intellectual property and licensing.  Ms. Gastineau holds a B.S. degree from the University of California at Berkeley and is a graduate of the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Regulatory Executive Management Program.

Gary Gershony, MD, FACC
Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Gary Gershony serves as the Chief Medical Officer of AngioScore, is a Co-Founder of the company, and is a practicing Interventional Cardiologist at John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA.

Previously, Dr. Gershony was the founder of Vascular Solutions, Inc. a public medical device company. Dr. Gershony was the principal inventor of Vascular Solutions’ flagship Duett™ Vascular Sealing Device and from 1996 – 2002 Dr. Gershony served as the company’s Medical Director.

Dr. Gershony grew up in Toronto, Canada and attended the University of Toronto where he graduated from medical school in 1979 at age 23. He continued his training in internal medicine and general cardiology at the University of Toronto and The Toronto Hospital. He also served as Chief Medical Resident from 1983-1984. Dr. Gershony continued his training in invasive and interventional cardiology, serving a fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta under the auspices of Dr. Andreas Gruentzig, the inventor of coronary angioplasty. From 1994-1998, Dr. Gershony was Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Cardiology at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center.

Dr. Gershony is board certified in interventional cardiology and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. Dr. Gershony has published over 70 articles in the field of cardiology, is the author of six issued patents and has lectured widely on the latest treatments for heart disease. He also serves on the adjunct faculty of the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Program.

Michael D. Gioffredi
Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Michael D. Gioffredi serves as Sr. Vice President of Sales and Marketing of AngioScore.

Mr. Gioffredi has been in the medical device business for over 25 years. He began his career with Pfizer, spent ten years at Bard (USCI) and later served as Vice President of Marketing at Laserscope. He was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Britesmile before moving on to Cardiac Science where, over the last several years, he served as Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing and managed a department which included over 80 professionals. Mr. Gioffredi holds a B.A. in Business Administration from California State University at Fullerton.

Peter K. Johansson, PE
Vice President, Research & Development

Peter K. Johansson serves as Vice President of Research & Development of AngioScore.

Mr. Johansson brings to the company over 20 years experience in the medical device industry. Most recently, he was Vice President of Research & Development for Guided Delivery Systems, where he led the development of interventional structural heart products. He has developed novel devices and device-drug combination products for cardiovascular and ophthalmic applications.

Mr. Johansson is an inventor on 28 patents in the fields of interventional cardiology, structural heart therapy, and endovascular surgery. He holds a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego, an M.B.A. from the School of Economics and Business Administration of St Mary's College of California, and is a licensed Professional Engineer with the State of California.

Samuel L. Omaleki
Vice President, Manufacturing

Sam Omaleki serves as Vice President of Manufacturing at AngioScore.

Mr. Omaleki has over 25 years of experience in the medical device industry. Prior to joining AngioScore, Mr. Omaleki served as Vice President of Operations at Broncus Technologies and held similar positions with Access Closure, and Radiant Medical. In addition, Mr. Omaleki worked for Advanced Cardiovascular Systems as well as Guidant. Mr. Omaleki holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from California State University at Long Beach and an M.A. in Management from the University of Redlands.