KELYNIAM - Key Persons
Mark V Smith, M.D. is a neurosurgeon with over 20 years of clinical experience. He has also worked as a biomedical engineer. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in 1980. After working two years as a biomedical engineer he was admitted to medical school where he earned a doctorate of medicine at the University of Maryland in 1986. He completed his neurosurgery training at SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York in 1993. He is also fellowship trained in pituitary surgery and epilepsy surgery.
Ross Bjella has returned to Kelyniam as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Ross previously worked for Kelyniam as a consultant and was instrumental in helping the company receive the initial 510K approval and subsequent ISO 13485 certification. Ross is the current CEO of Alithias, Inc., a healthcare data analytics company and previously served as the CEO of DDN, a leading outsourced business service company for the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries.