Executive Management
Patrick Hess, President & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Hess has more than twenty years experience in the life sciences as scientist, lab director, consultant, and senior manager. As consultant to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and in vitro diagnostic companies he specializes in new business development, opportunity assessment, and business turnaround. In 2003, he served as interim President & CEO of TherapyEdge, Inc to help forestall bankruptcy and position the company for sell. From 1998 – 2001 he served as VP and Director of Biotechnology Affairs for Quest Diagnostics, Inc., evaluating new business opportunities in genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. From 1993 until 1998, he served as Senior Laboratory Director of one of LabCorp’s largest clinical labs.
Claude Arnaud, MD, Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Arnaud is Professor Emeritus at the University of California at San Francisco. He now serves as Chief Medical Officer of Imaging Therapeutics and Chairman of the company’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Arnaud is Past President of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and recipient of its William F. Neuman and Gideon Rodan Mentorship Awards.. He is an active member of the Committee of Scientific Advisors of the International Osteoporosis Foundation and has served on the NIH musculoskeletal study section. He is a member of the Board of Directors and is the President of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education. Dr. Arnaud has gained international recognition for his basic research on the chemistry, physiology immunology of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and its receptor and for the treatment of osteoporosis with that hormone. He is currently PI of two SBIR Phase 2 grants concerning bone structural analysis in the hip an spine using ordinary X-rays and co-investigtor for the ATP funded “Novel Low-Cost Techniques for the Management of Patients with Osteoporosis”
Daniel Steines, MD, MS, Senior VP of R&D
Dr. Steines has extensive training in both medicine and computer science. He developed an expertise in medical image analysis at Stanford University. In addition, he is an inventor on more than 50 pending patent applications. Dr. Steines is currently serving as Principal Investigator on the ATP-funded “Novel Low-Cost Techniques for Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Osteoporosis” (Cooperative Agreement No. 70NANB2H3007) and was the Co-PI for the ATP-funded project “Novel, Internet Enabled Techniques For Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Arthritis” (Cooperative Agreement No. 70NANB0H3016).
