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Heading with Shape Elevating patient care

Accelerating the development of life-changing technologies to bring more care to more patients suffering from stroke and other devastating vascular diseases.

 

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Imperative Care is addressing gaps across the entire patient journey — from detection through recovery — to elevate care for patients suffering from stroke and other devastating vascular diseases.

 

Our Stroke business delivers life-saving interventional solutions for patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke for the best chance of a full recovery.

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Our Vascular business (formerly TRUVIC Medical) advances innovative treatments for people suffering from devastating vascular diseases, including pulmonary embolism.

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Kandu Health is a digital health company that delivers tech-enabled healthcare services to stroke survivors and care partners, supporting a safe and successful transition home after hospital discharge.

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Telos Health is focused on developing advanced technologies to expand physicians’ ability to bring life-saving thrombectomies to more patients globally.

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Innovating across the entire patient experience

Our vision is grander than a singular technology solution. By bringing together dedicated businesses — each focused on addressing a specific gap in the care continuum — under one collective vision, we are better positioned to expand and improve patient care.
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Shape Thumb a future built on innovation

We know that the future is dependent on the innovations we invest in today.

 

Our Core Tenets

Rapid Innovation
Physician Partnership
Clinical Data

Culture of Rapid Innovation

Without compromising quality, we move swiftly through our development cycle, putting emphasis on testing, clinical evidence, and physician feedback. This strategic agility enables us to react quickly to the needs of physicians and their patients.

 

Commitment to Physician Partnership

Our physician-driven approach to innovation puts the needs, perspectives and ideas of front-line doctors at the center of our research and development process.

 

Focus on Clinical Data

From our large, prospective, multicenter Imperative Trial to smaller, single-center studies, we are committed to validating our technologies and solutions with robust clinical data.

 

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IMPERATIVE CARE LEADERSHIP

Fred Khosravi
Chairman and CEO
Chuck Alpuche
COO
Matthew C. Garrett
CFO
Carole Roth
CPO
Yi Yang
CTO
Nora Hadding
EVP, Regulations and Compliance
Scott Elliott
CLO
Ariel Sutton
GM, Stroke
Daniel Davis
CSO
Doug Boyd
SVP and GM, Vascular
Kirsten Carroll
CEO, Kandu Health
Richard Leparmentier
GM, Robotics
Lance Scott
SVP, Marketing
Peter Griffin
SVP, Operations
Peter Griffin
SVP, Operations

Peter joined Imperative Care in 2023 bringing over 35 years of manufacturing, strategic supplier management and product development experience. Peter’s expertise is in the manufacturing efficiency and cost improvement derived from his experiences in operations management, outsource product development, and supplier management. Peter most recently held the position of Group VP and Chief Procurement Officer at Insulet Corporation. As a member of the Operations Leadership team Peter led Insulet’s contract manufacturing of insulin pumps and the Irvine manufacturing site specializing in nitinol wire assembly manufacturing. He led efforts to optimize contract manufacturing performance in China and develop strategy to expand Insulet’s manufacturing footprint to Malaysia. Prior to Insulet, Peter was the global leader of contract manufacturing at Harman International managing their entire automotive contract manufacturing engagements. Peter’s experience also includes leadership roles at Navico Corp and Bose Corp. Peter has a Bachelor of Science in Management (Industrial) Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the F.W. Olin School of Business at Babson College.

Board of Directors

Henrietta Fore
Holsman International

Andrew Hack, M.D., Ph.D.
Bain Capital

John J. Hamre, Ph.D.
Center for Strategic International Studies

 

L. Nelson (Nick) Hopkins,
M.D. F.A.C.S.
University of Buffalo

Fred Khosravi
Imperative Care

Shacey Petrovic, Vice Chair
Insulet Corporation

 

Hank Plain
Lightstone Ventures

James Rogers
D1 Capital Partners L.P

Amarpreet (Amar) Sawhney, Ph.D.
Incept, LLC

 

Stacy Enxing Seng
Lightstone Venture

Holly Sheffield
CooperSurgical

Frank Yu
Ally Bridge Group

Founding Clinical Advisors

From day one, Imperative Care has prioritized clinical insights and collaboration with clinicians to inform our approach to elevating stroke care. Our founding clinical advisors have been involved with the company since its inception, and continually help advise on the company’s product pipeline and clinical strategy. The three founding clinical advisors are Adnan Siddiqui, M.D., Ph.D., Neurosurgeon at the University of Buffalo Neurosurgery; Aquilla “Quill” Turk, D.O., Neuroendovascular surgeon in Greenville Health System; and J Mocco, M.D., M.S. Neurosurgeon at the Mount Sinai Health System, New York. All founding clinical advisors are stockholders in Imperative Care.