Co-founder and CEO
Nardine Ghobrial is a biomedical engineer with extensive experience in medical device research and development and in working in multidisciplinary teams in academic, government, and industry settings.
Dr. Ghobrial received her BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Bioengineering from Clemson University. Since 2022, she has been working on different components of diagnostic medical devices in startup environments.
Co-founder
Gil Blankenship is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of the MDC Studio. In 2022 Dr. Blankenship retired as a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Blankenship has founded several high technology companies and has been named International Business Leader of the Year in 2008 by Tech Council of Maryland.
He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT in Cambridge MA. Dr. Blankenship is a Life Fellow of the IEEE.
Co-founder
Jonathan Pearl is a Partner in and Medical Advisor to MDC Studio.
In addition to his responsibilities at MDC and portfolio companies, Dr. Pearl is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of General and Oncologic Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he is Chief, Section of Advanced GI And Minimally Invasive Surgery. He is also the Chief of General Surgery at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. He is a nationally recognized expert in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy.
Mechanical Engineer
Software Engineer
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