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Meet the team

Nardine Ghobrial, PhD

Nardine Ghobrial, PhD

Nardine Ghobrial, PhD

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.  




Gil Blankenship, PhD

Nardine Ghobrial, PhD

Nardine Ghobrial, PhD

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.

Jonathan Pearl, MD

Nardine Ghobrial, PhD

Jonathan Pearl, MD

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. 

Alexis Fuentes

Alexis Fuentes

Jonathan Pearl, MD

Mechanical Engineer

Bailey Fokin

Alexis Fuentes

Bailey Fokin

Software Engineer


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