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A surgeon, entrepreneur, mentor and global health advocate, Fred is a champion of advancing access to medical therapies. He is currently an interventional cardiologist, practicing at El Camino Health’s Mountain View hospital, and the Medical Director of the Norma Melchor Heart and Vascular Institute based at El Camino.

In parallel with his clinical work, Fred has been an active participant in the medtech industry, including helping to found HeartPort and Evalve, where he was also the physician inventor of the company’s revolutionary minimally invasive catheter-based MitraClip system (Abbott), which recently won the prestigious Prix Galien USA award.

Widely published, Fred serves as a consultant for established medical device companies and startups and is listed on multiple medical device patents. He also has a growing passion for global health and strives to make enhanced, easy-to-use medical therapies accessible to all. He is currently working in Rwanda with a new rural-based medical school, the University of Global Health Equity, under the umbrella of Partners in Health, where he serves on the advisory board. In parallel, he is on the board of a women’s obstetrical and surgical training hospital under construction by Village Health Works in Burundi.

Fred attended Harvard Medical School and completed his medical and cardiology training at Stanford University.