Dr. Shahram Hejazi is a medical device/life science executive with general management experience in both early-stage ventures and large global companies. As a Venture Partner with BioAdvance, he is responsible for investments in device, diagnostics and imaging field. Previously, Dr. Hejazi was the President of Kodak’s life science division (now called Carestream Molecular Imaging), where he had global responsibility for R&D, manufacturing, operations, sales, marketing and service. Before Kodak, he was the CEO of Zargis Medical Corporation (an early-stage medical device company that spun off from Siemens), where he led the company’s efforts in areas ranging from raising capital and technology development to completion of several clinical trials, FDA approval and product launch. Prior to Zargis, Dr. Hejazi was the Head of the Strategic Business Development group at Siemens, responsible for identifying early-stage growth/investment opportunities and new business development in the medical field.