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Dennis W. Wahr, M.D., Managing Director Dennis Wahr joined RiverVest in August 2005 as a managing director. He has over 25 years of experience in medical device development, management, and operations, as well as in clinical practice with an emphasis on cardiac medicine. Prior to joining RiverVest, Dr. Wahr was co-founder, president, and CEO of Velocimed (a RiverVest Fund I portfolio company). In less than four and a half years, Dr. Wahr led Velocimed from founding to a successful sale of the Company’s businesses. He directed four financing events that raised $45 million, proceeds of which funded product development, the sponsorship of clinical trials in the U.S. and internationally that enrolled more than 1,000 patients, regulatory approval, and commercialization of three Velocimed products. The businesses of Velocimed were acquired by St. Jude Medical in April 2005 for a maximum purchase price of $262.5 million, depending upon achievement of revenue targets and a product regulatory approval. Prior to founding and leading Velocimed, Dr. Wahr was a leading interventional cardiologist. He served as the director of interventional cardiology and chief of cardiology at the Michigan Heart and Vascular Institute Group in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Wahr was involved with many research projects as a principal investigator and was a member of the Medical Advisory Board of numerous companies, including Percusurge, Inc. and Pharmacyclics, Inc. He has published research in many peer-reviewed scientific journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, and is the author of many book chapters and abstracts. Presently, Dr. Wahr is a member of the board of directors of Accumetrics and IDev Technologies, and a former director at Velocimed from its founding until its acquisition by St. Jude Medical, all Fund I companies. Before founding Velocimed, he served on the boards of directors of medical device companies NexRay, Inc. and Corazon, Inc. Dr. Wahr performed his fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and his residence in internal medicine at the University of Michigan. Dr. Wahr received his M.D. from Wayne State University School of Medicine and his B.A. from Albion College. Dennis W. Wahr |
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