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Pioneering Biosensors for Continuous Medical Monitoring with Profusa CEO Dr. Ben Hwang — Episode 236

In this week’s episode of the Xtalks Life Science Podcast, host Ayesha Rashid, Senior Life Science Journalist at Xtalks, spoke with Ben Hwang, PhD, Chairman and CEO of Profusa, Inc., a company developing a platform of new generation bioengineered, biointegrated sensors for the real-time, continuous monitoring of body chemistry for chronic disease management and health.

The sensors detect and continuously transmit medical-grade data for personal and medical use.

Dr. Hwang has served as Profusa’s Chairman of the Board and CEO since January 2012. Prior to Profusa, Dr. Hwang served in a variety of leadership roles at Life Technologies Corp. (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), including President of the Asia Pacific Region and Head of the qPCR Division. Prior to joining Life Technology, Dr. Hwang was a consultant with McKinsey & Company.

Dr. Hwang received his MA in Biology and PhD in Biology from The Johns Hopkins University.

Tune in to learn more about how innovative, medical-based approaches in continuous health monitoring can help manage health and chronic diseases such as diabetes.

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