Council Members – USJ Healthcare Connection

Healthcare Connection Council Members

TAKAHIDE AKIYAMA

Vice Chair, Japan Society of
Northern California

DANIEL BURNETT

CEO, Theranova and Partner,
Nozomi MedAlliance

STEVE CHELBERG

Partner, Squire Patton & Boggs (Tokyo Office) LLP

TOSHIO FUJIMOTO, MD, MBA

General Manager, Shonan Health Innovation Park, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

WILLIAM GAEDE

Partner, McDermott Will & Emery

EMIKO HIGASHI

Founder + Managing Director, Tohmon Capital Partners

FUMIAKI IKENO, MD

Program Director (U.S.) Japan Biodesign, Stanford Biodesign, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University

RYAN MCGUINESS

Commercial General Manager,
Triple Ring Technologies

JACK W. MOORMAN

Co-Founder, US-Japan Medtech Frontiers

MIKA NISHIMURA

Operational Partner, Gilde Healthcare

KEIKO OISHI

Representative Director, President and COO, Division Director of CRO Business, CMIC

HIROSHI OTAKE

Stanford University, MCiM,
Showa University, Councilor

STEVE POLLOCK

President, Japan Society of Northern California

CAROLINA GARCIA RIZO
PhD, MBA

Board Member, CBO
Oisin Biotechnologies and QuantPI

ELTON SATUSKY

Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

GLENN SNYDER

Principal, Global Medtech Practice Leader
Monitor Deloitte

YUUKI WATANABE

President
Sysmex R&D Center Americas, Inc.

KIRK ZELLER, DBA

President and Co-Founder
Progressive NEURO, Inc.

Co-Founder, Board Member
MedMarket Access, LLC

We welcome your application to pitch your company at the Conference.

Eligibility & Application

We welcome applications from early to mid-stage companies from the following sectors:

Medical Devices
Diagnostics / Bio Tools
Pharma / Biotech
Digital Health
Wellness & Preventive Care

There are no application or participation fees, but selected companies are responsible for their own travel and lodging costs. Applications will be evaluated based on alignment with the program theme, interest in the Japanese market, timely response, and commitment to full participation.

Application Deadline: June 30, 2025

Early submission is encouraged as space is limited.

To apply or learn more, please contact:

Steve Pollock, President, Japan Society of Northern California at steve@usajapan.org
Jack Moorman, Co-Chair, US-Japan Healthcare Connection at jack.moorman@gmail.com

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