The Team
Amalesh Sanku (PI, CEO)
Mr. Sanku brings extensive experience in bringing high-technology products to market over the last three decades in the US. As the co-founder, he leads the product development, strategy, and marketing efforts of Neurogut Inc..Through his efforts and collaboration with Dr. Rao, he has developed several smartphone apps for monitoring motility issues in gastroenterology which are publicly available. He has worked with GI physicians to develop the new BioAnatoner as a biofeedback therapy device for dyssynergia defecation, and fecal and urinary
incontinence.
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Prior to this, he worked at Sagertech Communications with Dr. Rao to bring the TAMS/TNT system to the market, which is a noninvasive therapy for patients afflicted with fecal incontinence associated with neuropathy. Through Sagertech, Mr.Sanku has successfully installed these novel technologies at six top research centers in the USA.
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Previous to this role, Mr. Sanku worked at and partnered with some of the top technology companies in the US such as Sprint, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Ciena, E.F.Johnson, and Mpower Communications. He has been an executive in many of these companies leading strategy and marketing teams.
He has over two decades of experience in developing and taking new product designs to market successfully.
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He has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, M.S. In Computer science from
Oklahoma State University and a B.S. in Electronics and Communications Engineering from India.
Satish Rao MD, PhD (J. Harold Harrison Distinguished University Chair in Gastroenterology, Augusta University).
Dr. Rao is a Professor of Medicine at Augusta University with +30-year of experience in neuroenterology and mobility. He has the knowledge, experience, and expertise to comprehensively examine patients with constipation and fecal incontinence and has pioneered biofeedback therapy.​
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As a neurogastroenterologist, as well as Professor and Distinguished University Chair, his clinical interests are in pathophysiology and the treatment of constipation and dyssynergic defecation and FI. For over 30 years, he has served as PI or co-investigator on current and previous NIH-funded grants and pioneered in the biofeedback therapy field for anorectal disorders. He has also helped to develop the foundations for the proposed research including the devices and techniques for home and office-based biofeedback therapy for dyssynergia constipation and FI, and novel parameters to monitor therapeutic changes including electronic stool apps. Additionally, Dr. Rao has successfully administered several previous NIH projects, worked collaboratively with internists, gastroenterologists, and urogynecologists, supervised post-doctoral fellows, established a successful national referral center for pelvic floor disorders, and produced several peer-reviewed publications including American and European NGM Societies Guidelines on BiofeedbackTherapy.He has also written and published 550 manuscripts in prestigious journals in this field.
Ms. Thu-Ha, President, PDI works, MS/PhD Mechanical Engineering
Thu-Ha has led mechanical engineering teams for several medical electrical and mechanical products over the last three decades. She has extensive experience in product design, manufacturing tooling design, product safety testing qualification, and continuous improvement of released product designs. She holds 12 patents in metallurgy and mechanical engineering processes. In this project she will help in mechanical engineering design and manufacturing prototypes as a consultant.
David Johnson
David Johnson (@TurnaroundDavid) is Founder and Managing Partner ofAbraxas Group, a boutique advisory firm focused on providing transformational leadership to middle market companies in transition. Over the course of his career, David has served as a financial advisor, interim executive or board member to dozens of middle market companies. David is also a recognized thought leader on
the topics of business transformation, change management, interim leadership, restructuring, turnaround, and value creation. He can be contacted at:david@abraxasgp.com.
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Dr. Ashok Attuluri (M.D)
David Johnson (@TurnaroundDavid) is Founder and Managing Partner ofAbraxas Group, a boutique advisory firm focused on providing transformational leadership to middle market companies in transition. Over the course of his career, David has served as a financial advisor, interim executive or board member to dozens of middle market companies. David is also a recognized thought leader on
the topics of business transformation, change management, interim leadership, restructuring, turnaround, and value creation. He can be contacted at:david@abraxasgp.com.