Amit Vohra

Director

Dr. Amit Vohra is a serial entrepreneur, business strategist and advisor to several healthcare and technology startups. Amit is Co-Founder, CEO and President of Promaxo, a medical technology company that develops and commercializes customer-centric MRI and robotic technologies that enhance patients’ lives and redefine the standard of care. He is a Partner in Advanced Biopharma Consulting, a management consultancy offering strategic business development and commercialization services in the life sciences space. Amit serves as a Founding Board Member at 8chili and Navaux, and as West Coast Advisory Board Member at University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Prior to Promaxo, Amit was the CEO/President of Convergent Life Sciences wherein he took a product through FDA clearance within 18 months of Company formation.

Previously, as VP of Strategy and Operations at Eigen, he led the development and successful commercialization of two class II medical devices in the urology market. In 2009, Amit co-founded Navya Biomedical Technologies, a biotechnology company using proprietary polyhydroxy fullerenes (PHF) for non-invasive imaging and destruction of solid tumors. Amit has a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from University of Florida, and an MBA (Fuqua Scholar) from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.