Galen Robertson
Co-founder & CEOMedical-device leadership spanning development, commercialisation and critical care.
Different disciplines.
One shared question.
What might respiratory support look like if we could take a different path?
A problem seen
at the bedside.
For Dr. Tobias Straube, caring for patients with severe lung injury made the limitations of existing support intensely personal. That clinical experience became the starting point for a catheter-based oxygenation concept.
Today, VQ brings clinical, scientific and engineering perspectives together to develop that idea responsibly.
Tobias Straube, MD
Co-founder & Chief Medical OfficerA critical-care physician whose experience at the bedside inspired the catheter.
Pat Sterlina, MBA
VP of Research & DevelopmentTranslating complex engineering challenges into practical device development.
Stewart Farling, PhD
Co-founder & Lead EngineerResearch and engineering expertise in membrane transport and oxygenation.
Marc Deshusses, PhD
Co-founder & Principal ScientistChemical engineering and gas-transfer research from Duke University.
Bruce Klitzman, PhD
Co-founder & Scientific AdvisorExpertise in biocompatibility and blood-contacting medical devices.