Dr. Davis is a M.D. by training but
has been a full-time medical device entrepreneur for the last 17+ years. He has
founded or held an executive position in twelve medical device companies. Until
late 2010, he served as Chief Operating Officer of SafeStitch Medical Inc. At SafeStitch, he was involved in effecting a
reverse merger to go public in 2007 and went through multiple FDA approvals to
ultimately lead a successful commercialization of a novel surgical device.
He has recently been an Executive in
Residence for the Medical Technology Banking practice he started at Locust
Walk, a strategic M&A advisory firm in the Life Sciences. He is also the Chairman of VetDriven, a veterinary products company and
Managing Partner of Pawquatic, a veterinary mobile rehab company.
He serves as General Manager of Pristine Surgical / Giteliscope Group Inc, which is developing
disposable arthroscopes for Orthopedic Surgery.
He is also Consulting Director of Business Development for Bioceptive Inc., which has developed novel
women's health and gynecological devices.
Dr. Davis was a cofounder of Bioceptive as well as its founding CEO and President. Finally, he is the COO of Copper Enriched
Beauty, a novel beauty and anti-aging company.
He sits on the board of multiple medical device companies, including VetDriven Inc., Mobile Pet Rehab Inc. and Transcaval Solutions Inc. as well as on some
investment committees. He has actively
consulted in business development, regulatory and quality and strategic
marketing for multiple companies and venture capital firms and serves as expert
witness in various medical device lawsuits. In the past, he served as Assistant
Medical Director of Innovia LLC and all of its affiliates including InnFocus LLC (employee 3) and InnoGraft LLC. InnFocus sold to Santen Pharma for $700M in 2016. Dr. Davis has done fifteen FDA clearances and
CE Marks, set up four ISO 13485 quality systems and has worked on successful
licensing as well as partnership deals.
Dr. Davis graduated from the
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as well as Summa Cum Laude from
the University of Miami Honors Program. He has published over a dozen peer
reviewed papers as well as a book. In 2011, Dr. Davis was named a Top 20 Most
Influential Business Leader under the age of 40, in South Florida (Miami
Herald) and named by the South Florida Business Journal to their 40 Under Forty
list for 2012. Dr. Davis resides in Delray Beach, FL with his wife and two
children.
Education
M.D. University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine
B.S. Biology, University of Miami
Honors Program