About Us
Our Founding Mission and Vision
Juno Biomedical, Inc was founded on a vision that it is possible for modern medicine to both mitigate the symptoms, and treat the root cause, of disease. At Juno Biomedical, we believe every person deserves a high quality of life. Disease is not always avoidable, no matter how healthy of a life we live. Despite the availability of advanced technologies in our modern world, there remains a barrier in translating technology to healthcare in a safe and effective manner that can aid in healing of disease. At Juno Biomedical, Inc. we have designed a deep brain stimulation (DBS) system for potential use in returning lost motor function after subacute ischemic stroke.
The Team
Medical Committee, Chair: Allan Bernstein, M.D.
Clinical Specialist: Marcia Patterson
- Chief Executive Officer: Nicholas Totagrande
- Chief Scientific Officer: Trisha Pfluger, M.S., PMP
- Medical Research Analyst: Aimee Steen
- Medical Committee, Chair: Allan Bernstein, M.D.
- Webmaster: Eric Severn
- Quality Engineer: Chinnu Matthew, M. Sc
- Advisory Board: Regulatory Carolyn Reynard, PhD
- Medical Committee: Davit Mrelashvilli, M.D., MBA
- Surgeon: Erwin Mangubat, M.D., MPH
- Advisory Board, Research: Jan Nolta
- Clinical Specialist: Marcia Patterson, DNP, NPC, GNP-BC
- Clinical Trial Site Investigator: Souvik Sen, M.D., MPH
President and Founder
Trisha initially had her vision for the company in 2001. She saw the problems with modern-day medicine and our healthcare system and instinctively knew the human body was capable ofrepairing itself more than people currently understood. She went on a mission to uncover and discover how this was possible on a cellular and molecular level and use the knowledge she would gain to eventually create some kind of medical device that would send a signal to human tissue to induce repair or regeneration. It was in 2014, over a decade and a lot of hard work later, that she had finally obtained the knowledge she needed to make this vision a reality.
Medical Research Writer
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Chairman, Medical Committee Stroke Neurology
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Website Designer / Data Analyst
August started working at Juno Biomedical while in college pursuing a degree in Data Science at Arizona State University. Through his class projects he has gained a vast amount of experience throughout various aspects of website development that he brings to his work at Juno Biomedical. Working at Bank of the West as a Business Systems Analyst.
Created current website as a revamp of old website including rebranding. As a website developer August is passionate about improving the overall user experience of our website’s visitors to help bring our medical to those who need them most by creating the best experience possible on our website.
Outside of work August loves to work on his golf game, rock climb, train for marathons, practice piano, read fiction novels, and if he can find the time go on scuba diving adventures.
Quality Engineer Associate
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Advisory Committee, Regulatory / FDA / Quality
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Stroke Neurology and Executive Advisor
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Member, Medical Committee Neurosurgery, Deep Brain Stimulation
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Advisory Committee, Stem Cell Science & Regenerative Medicine
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Clinical Trial Coordinator & Grant Manager
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Operations Specialist
Nick began working at Juno while in college, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of San Diego. After graduation, he continued his work with Juno while concurrently helping establish a multimillion dollar company in the live entertainment space, growing the company from 3 employees in late 2017 to over 250 and re-expanding it post the 2020 pandemic.
As a project manager at Juno, Nick facilitates key interactions between the internal team, the FDA, and the NIH. He is driven by the idea that his work at Juno will one day help increase the quality of those debilitated by long-term stroke side effects. Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of San Diego College of Arts Sciences.
With a passion for the novel, Nick has dabbled in hobbies ranging from FPV drone racing and DIY mechanical keyboards to fly fishing and boxing. Currently he is pursuing golf in his spare time to stay fit and keep off the ‘Quarantine 15’.
Principal Investigator, First-in-Human Clinical Trial Stroke Neurology
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Our Partners
Our clinical partners include Prisma Health-Midlands and University of South Carolina. See the following links for additional information.
Prisma Health: https://www.prismahealth.org
University of South Carolina: https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/medicine/research/research_areas/clinical_research_and_clinical_trials/index.php
Our engineering vendors include hardware and software manufacturers and testing facilities. All vendors have been carefully selected via a rigorous vetting process, are ISO-13485 certified and based in the United States.
Software vendor: https://www.promenadesoftware.com
All other vendors: Private for legal purposes.