Company
Founded by physicians and scientists, the Third Coast Dynamics team is committed to advancing precision medicine for patients with thoracic aortic disease. By harnessing the power of imaging and artificial intelligence, we strive to revolutionize the way these conditions are diagnosed and managed.
Leadership
Co-founder, Clinical Development
Chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Imaging; Associate Professor of Radiology, Northwestern University
A cardiovascular and thoracic radiologist and physician-scientist whose clinical and research work spans cardiovascular imaging, aortic disease, fluid mechanics, and quantitative hemodynamic assessment.
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Co-founder, Science & Innovation
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Radiology; Lester B. and Frances T. Knight Professor of Cardiac Imaging, Northwestern University
A physicist and cardiovascular imaging researcher whose work focuses on cardiac structure, function, and quantitative hemodynamics.
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Chief Operating Officer
A medical-device executive with experience across product strategy, development, clinical research, commercialization, and cross-functional operating leadership.
LinkedIn profile (opens in a new tab)Director, Regulatory Affairs & Quality
Leads the company’s regulatory-affairs and quality work as the technology development program advances.
Engineering
Software Engineer
A researcher and engineer whose published work includes physics-informed deep learning for anatomy-derived aortic hemodynamics.
Software Engineer
A software engineer and co-author of the 2026 CE-MRA-FLOWnet study.
Advisors
Advisor
A healthcare executive with experience working across payer, provider, and government settings, including technology solutions and alternative payment models.
LinkedIn profile (opens in a new tab)Clinical and academic relationships
Clinical partnerNorthwestern Medicine (opens in a new tab)
Academic partnerNorthwestern University (opens in a new tab)
Academic partnerUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison (opens in a new tab)
Academic partnerUniversity of Colorado Anschutz (opens in a new tab)Third Coast Dynamics is a proud resident of Northwestern University’s Querrey InQbation Lab.
View the resident-startup listing (opens in a new tab)Recognition & research support
Selected awards and public research support associated with the company’s development.
Transparency
Third Coast Dynamics maintains a Financial Conflict of Interest policy for PHS/NIH-funded research.
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