“What the iPhone did to smartphones,
Rafael Hostettler, Co-Founder
Medical Templates does to navigation.”
Vision
Create elegant solutions to complex problems in interventional radiology that feel natural and intuitive for the user, while harnessing the power of technology to do so.
Mission
Medical Templates creates intuitive, single-use devices and
makes them intelligent with software for navigation in interventional radiology.
The People behind Medical Templates
The Founders
Prof. Dr. Stephan Wetzel
Chairman of the Board, Medical & Sales
Neuroradiologist at Hirslanden Clinic Zurich, Titularprofessor University Basel
Rafael Hostettler, MSc.
Board Member, Tech & Operations
A dedicated innovator with a love for simpler solutions.
The Team
Joscha Hüttel
Mechanical Engineering, QMO
Alona Kharchenko
Software Development
Christine Hümmer
QM Writer
The Advisors
Christian Geers, MBA
Business Advisor
Christian is CEO and founder of MySmartHeart AG, a company that provides innovative wireless ECG systems, that improves detection, diagnosis and therapy follow-up of heart rhythm failures. He is a seasoned entrepreneur and former co-owner of GEERS Hörakustik AG & Co. KG a major distributor for hearing aids in Europe. Christian studied business administration at LMU Munich.
John Fröhlich, M.D
Business Advisor
John is an expert in GMP manufacturing with a focus on translation to personalized medicine and imaging close to clinical implication – born in Gießen Germany with education in the USA, Italy and Switzerland. With a tutorship at ETH Zürich in the field of small scale manufacturing and due to his broad research interest he adds to our expertise.
Aaron Berez, M.D.
Strategic Advisor
Aaron is an international thought leader in interventional radiology, with a career in medicine, innovation and commercialization and currently leads Alembic, LLC, a medical device company in Mountain View, CA developing novel medical devices. He is a board member of numerous medtech companies in the US and Canada. Aaron was VP of Clinical Affairs at Smart Therapeutics, Inc., thereafter co-founder and CEO of Chestnut Medical Technologies, Inc. where he led the development of innovative devices for Interventional Neuroradiology, including the Pipeline Embolization Device© (PED), that was acquired by eV3 Inc. in June 2009. Aaron completed post-graduate training at Stanford University in Radiology and Neuroradiology.
Alessandro Celli
Legal Advisor
Alessandro is partner and a member of the IT/C (TMT), IP and Disputes Practice Groups of Baker McKenzie. He is leading the IT/C (TMT) team in the Zurich office.
Alessandro advises Swiss and international companies on the full range of IP and IT law within various industries, including computer law, media law and internet law. His practice includes data protection and data management law namely in the life science and medical industry. Alessandro studied law at the University of Zurich
The Awards
