Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization Synedgen
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States Regions Washington DC Metro Area, Southern US Gender Male
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Dr. Wiesmann is an accomplished inventor and entrepreneur. Backed by millions in research funding, he has founded multiple biotech companies, including Hawaii Chitopure, BioSTAR West, HemCon Medical Technologies and Tissue Genesis. Dr. Wiesmann served as the Director for Combat Casualty Care at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Post, at Ft. Detrick, until he retired from the Army as a colonel in 1997. His innovations have transformed medicine both on the battlefield and in civilian trauma centers. In 2004, the military named his 4-by-4-inch HemCon bandage one of the year’s “Top 10 Greatest Inventions” for its ability to stop seriously wounded soldiers from bleeding to death. He holds 34 awarded or pending patents from his work in biosensors, automated diagnostic devices, and advanced tissue engineering.
