We'd like to announce the the appointment of Basil Hantash to the MAPay/MPayz Advisory team!

Bio:
Dr. Hantash is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully founded multiple healthcare companies. During the course of his career, Dr. Hantash has acquired or launched over a dozen life sciences products in medical devices, diagnostics, small molecule drugs, biomaterials, cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals, cell therapy, and nanotechnology. In addition, he has served on the founding team of over 10 medical device and biotech start-ups, accumulating 18 years of operational experience including executive, BOD, SAB, and consultant roles. Dr. Hantash’s intellectual property has led to the development of several breakthrough medical devices and skin care products and his R&D efforts have led to the completion of 4 acquisitions, over a dozen FDA-approvals, >100 issued and pending patents, >165 scientific peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and book chapters, and the creation of over $1B of shareholder value.

Dr. Hantash is a 30-year veteran of Regenerative Medicine, conducting pioneering research at Stanford University investigating the mechanisms underlying mesenchymal stem cell immune tolerance. In 2006, based on his Stanford intellectual property, Dr. Hantash founded and serves as Chairman, CEO, & CSO of Escape Therapeutics, a Stanford University spin out based in Silicon Valley focused on creating the world’s first universal, off-the-shelf, stem cell source for human clinical use.

Dr. Hantash started his Life Science career at Abbott Labs, where he developed and successfully launched a hepatitis screening assay. Dr. Hantash then joined Molecular Geriatrics, a neuroscience Biotech start-up founded by Nobel laureate Ferid Murad, MD, PhD. His work there contributed to the discovery and patenting of a novel therapeutic drug for Alzheimer’s disease that was sold to Upjohn. Dr. Hantash completed his Dermatology Residency, Postdoctoral training in the Program for Regenerative Medicine, and a prestigious fellowship in the Biodesign Innovation Program at Stanford University. He received his MD and PhD (pharmacology and physiology) from Rutgers University, where he was inducted in the AOA Medical Honor Society and graduated as valedictorian of both his Graduate and Medical School. Dr. Hantash received his BS in Biology and minor in Chemistry from the University of Illinois, where he was the recipient of a Howard Hughes Research Fellowship. He completed his MBA with honors at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was awarded the Price Institute Fellowship for entrepreneurship. He remains intimately involved in humanitarian relief work and is an award-winning poet featured in several books and one audio CD.