Dr. Malek currently serves as chief of neurovascular surgery and director of the cerebrovascular and endovascular division in the neurosurgery department at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. He is also a professor of neurosurgery at Tufts University School of Medicine, according to a March 18 news release.
The company develops minimally invasive treatments for neurological diseases. It is currently creating the eShunt system, a device to treat communicating hydrocephalus.
Dr. Malek is a co-inventor of the system and will aid in the development and clinical strategy of the device, the release said.