Cora Nutraceuticals Inc – Co-founder & Chief Science Officer
Dr Kieran Murphy is a physician and interventional neuroradiologist at Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Dr Murphy is a pioneering clinician, translational researcher, and inventor, who has authored 176 peer reviewed publications and filed over 60 patents. He graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland, in 1986, completed his Radiology residency and Neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his Interventional Neuroradiology fellowship at University of Geneva. Prior to arriving in Toronto, he led the division of Interventional Neuroradiology at Johns Hopkins for 10 years.
Dr Murphy has filed 80 patents on new medical devices, pioneering new routes, techniques and approaches to complex spine, neurovascular and CSF pathologies. He has founded eight medical device companies, authored over 170 peer reviewed publications, published several textbooks and mentored over 100 Undergraduate, Masters, and PhD candidates, medical students, residents, fellows and staff physicians.
He launched and led UHN’s International Health Care Program, successfully negotiating with the Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi governments. From 2012-2016 he was Director of Clinical Faculty at the Techna Research Institute and has been heavily involved in developing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurial behaviour in the Techna and UHN faculty.
Dr Murphy’s current focus is on spine augmentation, radiofrequency ablation of bone metastatic disease, ozone in disk herniations, antioxidant use in radiation injury reduction, and global medical education. His hobbies include medical device development, historic airplanes, race car driving and taking things apart. He was awarded the Society of Interventional Radiology Innovator of the Year award in 2015 and was nominated for the 2016 Manning Innovation award. He received the 2019 American Society of Vascular Interventional Technology award for innovation and mentorship. He is Senior Technology Advisor to TVM private Equity based in Dubai, and Shore capital based in Chicago.