Advisory Board MEMBERS

DR. BARRY D. PRESSMAN MD, FACR | CHAIR – MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Dr. Pressman is Professor and Chairman of the S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center and Department, and Chief of the Section of Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Radiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, located in Los Angeles, Ca.

Dr. Pressman is a past President of The American College of Radiology, the Western Neuroradiological Society, as well as past President of the California Radiological Society. Currently he is a member of the American Society of Neuroradiology and the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology.

Dr. Pressman earned his medical degree Cum Laude from Harvard Medical School after graduating Summa Cum Laude from Dartmouth College. After a surgical internship at Harvard's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, he completed a diagnostic radiology residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and a Neuroradiology fellowship at George Washington University Hospital. During this period, he wrote many original papers for Computer Tomography(CT).

"I am delighted to Chair the Medical Advisory Board (MAB) for Vivos. I anticipate expansion of our MAB, initially focusing on the potential for the Company's brachytherapy products," said Pressman.

DR. ALBERT S. DENITTIS MD, MS, FCPP | MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD.

Dr. Albert S. DeNittis is currently is the Chief of Radiation Oncology at Lankenau Medical Center and Clinical Professor at Lankenau Insitute for Medical Research in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania and the Director of Radiation Oncology at Brodesseur Cancer Center in New Jersey. He is also the Principal Investigator and in charge of a grant awarded by the NIH for its National Cancer Oncology Research Program (NCORP) at Main Line Health. Dr. DeNittis practice experience includes image-guided radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy, cranial and extracranial stereotactic radiosurgery, respiratory gating, and Cyberknife.
 
Dr. DeNittis has served on numerous regional, national and government committees related to key issues in the field of oncology including the NRG Oncology group which focuses on protocol development for cancer patients on the national level. He has received regional and national awards for his research and his clinical work and authored over 100 publications and presentations as well as 6 book chapters. He has. Dr. DeNittis previously has been awarded a number of grants to study the impact of various novel oncology drugs and radiation protocols. He is a long standing member of key professional societies including the American Society of Radiation Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and American Brachytherapy Society. Dr. DeNittis is a cofounder and board member of DermRad Therapy which is developing a multidisciplinary approach to skin cancer treatment.
 
Dr. DeNittis earned a BA and a MS at Rutgers University and a MD from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He completed postdoctoral training internships and residency at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. DeNittis is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and Licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

DR. ALICE VILLALOBOS, DVM, FNAP  | CHAIR – VETERINARY MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Dr. Alice Villalobos is a well known pioneer in the field of cancer care for companion animals and a founding member of the Veterinary Cancer Society. A 1972 graduate of UC Davis, she completed Dr. Gordon Theilen’s first mock residency program in oncology and has served the profession by consulting, writing and lecturing in the rapidly growing field of veterinary oncology and end of life care.

Dr. Alice Villalobos is President Emeritus of the Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics, Past President of the American Association of Human Animal Bond Veterinarians and Chair of the Veterinary Academy for the National Academies of Practice. She operated Coast Pet Clinic/Animal Cancer Center for 25 years, which is now VCA Coast Animal Hospital. She is the author of numerous articles, papers, and including her classic veterinarian textbook, Canine and Feline Geriatric Oncology: Honoring the Human-Animal Bond. She has lectured worldwide on oncology, quality of life, the human-animal bond and end of life care and bioethics. She founded Pawspice, an end of life care program that embraces kinder, gentler palliative cancer medicine and integrative care for pets with cancer and terminal illness (www.Pawspice.com). Dr. Alice is Director of Animal Oncology Consultation Service in Woodland Hill, California and Pawspice at VCA Coast Animal Hospital in Hermosa Beach, California. Dr. Alice was elected 2016 Hermosa Beach Woman of the Year.

Dr. Alice’s role with Vivos Inc. is to support the commercialization of the Company’s yttrium-90 brachytherapy IsoPet® products for use in companion animals.

• President Emeritus, Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics
• Fellow Emeritus, National Academies of Practice
• Past President, American Association of Human-Animal Bond Veterinarians
• International Association of Animal Hospice and Palliative Care
• Director, Pawspice & Animal Oncology Consultation Service
• Founder, Peter Zippi Memorial Fund for Animals
• Consultant, Oregon Tiger Rescue & Pacific Marine Mammal Center, Laguna Bch.
• Board of Directors, Animal Health Foundation

DR. RICHARD WELLER, DVM, DACVIM (INTERNAL MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY)
VETERINARY MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD

Prior to his retirement in 2014, Dr. Weller was a Senior Program Manager in the Radiation Biology Group of the Biological Sciences Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), where he was involved in the development of RadioGel.

A 1973 graduate of Washington State University. Dr. Weller has extensive experience in designing and executing clinical studies, treatment planning, mechanisms of carcinogenesis, radiation biology, targeted delivery systems for chemotherapeutic and radio-therapeutic agents, bio-markers of disease, and comparative oncology; as well as over 30 years of experience developing and using animal models, including the use of spontaneous tumors in companion animals, for bio-medical applications.

Dr. Weller is board- certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine (1980) and Oncology (1987), Past Chairperson of the Organizing Committee for the Specialty of Veterinary Medical Oncology, Past Chairperson of the Board of Regents of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Past President of the Board of Regents of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Past President of the Specialty of Oncology, and a Charter Member of the Veterinary Cancer Society which he served as Treasurer for 16 years.

He is an Honorary Professor of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine in Kyiv, Ukraine. Dr. Weller has lectured and trained veterinarians worldwide and has authored or co-authored over 250 articles, technical reports, book chapters, and presentations in his fields of expertise.