NeurAxis, Inc. (NYSE American: NRXS), (“NeurAxis,” or the
“Company”), a medical technology company commercializing
neuromodulation therapies that address chronic and debilitating
conditions in children and adults, today highlighted the strength
of its board of directors.
“We are fortunate to have a board with a
depth of experience in relevant areas to NeurAxis, including
medical device commercialization, commercial insurance, and
finance. Mitch Watkins has led several medical device companies
from start-up through commercialization, Beth Keyser has served as
President of Blue Cross Blue Shield Indiana at Anthem since 2020,
and Tim Henrichs has been a finance executive across industries,
including healthcare,” said Brian Carrico, President and Chief
Executive Officer of NeurAxis. “We are excited to have this
strength at the board level as we continue to develop and drive
adoption of our IB Stim Therapy™,” concluded Mr. Carrico.
The Company’s Board of Directors includes:
Beth Keyser, DirectorMs. Keyser has more than
20 years of experience in executive roles in population health.
Since 2020, she has been the President, BCBS of Indiana at Anthem,
Inc. From 2018 to 2020, Ms. Keyser served as the President, Create
at Brighton Health Plan Solutions. From 2015 to 2020, Ms. Keyser
served as the Senior Vice President, International and Hawaii
Markets at Sharecare, Inc.
Bradley Mitch Watkins,
DirectorBradley Mitch Watkins has overseen four companies
through their early commercialization periods within the medical
device sector over the last 20 years. Mr. Watkins has been the
National Sales Manager of Terumo Interventional Systems since 2015,
where he has led multiple new technology sales teams within the
peripheral IV and Electrophysiology markets. He now manages
corporate accounts and GPO contracts for the Cardiovascular line of
products. Over his 18 years in a multitude of medical device
markets, Mr. Watkins has overseen $410 million in company
acquisitions in an array of leadership roles.
Timothy Henrichs,
DirectorTimothy Henrichs has been a finance executive for
the last 14 years. Mr. Henrichs currently serves as the Chief
Financial Officer of HomeRenew Buyer, Inc. (d/b/a Renovo Home
Partners), a privately held short-term home improvement installer
of bathrooms, kitchens, windows, doors, cabinets, roofing and
siding across the United States. Prior to joining Renovo Home
Partners, Mr. Henrichs served as the Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2022 of Follett Corporation, a
privately held retailer and distributor of print and digital course
materials, textbooks, trade books, library books and general
merchandise and developer of software technology to the educational
market including 80,000 schools. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Henrichs
served as the Global Controller of General Electric Company’s
Healthcare Clinical Systems division responsible for the
manufacture and distribution of patient monitoring, maternal and
infant care, ultrasound, diagnostic cardiology and anesthesiology
equipment. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Henrichs served as the Financial
Reporting Manager at Federal Signal Corporation. From 1995 to 2003,
Mr. Henrichs served in various roles of increasing responsibility
at Ernst & Young LLP in Chicago, Illinois and Frankfurt,
Germany including Capital Markets and Mergers and Acquisitions
Transaction Support, ultimately serving as a Senior Manager in the
Audit and Assurance practice.
Christopher Robin Brown, Director of
Innovation, Founder and DirectorDr. Brown is a co-founder
of the Company. He developed clinical protocol, initial practice
guidelines, designed and implemented the practitioner certification
program, initiated the company 401K, and personally financed the
first two years of the Company. Dr. Brown is listed as the sole or
principal inventor on all NeurAxis patents and is currently active
in further device development working closely with compliance,
product design and engineering. He also served as clinic chief in
the United States Army Reserve (USAR) dental corps at Fort Benjamin
Harrison in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Brown started a private
practice (current) concentrating in head, neck, and facial pain
developing the first hospital based facial pain clinic in Indiana.
He served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Pain
Management for 15 years, helping grow the organization from 800
members to over 5000. He served on the national board of The
Alliance of TMD practitioners, serving one term as president.
Brian Carrico, President, Chief
Executive Officer and DirectorBrian Carrico joined the
Company in 2012. During his tenure, Mr. Carrico has held multiple
leadership positions of increasing responsibility, including Vice
President of Sales and President before becoming CEO on January 1,
2018. As an early employee in the Company’s life cycle, Mr. Carrico
was instrumental in setting the strategic agenda for the Company,
raising start-up capital, championing new product development, and
bringing the Company’s technology to market. Prior to joining
Neuraxis, Mr. Carrico worked selling in the operating room at Bard
Medical and in the Cath lab at St. Jude Medical.
Forward-Looking
StatementsCertain statements in this press release are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other
than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current
assumptions and expectations of future events and trends, which
affect or may affect the Company’s business, strategy, operations
or financial performance, and actual results and other events may
differ materially from those expressed or implied in such
statements due to numerous risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking
statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some
of which cannot be predicted or quantified. There are a number of
important factors that could cause actual results, developments,
business decisions or other events to differ materially from those
contemplated by the forward-looking statements in this press
release. These factors include, among other things, the conditions
in the U.S. and global economy, the trading price and volatility of
the Company’s stock, public health issues or other events, the
Company’s compliance with applicable laws, the results of the
Company’s clinical trials and perceptions thereof, as well as
factors described in the Risk Factors section of NeurAxis’s public
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Because
forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and
uncertainties, you should not rely on these forward-looking
statements as predictions of future events. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this press release and,
except to the extent required by applicable law, the Company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements,
whether as a result of any new information, future events and
developments or otherwise.
About NeurAxis, Inc.NeurAxis,
Inc., is a medical technology company focused on neuromodulation
therapies to address chronic and debilitating conditions in
children and adults. NeurAxis is dedicated to advancing science and
leveraging evidence-based medicine to drive adoption of its
IB-Stim™ therapy, which is its proprietary Percutaneous Electrical
Nerve Field Stimulation (PENFS) technology, by the medical,
scientific, and patient communities. IB-Stim™ is FDA cleared for
functional abdominal pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome
(IBS) in adolescents 11-18 years old. Additional clinical trials of
PENFS in multiple pediatric and adult conditions with large unmet
healthcare needs are underway. For more information, please
visit http://neuraxis.com.
Contacts:
CompanyNeurAxis,
Inc.info@neuraxis.com
Investor
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GroupIR@neuraxis.com
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