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Our start-up companies
Foundations in which we are involved
Innovation and a passion for healthcare: We are committed to creating financially viable health-care systems with a focus to deliver a high quality of care to patients. Our digital products create measurable benefits for patients, doctors and medical institutions. At the same time, they provide sustainable opportunities for investors and partners.
medignition is a community of researchers, medical doctors, engineers, designers, business analysts, business developers and investors. What unites us is the passion to make the world a little bit better through meaningful, digital health-care solutions.
Values we live by
1. Creating partnerships with mutual gain
2. Being a realistic optimist
3. Separate people from the problem
4. Listen actively
5. Speak to be understood
6. Taking ownership
7. Smile
corporate social responsibility
medignition is involved with various foundations that support innovative clinical research projects in Switzerland. These include the Foundation for Urological Research, the Swiss Continence Foundation and the haematology foundation SanguaCura.
medignition is also committed to equal opportunities for medical students. We’ve developed the mobile app appertus for medical school candidates to prepare and study for their medical studies aptitude tests – regardless of their financial background. Today, appertus is the most popular app in this arena and medignition distributes it free of charge.
medignition also regularly awards six-year fellowship programmes to talented medical students. medignition trains them in the application of clinical research methods, while they also participate in clinical research projects and publish their results in renowned scientific journals. Our fellows also have access to our network and highly regarded doctors in their fields of interest.
management
Lucas M. Bachmann
Chief executive officer, founder
Professor at the University of Zurich, studied medicine at the University of Zurich (MD), PhD in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of Amsterdam, > 350 scientific publications, patent holder, founder of several startups in digital health
Kenny R. Lienhard
Chief technology officer, co-owner
PhD in information systems from the University of Lausanne, > 10 scientific publications, patent holder, developer of medignitions core technologies, founder of several startups in the field of Digital Health
Marc Riner
Chief regulatory officer
PhD in Engineering from ETH Zurich, over 20 years of experience in medical technology and quality management, expert with ISO certifications and the approval of digital medical devices, project manager and responsible for regulatory affairs at medignition
Jürg Conzett
Strategy and funding, co-owner
PhD in history and psychology, many years of international experience in asset management, founder of the Sunflower Foundation and the MoneyMuseum, advises medignition on strategy and funding
team
Nicolas S. Bodmer
Research associate
Master of Medicine, MD-Student at University of Zurich, PhD-Student clinical epidemiology at University of Toronto, research fellowships in London and Toronto, > 10 scientific publications, initiator of appertus, plans and designs clinical studies
Sergey Ermolenko
Software developer
Specialized in the development of complex user interfaces, studied computer science, works at medignition on the design of modular, reusable software components
Livia Faes
Research associate
Master's degree in Clinical Psychology and a Medical Doctor currently working at Moorfields Eye Hospital (London) as a Medical Retina fellow, has a strong research interest in patient-centered digital health including topics of artificial intelligence, virtual clinics and home monitoring
Janine Jordi
Administration
Decades of experience in business administration and accounting, supports medignition and its subsidiaries in all administrative matters
Aurelia Peter
Designer
Studied visual communication at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), received several national and international awards for her graphic works. At medignition, she designs seamless user experiences for digital products and services
Sonia Tao
Designer
Studied Interaction Design at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). At medignition, she focuses on researching and developing novel interaction patterns, and applying human-centered design to the services and products.
network
Meriam Islam
Topol Digital Fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
Martin Schmid
Chief physician, Eye Clinic, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne
Dawn Sim
Director of telemedicine and consultant ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
Michael Thiel
Chief physician, Eye Clinic, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne