Cascader
Diagnostics using oculomics.
Team
Professor Pearse Keane
Founder and Chief Medical Officer
Professor Keane is an expert in eye-related artificial intelligence and Oculomics. He helped create RETFound, the first major model for eye care, and has shaped the area of Oculomics.
Dr. Mark Fisher
Associate Director
Dr Fisher has management responsibility for the BioPharm patent portfolio and strategic business support for the BioPharm team. At the coalface, Mark manages the commercialisation of technology from
the Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital UCL Global Business School for Health and the Department of Ageing, Arthritis and Regenerative Medicine.
He holds a first degree in Industrial Biology and a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UCL, in association with one of the first biotechnology companies to be established in the academic sector.
Mark brings more than 30 years of experience in life sciences and healthcare licensing, new company development and securing investment from both the public and private sectors to his team. To date, Mark has been responsible for the establishment of more than 25 new businesses in diagnostics, drug discovery, medical devices and therapeutics.
As a certified lead auditor of ISO 13485, Dr Fisher has additional experience in quality management systems and the translation of technologies from research and design into manufacture at home and abroad.
Mark is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants and gained the Freedom of the City of London in 2010 for his contribution to the economy through new business development.