Our Team
Meet The Team
EmergenceMed, LLC is a startup company and a spin-off from UT Health San Antonio, and UTSA. EmergenceMed has a focus in airway securement and innovation technologies including suction devices.
Dr. Rob De Lorenzo, MD
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
35+ years of experience practicing emergency medicine. A retired combat medical officer, and board certified in emergency medicine and fellowship trained in EMS/prehospital care and research. His focus is on airway medical device research and development and his experience includes several DoD-funded clinical trials and serves as an emergency medicine subject matter expert for the DoD.
Dr. R. Lyle Hood, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has published more than 10 manuscripts and patents on the design, prototyping, characterization, and field analysis for innovative portable oropharyngeal suction devices, endotracheal tubes, and alternatives to the laryngoscope.
Alberto Chan, MBA
Interim CEO
He has 15 years of experience in the healthcare space on Venture Capital, Fortune 500 and startups. Raised 7 digits and is currently an LP on HealthTech fund. Currently he serves as EIR for the university of Texas in San Antonio, interim CEO for Emergencemed and as a healthcare consultant for health plans to improve their outcomes by adopting newly approved healthcare technologies.
Andrea Valero, BS ChE
Operations Lead
Chemical engineer who serves the company as an administrative assistant and operations specialist. Has several years of experience helping startups succeed.
Jose Mendez, BS MechE
Engineering Lead
Senior Product Design Engineer leading prototype design and evaluation, improved scalability, reverse engineered medical devices, and developed testing protocols.