James Swick , PhD

Consultant


Mountain View, CA

James Swick, Ph.D., is an independent consultant and advisor assisting medical device and biotech companies with development. Prior to his role as independent consultant, he was the founder and Chief Scientific Officer at LyChron, LLC. LyChron was a privately held in vivo studies laboratory located in Mountain View, CA. LyChron's focus was to assist medical device companies in the development of cutting edge technologies and enhance the science of medicine. Dr. Swick is currently on the faculty of the Stanford University School of Medicine lecturing in the Biodesign and Innovation Fellowship Program and has more than 30 years experience as a preclinical and clinical investigator in academia and industry. He has been on the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, UCSF, and the University of Arizona Medical School in the departments of neurosurgery, physiology, and ophthalmology. He is on the Board of Directors of Cascadia Medtech Accelerator in Washington which assists startup companies further develop medical devices. He has also consulted for companies, which are considered pioneers in the medical device industry. Prior to starting LyChron, Dr. Swick was Senior Clinical Scientist at Berkeley Antibody Company in their in vivo studies division. He also has authored and co-authored many papers, which have appeared in various peer review journals. He attended the University of California at Berkeley where he received a B.S. degree in Molecular Biology and Baylor College of Medicine receiving a Ph.D. in Neurophysiology. This was followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine's Cullen Eye Institute.