Pumps & Pipes Directors

Alan Lumsden, MD
Director
Pumps & Pipes Co-founder
Professor & Chairman, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital

Rustom Mody, MS
Director
Vice President Technology, Chief Engineer, Baker Hughes

Ioannis Kakadiaris, PhD
Director
Director, Computational Biomedicine Lab
Professor, University of Houston

Mark S. Geyer
Director
Director, Johnson Space Center, NASA

Stephen R. Igo
Executive Director
Director Entrepreneurial Institute, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital

Nicole Pardo, MD
Associate Director
Founder, IntechHealth LLC
Adjunct Assistant Professor, TX A&M School of Public Health

Bill Kline, PhD
Director Emeritus
Pumps & Pipes Co-founder
Manager, Drilling & Subsurface, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (Retired)

Laura Gerik, MS
Newsletter Editor
Editor, DeBakey CV Education
Acting Managing Editor, Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
Houston Methodist Hospital
Pumps & Pipes Advisory Board

William Cohn, MD
Medicine
Vice President, Medical Devices, Johnson & Johnson
Director, Center for Device Innovation, Texas Medical Center

Denis DeBakey
Community
Principal, DeBakey Financial Resources

Matthew Franchek, PhD
Academics
Director, Subsea Engineering Program, University of Houston

Jane Grande-Allen, PhD
Academics
Chair, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University

Michael Hess
Aerospace
Associate Director of Engineering, NASA Johnson Space Center

David Horsup, PhD
Energy
Vice President; Research, Development & Engineering; Global Oilfield operations

Bob Mitchell
Community
President, Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership

Scott Parazynski, MD
Aerospace
CEO, Fluidity Technologies
Co-Founder and Chief Explorer, Blue Marble Exploration

Frank Perez
Community
Chairman & CEO, Sfile Technology Corporation
Advisory Board Member, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital