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Amir Abolfathi

Amir Abolfathi

Executive Chairman at MaxQ Medical and NFTR Technologies

DirectorRoles at 4 startups
Updated Nov 11, 2026·Latest SEC filing Aug 19, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Amir Abolfathi

Amir Abolfathi is executive chairman of MaxQ Medical and of NFTR Technologies. He also sits on the boards of BRIUS, the maker of Brava braces, and R3 Vascular. Since 2025 he has been a director of the American Dental Association's ADA Corporate Ventures.

He co-founded uLab Systems and was its CEO from 2020. Before that he was CEO of Tusker Medical and of Sonitus Medical. From 1999 to 2004 he worked at Align Technology, the maker of Invisalign, first as senior director of planning and then as vice president of research and development. Earlier he co-founded EndoTex Interventional Systems, where he led research and development from 1995 to 1999, and he worked at Pfizer, Guidant and Baxter-Edwards.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Amir Abolfathi in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

MaxQ Medical Inc. Current
Executive Chairman
2026 – Present · Sunnyvale, CA
Develops a prostate imaging and treatment system for urologists.
BRIUS Technologies, Inc. Current
Director
2025 – Present · Addison, TX
Makes Brava, braces fixed behind the teeth that move each tooth on its own programmed path, for teens and adults.
ADA Corporate Ventures (American Dental Association) Current
Director
2025 – Present
R3 Vascular Inc. Current
Director
2024 – Present · Mountain View, CA
NFTR Technologies Current
Executive Chairman
Ventaris Surgical, Inc.
Independent Board Member
2026 · San Carlos, CA
Develops a kidney stone treatment system for surgeons.
uLab Systems
Chief Executive Officer (From 2020)
Co-founder
From 2020
Align Technology
Vice President, Research and Development (2000 – 2004)
Senior Director of Planning (1999 – 2000)
1999 – 2004
Embolic Protection, Inc.
Consultant
1999
Novasys Medical, Inc.
Consultant
1999
EndoTex Interventional Systems
Co-founder; Senior Director, then Vice President, Research and Development
1995 – 1999
Tusker Medical
Chief Executive Officer
Sonitus Medical
Chief Executive Officer
Pfizer
Guidant
Baxter-Edwards

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Amir Abolfathi works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

MaxQ Medical Inc. · Form D, Aug 19, 2026
Brian Smith
Brian Smith
Director
JI
AT
Amir Tehrani
CEO and director
DR
Dean Riskas
Director
BRIUS Technologies, Inc. · Form D, Jul 23, 2026
Lea Ellermeier
Lea Ellermeier
Chief Executive Officer and director
Kate Garrett
Kate Garrett
Director
CR
Cindy Roark
Director
Ventaris Surgical, Inc. · Form D, Mar 2, 2026
JK
Justin Klein
Director
SM
Surag Mantri
CEO and director
VG
Varun Gupta
Director
R3 Vascular Inc. · Form D, Sep 12, 2024
KR
Kamal Ramzipoor
CTO, Founder
JS
MH
CO
Christopher Owens
President and Chief Executive Officer, director

Amir Abolfathi in the News

Sources

  1. SECMaxQ Medical Inc. Form D, filed Aug 19, 2026
  2. SECBRIUS Technologies, Inc. Form D, filed Jul 23, 2026
  3. SECVentaris Surgical, Inc. Form D, filed Mar 2, 2026
  4. SECR3 Vascular Inc. Form D, filed Sep 12, 2024
  5. Company siteNFTR Technologies: Board of Directors page
  6. Press releaseAmerican Dental Association: ADA Corporate Ventures welcomes three new board members, July 2, 2025
  7. Company press releaseuLab Systems announces CEO and CFO, July 7, 2020
  8. Company press releaseuLab Systems: Inc. 5000 release, August 18, 2022 (Amir Abolfathi, chief executive officer and co-founder)
  9. SEC filingAlign Technology 10-K for 2003 (executive officer biography)
  10. SEC filingAlign Technology 8-K exhibit 99.1, November 10, 2004 (Abolfathi resigns as Vice President of Research and Development)
  11. Company press releaseiT2 launch release, October 5, 2021 (Sonitus Technologies spun out of Sonitus Medical)
  12. Company press releaseVentaris Surgical Series A release, January 9, 2026 ('independent board member Amir Abolfathi')