We bring together scientists, innovators, and experts passionate about modernizing and improving women's health
Dina Radenkovic
Dina is a medical doctor and a healthcare entrepreneur. Prior to her role as Co-founder & CEO of Gameto, Dr Dina Radenkovic was a partner at SALT Bio Fund (salt.org) and had research posts at King’s College London and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. She qualified with a dual degree in medicine and physiology from UCL Medical School awarded the best overall performance in physiology BSc. Dina did her residency at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. She has over 30 academic papers, 7 grants and over 40 scientific conference presentations. She is fluent in 5 languages and 3 programming languages.
Christian Kramme
Prior to joining Gameto, Christian Kramme completed his PhD at Harvard Medical School working with the Sponsored Research Agreement of Gameto and Professor George Church’s lab. His thesis work “Multimodal investigation of human in vitro oogenesis” was based on high-throughput screening of transcription factors for generation of human germ cells, oocytes, and ovarian supporting cells to model genetic causes of infertility. Prior to Harvard, Christian received his B.S. in Molecular Genetics from UCLA, graduating Magna Cum Laude. While at UCLA, Christian conducted research on cannabinoids for migraine and chronic pain treatment. His work on synthetic biology and cell engineering for human oogenesis has yielded numerous patents and publications.
Agustina Imfeld
Agustina graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste in Corrientes where she completed the six-year law degree in fewer than three. She also completed an MBA in Innovation Management at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, and graduated from the University of Georgia Master of Laws program where she received a merit-based full scholarship. Her most recent role was in Complex Litigation at Clarin Group, where she worked on high-stakes cases, such as securing an injunction against the federal government of Argentina to suspend the nationalization of telecommunication services. Agustina has performed pro bono work, including a project funded by the United Nations Democracy Fund which aims to promote vulnerable women’s access to justice in civil cases. She was selected as one of 500 young leaders in LATAM by the Climate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean to promote transparency and accountability of international financing in climate change.
Emily Bosworth
Emily serves as the Chief of Staff at Gameto. Having joined the company as an early employee in a generalist role, Emily has since honed her focus on business development and strategy, utilizing her expertise to drive growth and success for the company. Emily's prior experience includes healthcare consulting at ClearView Healthcare Partners, where she advised clients ranging from biotech start-ups to large pharmaceutical companies across various therapeutic areas. In particular, she developed key commercialization and value, pricing, and access strategies. Emily holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard College, having graduated Magna Cum Laude in Neuroscience and Global Health & Health Policy, and brings a deep understanding of the healthcare landscape to her work at Gameto.
Isai Castaneda
Isai is a Certified Public Accountant with over twenty years of financial experience and over fourteen years of experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Gameto, Isai served as the Senior Director of Corporate Accounting at Molecular Templates, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, and as the Director of Accounting and Financial Reporting for MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., the largest independent pharmacy benefit solutions company in the United States. He began his career at Moss Adams LLP, serving Audit clients in various industries. Isai holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from California State University.
Bruna Paulsen
Bruna is a stem cell biologist, with over 15 years of expertise in reprogramming, human pluripotent stem cell culture and differentiation approaches to generate disease-relevant cell types, and identify disorder-specific phenotypes in vitro. Prior to joining Gameto, Bruna Paulsen did her postdoctoral research at the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University. Bruna has a successful publication record with 23 peer-reviewed and 7 as first-author publications including Nature and Nature Biomedical Engineering, and over 30 invited presentations and multiple awards, including International Society for Stem Cell Research Award for Scientific Excellence, and Rising Star Award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Carlos Lejtik
Carlos is a Gynecologist and Obstetrician, specializing in Human Reproduction, with over 20 years of experience. He leads the clinical adoption and medical teams at Gameto. Prior to Gameto, he had extensive experience in Medical Management at Pfizer. While at Pfizer, he planned and developed in-person and digital medical education programs for primary care physicians and specialists, collaborated with national and international Key Opinion Leaders to develop diagnostic guidelines for various medical specialties (e.g., Women's Health, Contraception, Oncology, Central Nervous System, Dermatology, Infectious Diseases, Vaccination, and Rheumatology), successfully launched and positioned female health products such as “Duavive and Sayana”, and established relationships with key Associations, Colleges, and Medical Boards.
Sabrina Piechota
Sabrina leads the embryology department at Gameto, instrumental to the validation of Fertilo. Prior to joining Gameto, Sabrina worked at women’s health startup Aspira Women’s Health, where she was instrumental in building out Aspira’s state of the art molecular science laboratory. Prior to working for Aspira, Sabrina worked for four years as a clinical embryologist at the Reproductive Medicines Associates of Connecticut, where she became skilled in egg retrievals, denudation of oocytes, assisted laser hatching, complex sperm preparation, embryo thaw & vitrification, frozen/fresh embryo transfer, conventional insemination, and intracellular sperm injection. Sabrina holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Hartford and a CLIA state certification, and with both clinical and medical backgrounds brings diverse expertise to the team at Gameto.
Tammie Roy
Tammie has 20 years of experience in reproductive biology and medical device development. With a Ph.D. in Reproductive Biology from the University of Newcastle, her career has placed her at the forefront of developing innovative fertility solutions that enhance patient care and outcomes. Before joining Gameto, Tammie held several executive and scientific roles in one of Australia’s highest performing Fertility clinics, Genea. At Genea Biomedx she led the development and commercialization of groundbreaking medical devices. These include the world's first automated vitrification instrument for oocyte and embryo preservation and an advanced embryo incubator system that significantly improved IVF pregnancy rates. At Genea Biomedx, she was instrumental in steering projects from ideation through to commercialization, showcasing a deep understanding of the medical device lifecycle and a commitment to enhancing fertility treatments through technology. Passionate about innovation, Tammie believes that the fusion of science, strategy, and a deep understanding of women's health can revolutionize patient outcomes. She is dedicated to leveraging her extensive experience to drive the Australian clinical adoption of Gameto's technologies and treatments, aiming to revolutionize fertility care in Australia and beyond.
Dina Radenkovic
Dina is a medical doctor and a healthcare entrepreneur. Prior to her role as Co-founder & CEO of Gameto, Dr Dina Radenkovic was a partner at SALT Bio Fund (salt.org) and had research posts at King’s College London and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. Dina was also co-founder & Chief Science Officer of Hooke, a longevity research clinic in London. She qualified with a dual degree in medicine and physiology from UCL Medical School awarded the best overall performance in physiology BSc. Dina did her residency at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. She has over 30 academic papers, 7 grants and over 40 scientific conference presentations. She is fluent in 5 languages and 3 programming languages.
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Martin Varsavsky
Martin Varsavsky is a serial entrepreneur, professor, and investor. He has founded 8 companies in the last 30 years. He is co-founder of Overture Life, a company automating the embryology lab. Martin is the founder & non-executive chairman of Prelude Fertility, the largest network of fertility clinics in the United States. Previously, he founded several successful ventures in the technology space including Jazztel, Spain’s second-largest publicly traded telecom operator; Viatel, best known for inventing call-back and building the first pan-European fiber optic network, and Eolia Renovables. Martin is the recipient of various honors and rewards, among them European Telecommunications Entrepreneur of the Year in 1998, ECTA’s European Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999, Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos, 2000, and Spanish Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000, Pickering Prize from Columbia University 2004.
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Maryanna Saenko
Maryanna Saenko is an early-stage venture capitalist with an interest in robotics, quantum computing, blockchain, aerospace, and the future of food. Prior to co-founding Future Ventures, she was at Khosla Ventures, and prior to that at DFJ, where she worked with her co-founder Steve Jurvetson to focus on frontier technology investments. She was also an investment partner at Airbus Ventures where she led a series of venture investments strategically aligned with Airbus’ future-of-aerospace initiatives. Before Airbus, Maryanna was a consultant at Lux Research and a research engineer at Cabot Corporation. Maryanna graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in BioMedical Engineering and a BS and MS in Materials Science and Engineering. Maryana is now a co-founder at Future Ventures, a VC firm that has invested in biotech companies including Faeth Therapeutics, Deep Genomics, and Neuralink.
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Dylan Morris
Dylan Morris is a Managing Director at Insight. He joined the firm in 2021 to focus on investments in computational biology. Dylan was previously a general partner at CRV, where he built the bioengineering practice, leading the firm’s investments in Dyno Therapeutics, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, and Plexium, among others. Prior to CRV, Dylan invested at Innovation Endeavors, Eric Schmidt’s early-stage venture capital firm, where he drove investments in companies operating at the intersection of data science and life science. Before becoming an investor, Dylan co-founded Integrated Plasmonics, a venture-backed point-of-care diagnostics startup. Prior to that, he conducted graduate research in biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Caltech, where he co-authored multiple peer-reviewed publications. Dylan received his A.B. in Computer Science from Harvard University.
Scientific and Clinical Advisors
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Professor David Albertini
Professor Albertini is an international acclaimed expert of assisted reproductive technologies and in vitro maturation. He received his PhD from Harvard University, conducted postdoctoral work at the University of Connecticut Health Center, then returned to Harvard Medical School as an Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology. He has held professorships at Tufts University School of Medicine and Kansas University Medical Center, was the Director of Laboratories at The Center for Human Reproduction in New York City, and continues to hold Visiting Scientist appointments at the CHR and Rockefeller University. Since 2009, he has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, an official journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. In 2020, he joined the Bedford Research Foundation, continuing his work on stem cells and ovarian physiology. He is the recipient of many awards, including a Basil O’Connor fellowship from the March of Dimes, the Hammond Medal from the Society for Reproduction and Fertility (UK), and Founder’s Lectureship for the Australian Society of Reproductive Biology and is a Fellow of The International Society for In Vitro Fertilization. Professor Albertini has delivered more than 200 lectures worldwide and has served on scientific advisory boards or grant review councils for Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and the USA.
Dr. Pietro Bortoletto
Dr. Pietro Bortoletto is a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist. He completed his residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Brigham & Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital Integrated Residency Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of the Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine fellowship program at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City where he also obtained a Masters in Clinical and Translational Investigation at the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. He is currently a Reproductive Medicine Specialist, Director of Reproductive Surgery, and Co-Director of Oncofertility Program at Boston IVF in Boston, Massachusetts. He is on staff at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and a clinical instructor at the Harvard Medical School. In addition to his clinical role, Dr. Pietro Bortoletto currently serves as the Interactive Associate in Chief for Fertility & Sterility as well as Media Editor for F&S Reports.
Dr. Michel De Vos
Michel De Vos, MD, PhD, has worked as a gynaecologist since 2006 and currently is a Senior Medical Director at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Belgium and an Associate Professor in Reproductive Medicine at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He studied medicine in Ghent, Belgium, and holds a PhD in medicine from the University of Leeds, UK. In 2011, ESHRE and the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG) recognized him as a subspecialist in reproductive medicine and surgery. Michel has a keen interest in reproductive endocrinology, in vitro maturation of oocytes, and fertility preservation. He is a principal investigator of the FOTO (Freezing Ovarian Tissue and Oocytes) consortium, encompassing oncofertility research projects at three universities in Brussels: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and he is a founding member of the Belgian Fertility Education Initiative (BFEI).
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Dr. Peter Klatsky
Dr. Klatsky is dual board certified, in both Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, as well as Obstetrics & Gynecology. He has received numerous awards for his dedication to patient care. Dr. Klatsky was selected by his peers as Rising Star among New York Physicians in 2014 and 2015 and has since been named a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly Top Doctor since 2017. He graduated with honors from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, completed his residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at UCSF, and his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at Brown University. He received a Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University and is always looking for opportunities to innovate and raise the bar for patients seeking advanced fertility care. Dr. Peter Klatsky and Dr. Nam Tran founded Spring Fertility in 2016 with the belief that exceptional fertility outcomes could be achieved and improved, while simultaneously improving patient experience. They leveraged the best technology and innovations to create their first center in San Francisco, which quickly achieved some of the best outcomes in the country. Prior to starting Spring Fertility, Dr. Klatsky also designed and founded Mama Rescue, a mobile phone application providing emergency transport for mothers seeking emergency medical care in western and central Uganda. Dr. Klatsky has conducted studies of Fertilo with his patients in New York City.
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Professor George Church
George Church is a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and MIT. He leads Synthetic Biology at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, where he oversees the directed evolution of molecules, polymers, and whole genomes to create new tools with applications in regenerative medicine and bio-production of chemicals. Professor Church is widely recognized for his innovative contributions to genomic science and his many pioneering contributions to chemistry and biomedicine. In 1984, he developed the first direct genomic sequencing method, which resulted in the first genome sequence (the human pathogen, H. pylori). He later helped initiate the Human Genome Project in 1984 and the Personal Genome Project in 2005. Professor Church invented the broadly applied concepts of molecular multiplexing and tags, homologous recombination methods, and array DNA synthesizers. His innovations have been the basis for many companies including Editas (Gene therapy); Gen9bio (Synthetic DNA); and Veritas Genetics (full human genome sequencing).
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Professor Kristin Baldwin
Kristin Baldwin is a Professor of Genetics and Development at Columbia University and member of the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative. She is a pioneer in reprogramming and stem cell biology. Her research applies reprogramming to assess the impact of aging on diverse cell types and to engineer new cellular models for neurologic, and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Baldwin's earlier notable work included being the first to clone a mouse from a neuron and then sequence its genome and producing an entire mouse from a skin cell with iPSCs. Her work has been published in premiere journals (i.e Nature, Cell) and has garnered awards (i.e. Pew Scholar, Kavli Fellow and NIH Pioneer Award). Dr. Baldwin holds a Ph.D. in Immunology from Stanford and performed postdoctoral work in Neurobiology at Columbia University with Dr. Richard Axel. She holds several patents and is a co-founder and board observer of Certego Therapeutics.
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Professor Mary Herbert
Mary Herbert is a Professor of Reproductive Biology at Newcastle University and Scientific Director at Newcastle Fertility Centre. Professor Herbert’s lab advances knowledge of the biology of germ cells and early embryos with the goals of improving understanding of infertility and extending the scope of reproductive technologies to prevent transmission of disease. After seeing how mitochondrial disease was devastating families, Professor Herbert developed a groundbreaking technique to transfer healthy mitochondria to fertilized embryos using nuclear transplantation. This cutting-edge mechanism has the potential to prevent the transmission of fatal mitochondrial disease from mother to child. Professor Herbert’s work has been critical in the development of UK law permitting these new techniques to be offered in clinical treatment. In addition to mitochondrial disease, Mary’s research focuses on the underlying causes of infertility, miscarriage and birth defects in older women. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and a member of the scientific advisory board for the Association of Clinical Embryologists in the UK.
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Professor Philip Jordan
Dr. Philip Jordan is a professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Research in the Jordan laboratory focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating DNA repair, chromosome segregation and cell cycle progression, processes that are essential for normal organismal development, cellular homeostasis and prevention of diseases. In particular, the Jordan lab studies the aberrant expression and mutation of genes which can result in microcephaly, cognitive and growth retardation, infertility, and predisposition to cancer. His research program uses mouse and human pluripotent stem cells to discover the molecular processes that ensure genome stability during gametogenesis and early development.
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Professor Pranam Chatterjee
An expert in cellular reprogramming and computational biology trained at MIT and Harvard. He is the upcoming Assistant Professor at Duke University Medical school, academic member of the Global Consortium for Female Reproductive Longevity & Equality (GCRLE) and a current Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, where he is developing state-of-the-art algorithms and high-throughput experimental screens to interrogate germ cell development for Gameto. Pranam holds a PhD from the MIT Media Lab, where he developed robust CRISPR technologies, utilizing both experimental and computational methodologies. Pranam holds patents on novel Cas9 enzymes, ScCas9, Sc++, and iSpyMac.
Dr. Daniel Ordóñez
Dr. Daniel Ordóñez Pérez is a highly experienced Obstetrics and Gynecology specialist with a strong commitment to women's health. He has been the Head of the Assisted Reproduction Unit at Ruber de Juan Bravo Hospital, now part of the Eugin Group. since 2010. Dr. Ordóñez Pérez earned his medical degree from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and completed specialized training at Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. He is known for his contributions to the field, including 18 publications in national and 2 international medical journals, as well as co-authoring 5 chapters in gynecology books. Dr. Ordóñez Pérez is an active educator, having organized and taught gynecological endoscopy courses and courses in Obstetrics support. He is also recognized for his presentations at 40 national and international conferences. Dr. Ordóñez Pérez's dedication to research and excellence has earned him several awards, including the first prize at the National Congress of Gynecological Endoscopy in 2000. He is a member of the National Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Fertility, demonstrating his commitment to advancing women's healthcare. Dr. Ordóñez has conducted studies of Fertilo with his patients in Madrid.
Bioethics Committee
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Leslie Schrock
Leslie Schrock is an author, entrepreneur, and angel investor working at the convergence of health and technology, primarily in women's and family health. Her first book, Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy mixes clinical research with practical advice for working families. Her second book, Fertility Rules, (Simon Element, June 2023) takes the same approach to fertility. Leslie is also an investor in Caribou, Roon, Pangea, Tonal, Perchwell, Cenegenics, Legacy, Kinfield, Neverland, and dbt Labs, advisor to Maven, Alife, Origin, Oath, and Precisely, a member of Gameto’s bioethics board, and on the board of advisors at her alma mater, The University of Texas at Austin. Leslie was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, and has been featured in The Economist, CNBC, Fortune, NPR, Time, GQ, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Wired, and The New York Times.
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Andrew Mclaughlin
Andrew McLaughlin is an expert in technology ethics, law, and public policy. He served as Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States on President Obama’s senior White House staff and on the Obama/Biden Presidential transition team, as a member of the Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform cluster. He has worked at Google, ICANN, Tumblr, betaworks, Digg, Assembly OSM, Higher Ground Labs, and Code for America. He has also taught at Stanford and Harvard Law Schools and held fellowships at Stanford Law's Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, the Young Leaders Forum of the National Committee on US-China Relations, the New America Foundation, and Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy. He has received numerous honors, including being named one of Time Magazine’s Digital Dozen and a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum.
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