Avix Medical

Why we built Catalina™

Our story, our team.

Hands holding the Catalina handheld device showing the left breast screening display
Barry and Sue Brucker with the Catalina device by Avix Medical

CATALINA’S ORIGIN STORY

A family history became a lifelong commitment.

Barry Brucker was 16 when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Years later, he learned that he, his mother and two of his sisters carried a BRCA gene mutation.

His mother responded to her experience by helping other women navigate life after breast cancer. Her example left Barry with more than a family history. It gave him a profound sense of responsibility.

Together, Barry and his wife, Sue, became advocates for cancer research and supporters of organizations working toward better outcomes. When Barry encountered the foundational technology that would become Catalina, he saw an opportunity to turn that lifelong commitment into action.

Today, that personal mission guides their work with Avix Medical: advancing Catalina with care, scientific rigor and an enduring belief that better information and real-time results can help shape what happens next.

The people behind Catalina.

Barry Brucker

Barry Brucker

CEO & Co-Founder

Aditya Ranganathan, PhD

Aditya Ranganathan, PhD

CTO

Evanthia Roussos-Torres, MD, PhD

Evanthia Roussos-Torres, MD, PhD

CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISOR, BREAST ONCOLOGY

Dina Caroline, MD, PhD

Dina Caroline, MD, PhD

BREAST RADIOLOGY

Nadeepuram Ranganathan

Nadeepuram Ranganathan

COO & CO-FOUNDER

Norman Gilmore

Norman Gilmore

Principal Software Engineer

The Avix Medical team together in a clinical setting

Advisors

  • William Brien, MD

    Surgeon; former Chief of Staff, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  • Eli Pikarsky, MD, PhD

    Dean of Medicine, Hebrew University / Hadassah Hospital

  • Tanir Allweis, MD

    Breast Surgeon, Hebrew University / Hadassah Hospital

  • Shani Paluch-Shimon, MD

    Breast Oncologist, Hebrew University / Hadassah Hospital

  • Miri Sklair-Levy, MD

    Breast Radiologist, Sheba Medical Center

  • Rafael Walden, MD

    Surgeon, Sheba Medical Center

  • Yaniv Berger, MD

    Surgeon, Tel Aviv University / Sourasky Medical Center

  • Amir Sonnenblick, MD

    Oncologist, Tel Aviv University / Sourasky Medical Center

  • Amir Orion, MD

    Oncologist and Researcher, Technion (Israel Institute of Technology)

  • Castulo de la Rocha, Esq.

    President and CEO, AltaMed Health Services

  • Chang-Hee Won, PhD

    Professor, Temple University

  • Jay Kunzler, PhD

    Biomedical polymer and silicone materials

  • Siddhesh Pawar, PhD

    Biomedical polymer and silicone materials

Clinical interest

Clinicians at these institutions have expressed interest in testing Catalina.

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

  • Temple University Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

  • USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA

  • AltaMed Health Services

    California

  • Tenet Healthcare

    United States

  • Hebrew University / Hadassah Medical Center

    Jerusalem, Israel

  • Sheba Medical Center

    Israel

  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Technion (Israel Institute of Technology)

    Haifa, Israel