Chief Medical Officer
PreTeL, Inc
I am Roger C. Young, MD, PhD, founder and Chief Medical Officer of PreTeL. As an academic physician-scientist for 30 years, I practiced obstetrics and gynecology while simultaneously researching the physiology of labor. The scope of my studies increased from subcellular, to cellular, to tissue, to organ, and now to clinical. 10 years ago, I realized that there was a second mechanism for signaling in the uterus - mechanotransduction - and that this missing element was the key to understanding preterm labor. Using this knowledge, I realized then that it was possible to develop a bedside test to diagnose true versus false preterm labor, and correctly identify those who would benefit from antenatal steroid treatment. I founded PreTeL (a composite of Pre Term Labor) and, using my knowledge of bioelectrical signaling, developed an EMG-based method to identify local uterine contractions that could be used to differentiate merely local from global, strong contractions of true labor. I am now working diligently to bring this device to FDA approval and to the patient bedside.