Our vision is to promote excellence in education for both the Medtech industry and research and development in Australia, New Zealand and internationally.
We achieve this with our world-class, purpose-built facility which includes imaging capabilities, instrumentation, and conference rooms. The staff at Vasculab includes a dedicated team of experienced Technicians who share a broad range of background skills in allied health and health sciences.
In 2015 Vasculab was the concept of David Fakhry and Dr Tom Oxley who realised there was a need for a specialist facility in Australia to adequately train techniques in clot retrieval from the brain, a rapidly developing procedure at the time.
From there, Vasculab was developed and has since diversified into not just angiographic procedures but further into all areas of surgery including trauma, orthopaedic, spine, general and laparoscopic. The concept was to always offer both high level customer service at a world class facility.
Founders
Dr Thomas Oxley
MBBS BMedSc FRACP
Medical Director, Founder
Associate Professor Thomas Oxley MBBS BMedSc FRACP PhD is a vascular and Interventional neurologist and world expert in brain computer interfaces. He is an Associate Professor and Laboratory Head of the Vascular Bionics Laboratory, University of Melbourne, Australia, as well as Clinical Instructor, Attending in the Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. Dr Oxley has published over 100 internationally peer reviewed articles in journals including Nature Biotechnology, Nature Biomedical Engineering, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet, and is the founding CEO of Synchron, a Brain data transfer company based in Brooklyn, NY.
David Fakhry
B.App.Sci
CEO, Founder
David Fakhry has over 20 years in the Medical Device industry across Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia, managing businesses in the fields of cardiovascular, endoscopy, neurovascular, urology and women’s health. David has spent countless hours in the cath lab observing procedures and has an extensive network within the medical device industry, developing a thorough understanding of customer and client demands and their subsequent needs.
Team
Portia Hunt
BSci, BA
Manager
Portia is a graduate of Monash University with a Bachelor’s degree in both Science and Arts. After three successful years at VascuLab, she progressed from Laboratory Technician to the Laboratory Coordinator role in August 2023, to now Manager in March 2024. This transition is a testament to her operational skills and leadership qualities. Portia brings curiosity and enthusiasm to the dynamic and demanding discipline of scientific research, aiming to develop her experience and expertise.
Old Howard Florey Laboratory Building
Building 183, Level 6
Entry via Gate 11 – University of Melbourne
Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052
Australia
Vasculab acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people as the Traditional Owners on whose Country we are situated. We recognise and respect the cultural heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging.
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