Beth Lindborg, MS, MBA
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Director

Beth Lindborg has a unique business/technical background and leadership experience. She previously served as vice president of strategy and, before that, vice president of operations at SynerFuse, Inc., where the company raised more than $7 million in angel funding and received IDE approval from the FDA for its first-in-human clinical trial. She also served as director of research and marketing at BRTI Life Sciences, where the company launched two products in the life science market.

Timothy D. O’Brien, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Director

Tim O’Brien is a pathologist with 35 years of experience in biomedical research at the University of Minnesota, where he is a professor and division head of comparative pathology in the Department of Veterinary Population Medicine. He has held leadership roles at the University of Minnesota Stem Cell Institute, where his laboratory developed novel stem-cell technologies.

Amanda Vegoe, BS
Founder & Chief Operations Officer

Amanda Vegoe has more than 20 years of experience in project management, molecular biology, and regenerative medicine innovation. She joined the O’Brien Lab in 2013, where she worked on the development of multi-tissue organoids and scale-up of high-quality human cartilage cells.

Marc Tompkins, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Marc Tompkins is a dual fellowship-trained orthopedic sports medicine surgeon at TRIA Orthopedic Center and MHealth specializing in diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal injuries, joint preservation, and reconstruction.

Michael Williams, BA
Lead Director

Michael Williams is an experienced international executive, business leader, and entrepreneur with 30-plus years in healthcare and technology. He leads a healthcare innovation practice focused on accelerating the growth of emerging pharma and biotech companies. 

Kevin Shea, MD
Dr. Shea is an orthopaedic surgeon at Stanford University Medical Center and the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. He graduated from the UCLA School of Medicine and completed his orthopedic residency at the University of Utah School of Medicine. His advanced training includes pediatric orthopedics at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, AO Fellowship in Bern Switzerland with Dr. Ganz (hip), Dr. Fernandez (trauma), and Dr. Staubli (sports), and Ilizarov Training in Lecco, Italy. Dr. Shea is a founding member of the PRiSM Society (Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine) and the ROCK (Research in OsteoChondritis of the Knee) Multi-center Study Group. He is a member of the AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons), POSNA (Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America) and the AOSSM (American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine). He has authored more than 170 scientific papers and book chapters.

Seth Sherman, MD
Dr. Sherman is an orthopedic surgeon, associate professor, and the sports medicine fellowship director in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University and is the head team physician of the Stanford Cardinal Football team. He is board-certified and fellowship-trained in sports medicine and specializes in arthroscopic and minimally invasive surgical interventions for the knee and shoulder. Dr. Sherman completed his residency training at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City and was trained by the team physicians for the New York Giants, Mets, and Knicks. During his sports medicine fellowship in Chicago, he served as assistant team physician for the Chicago Bulls and White Sox. Dr. Sherman is a co-author on more than 100 peer-reviewed articles/ book chapters and actively presents his research at national and international meetings. He is chairman of the AAOS Sports Medicine/Arthroscopy committee and holds leadership positions in several other organizations (AOSSM, AANA, ISAKOS, ICRS). He is a member of the prestigious international ACL and Patellofemoral Study Groups.

Lutul Farrow, MD FAOA
Dr. Farrow is a staff orthopaedic surgeon in The Cleveland Clinic Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute. He is also an associate professor of surgery in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Dr. Farrow serves as the director of Sports Medicine Clinical Operations and is also the program director for the Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. He earned his medical degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland. Dr. Farrow completed his Fellowship in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Farrow has served as a team physician for The Cleveland Browns, The University of Arizona Wildcats, and Pima Community College Aztecs athletic programs, the Tucson Rodeo, and both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies during their spring training in Tucson. He has authored multiple Orthopaedic Surgery book chapters and over fifty manuscripts in peer-reviewed orthopaedic surgery journals.