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Leadership & Advisory

Clinician-Built. Execution-Focused. Board-Supported.

NEG+ Innovations is led by a physician-scientist with deep translational medicine, oncology drug development, and medical device expertise — supported by an advisory board assembled for complete commercialization coverage across regulatory, clinical, engineering, and capital domains.

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Jimmy Belotte
MD  ·  PhD  ·  MBA  ·  FACOG
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
NEG+ Innovations, Inc.

Physician-Scientist.
Inventor & Co-Investor. Women's Health Executive.

Dr. Jimmy Belotte is a board-certified OB/GYN, physician-scientist, and inventor whose work sits at the intersection of women's health surgical innovation, translational medicine, and medical device entrepreneurship. As Medical Director, Oncology Clinical Development at GlaxoSmithKline, he leads regulatory strategy and protocol design across Phase I/II gynecologic oncology programs — directly informing NEG+'s clinical development and regulatory approach within the broader women's health landscape.

Dr. Belotte's academic foundation — including a PhD in Molecular Medicine and an MBA with concentrations in healthcare and finance — positions him at the intersection of clinical rigor, translational science, and venture-grade business execution. As both inventor and co-investor in NEG+ Innovations, he brings the rare combination of hands-on surgical insight and capital commitment that defines founder-led medtech. As Clinical Associate Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he maintains active academic clinical relationships that serve as the backbone of NEG+'s investigator network and NIH STTR academic partnership strategy.

NEG+ Innovations was built from a clinical problem-first perspective: each device in the portfolio emerged directly from documented deficiencies Dr. Belotte encountered in women's health surgical practice — then validated through voice-of-customer research, engineering feasibility, and market analysis before a single patent was filed. Every invention carries both his intellectual and financial conviction.

Medical Director, Oncology GlaxoSmithKline · Phase I/II Gynecologic Oncology
Clinical Associate Professor Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore
MD, PhD, MBA, FACOG OB/GYN · Gynecologic Oncology · Molecular Medicine
Medical Device Entrepreneur Founder · NEG+ Innovations, Inc. (Delaware C-Corp)
Regulatory & Clinical Strategy FDA 510(k) · De Novo · IDE · NIH STTR/SBIR
Capital Formation SAFE · Series Seed · QSBS · Non-Dilutive NIH Funding

Board of Directors

NEG+ Innovations is governed by a Board of Directors combining physician-scientist founding leadership with deep technology commercialization, precision engineering, and life science instrumentation expertise.

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Jimmy Belotte
MD  ·  PhD  ·  MBA  ·  FACOG
Founder & Board Chair · CEO
NEG+ Innovations, Inc.  ·  GlaxoSmithKline

Physician-scientist and serial medtech entrepreneur. Board-certified OB/GYN and gynecologic oncologist; Medical Director, Oncology Clinical Development at GlaxoSmithKline; Clinical Associate Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore. PhD in Molecular Medicine. MBA with concentrations in healthcare and finance. Founded NEG+ from documented clinical unmet needs across the women's pelvic health surgical and diagnostic landscape.

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Michael Chiu
PhD  ·  MBA
Director
CEO, Kytopen, Inc.  ·  MIT Precision Engineering

Serial life science technology CEO with a PhD and MS from MIT (Precision Engineering Research Group) and an MBA from MIT Sloan Fellows. Current CEO of Kytopen (cell engineering platform). Prior CEO of Erbi Biosystems, acquired by Merck KGaA / MilliporeSigma. Former CTO and executive at Automation Engineering Inc. (acquired by Mycronic AB) and Teradyne. Nine patents across precision engineering, medical devices, and cell therapy. R&D 100 Award recipient.

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TBA
Independent Director
To Be Announced
Director
Position Reserved

This board seat is reserved for an independent director whose expertise will complement the existing governance composition. Announcement forthcoming.

Expert Advisory Board. Complete Commercialization Coverage.

NEG+ has assembled a multi-disciplinary Advisory Board spanning FDA regulatory strategy, clinical validation, engineering execution, investor access, life sciences partnerships, health economics, and corporate finance — each member occupying a defined, non-redundant value lane built for full commercialization coverage.

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FDA Regulatory

Former FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner

Exceptional regulatory access and strategic pathway expertise — a resource most medtech startups at any stage do not have. Key lane: 510(k) / De Novo / IDE strategy.

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Clinical Validation — Urogynecology

KOL · Wayne State University School of Medicine

Clinical champion for POP-Q AutoSense™ and Belotte Colpotomizer™. Reduces IDE activation friction; serves as STTR PI candidate at an established NIH-funded institution.

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Roger Lefevre, MD, MBA
Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery

Clinical Validation — Urogynecology & POP-Q

BIDMC · Beth Israel Lahey Health · Harvard Medical School

Urogynecologist and URPS specialist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School–affiliated academic medical center. Scientific Advisor and prospective STTR academic PI for the POP-Q AutoSense™ program. 20+ years of practice with a peer-reviewed publication record directly encompassing POP-Q methodology, prolapse staging accuracy, voiding dysfunction, and surgical outcomes.

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Engineering & Quality Systems

Repligen / SelasBio

Mechanical engineering execution, FDA design controls (21 CFR Part 820), ISO 13485 QMS implementation, and Design History File architecture.

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Capital Access — Angel & Early VC

Boston Harbor Angels

Medtech angel and early-stage VC network access. Investor relations strategy, pitch positioning, and seed round pipeline for Series Seed target investors.

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Life Sciences Partnerships

Biopharma CVC & Growth-Stage

Corporate venture capital and biopharma strategic partnership lane. Growth-stage business development relationships and strategic acquirer relationship development.

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Health Economics & Policy

Brandeis University / Harvard School of Public Health

Healthcare economics, reimbursement strategy, CPT code development pathway, and SBIR/STTR narrative framework for NIH Specific Aims alignment.

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Corporate Finance & Legal

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Investor governance, SAFE documentation, cap table management, IP agreement architecture, and Series Seed transaction readiness for institutional venture investors.

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Mark D. Levie, MD
Professor & Associate Vice Chair, OB/GYN

Clinical Validation — Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Montefiore Medical Center

Professor and Associate Vice Chair, Department of OB/GYN and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center. Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery; Co-Fellowship Program Director, MIGS. 37 years of clinical practice with an extensive peer-reviewed publication record in gynecologic surgery. Co-investigator candidate for Belotte Colpotomizer™ MIGS feasibility studies.

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Bethany Grant
BS/SM · MIT Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering

Medical Device Engineering Leadership

Chief Technology Officer · Kytopen, Inc.

MIT-trained engineer with 25+ years developing medical devices across pharmaceutical, medtech, and life science instrumentation sectors. CTO at Kytopen; former VP Product Development. Brings precision engineering execution, R&D team architecture, and product-to-market leadership directly applicable to NEG+'s device development programs.

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John Bonham-Carter
Bioprocessing & Cell Therapy · European Biopharma

Bioprocess Engineering & International BD

Life Sciences · Continuous Bioprocessing & Cell Therapy

Deep expertise in continuous bioprocessing, bioreactor technology, and cell therapy engineering with an extensive European biotech and biopharma network. Fluent in French and Swedish. Supports NEG+'s bioprocess-adjacent partnerships and international business development strategy across European pharmaceutical and life science markets.

"In more than two decades of urogynecologic practice, I have witnessed firsthand how subjective POP-Q examination leads to inconsistent staging — and, ultimately, inconsistent patient care. The POP-Q Sensorized Device™ represents a meaningful step toward the objective, reproducible pelvic floor assessment our field has long needed. I am committed to supporting its rigorous clinical validation at BIDMC and to advancing a platform that can meaningfully improve outcomes for women with pelvic organ prolapse."

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Roger Lefevre, MD, MBA
Urogynecologist  ·  Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center  ·  Beth Israel Lahey Health  ·  Harvard Medical School

Partner With NEG+ Innovations

We welcome collaboration with leading research institutions, clinical investigators, industry partners, and accredited investors who share our commitment to advancing women's health through precision medical technology.