CLEVELAND– Medical device and technology company Lazurite® today announced that Christopher (Chris) S. Proctor, M.D., of De La Vina Surgicenter in Santa Barbara, California, has joined the company’s medical advisory board.
Proctor specializes in sports medicine, shoulder, knee and arthroscopic surgery. He is the team physician for the University of California, Santa Barbara, baseball team and the Santa Barbara Foresters baseball team of the California Collegiate League. He is also a staff physician for the University of California, Santa Barbara, and provides sports medicine care for numerous high school, collegiate and professional athletes.
“We are honored to have Dr. Proctor join our medical advisory board,” Lazurite CEO and cofounder Eugene Malinskiy said. “He was an early adopter of our ArthroFree® Wireless Surgical Camera System and has provided significant insight into the customer experience of adopting a wireless surgical camera. In addition to his accomplishments as a physician, he has also developed and patented devices, so he understands and appreciates innovation in medicine.”
“I’m excited about joining Lazurite’s medical advisory board,” Proctor said. “We have performed dozens of procedures since we installed our ArthroFree system. I look forward to continuing to provide input to the company as it accelerates the evolution of the OR to wireless surgical cameras.”
Proctor is a magna cum laude graduate of UCLA and received his medical education at Columbia University in New York. He was then selected as the prestigious Frank E. Stinchfield Fellow in Orthopaedic Surgery at Columbia and conducted biomechanics research. He completed his orthopedic residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He then completed an advanced fellowship with the renowned Southern California Center for Sports Medicine.
Proctor has conducted extensive research on the structure, function and repair of joints and has published numerous articles and book chapters. He has presented his findings and is a speaker at scientific meetings in the United States and Europe. He also has developed and patented devices to prevent and rehabilitate athletic injuries and is currently investigating novel techniques for repairing shoulders and knees. He also serves as an editorial reviewer for leading orthopedic journals. He is board certified and is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons.
