Team & Advisors — TraumaShield
The leadership

The right team for the mission.

Founders in neuroscience and psychiatry, a chief medical officer who defined the field of secondary PTSD prevention, and an advisory board spanning FDA, IDF mental health, Emory and Tel Aviv Medical Center.

Executive team

David Slobodiansky
David Slobodiansky
Co-founder, CEO

Senior business strategist; former Sales & Marketing Director; M.Sc. in Neuroscience.

Dr. Daniel Kolsky, M.D.
Dr. Daniel Kolsky, M.D.
Co-founder, Clinical Lead

Psychiatry resident with hands-on clinical experience, M.Sc. in Neuroscience from Oxford.

Prof. Joseph Zohar, M.D.
Prof. Joseph Zohar, M.D.
CMO

World expert on PTSD and has uncovered the potential of secondary prevention in PTSD (Ex- Sheba director of Psychiatry, Ex-chair director of European Neuropsychopharmacology association, former president, and chairman of the Expert Platform on Mental Health).

Prof. Eyal Fruchter, M.D.
Prof. Eyal Fruchter, M.D.
VP Clinical Operations & Clinical Advisory

Professor of Psychiatry (Ex-head of Rambam hospital Psychiatry), Co-Founder and Head of Medical and Scientific Affairs at ICAR Collective, Former Head of Mental Health of the IDF.

Leading advisors

A board built
for approval.

Nine advisors across business strategy, regulatory development and clinical psychiatry — assembled specifically for the path from Phase 2 to market.

Business and Strategy Advisory

Dr. Shi Yarkoni
Dr. Shi Yarkoni, Ph.D., M.D., MBA

Over 25 years of clinical and management experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Serves on the boards of noted institutes and has led multiple biotech companies to IPO.

Amos Ofer
Amos Ofer, Ph.D., MBA

20+ years biotech executive experience as CEO, COO, of private and public companies.

Oz Malkesman
Oz Malkesman, Ph.D., MBA
US-based; future CBO

Strategic life sciences executive with over 15 years of experience in drug development and multidisciplinary program management.

Regulatory & Development

Dr. Danny J. Lee
Dr. Danny J. Lee, M.D.
U.S.–based

Former FDA medical officer and former U.S. Army psychiatric officer.

Dr. Tali Gorfine
Dr. Tali Gorfine, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Development

Executive-level clinical development experience, former CMO of multiple bio-pharma companies.

Gil Bachar
Gil Bachar, Ph.D.
Technical Lead

Deep expertise in medical-device development and design for manufacture.

Additional Clinical Experience

Dr. Mihael Bazhmin
Dr. Mihael Bazhmin, M.D., MHA
Psychiatric Administration

Former Chief of Psychiatry, Sha'ar Menashe; Head of Psychiatry, MedTrix.

Dr. Renana Eithan
Dr. Renana Eithan M.D.
Psychiatrist & Neuroscientist

Former Chair of Psychiatry at Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov) and Head of its Neuropsychiatry Clinic.

Barbara Olasov Rothbaum
Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, PhD
US-based

Director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program, Paul A. Janssen Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology, PTSD research specialized.

Our partners

We choose who
we build with.

Every partnership is a decision, not an acceptance. We work only with institutions that share the conviction behind this company — that preventing psychiatric injury is a responsibility, not an opportunity.

Accelerators, clinical networks and national programmes that want to change the world, and are prepared to do the hard work it takes.

Mindful Care SouthUp D.Tech HaMitbah Mamram Association Israel Innovation Authority Next October

Build this with us.

We are speaking with investors, clinical partners and trauma systems who want to see PTSD prevented rather than managed.