Aclarion Announces Achievement of Goal to Enroll 10 Leading Spine Surgery Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to Support Nociscan Adoption
Recruitment of a panel of leading KOL surgeons who believe Nociscan can improve the diagnosis and treatment of discogenic low back pain is a critical step to establishing Nociscan as standard of care. Aclarion’s KOL panel represents spine surgeons at some of the largest and most influential academic centers and private practices in the country, including leaders of national societies that advocate for protocols to improve clinical treatments. The Company intends to activate MRIs for each KOL surgeon to expand Nociscan access for their patients and demonstrate clinical outcome improvements to payers. Aclarion will release initial scan volume data before end of year and begin reporting on quarterly scan volume in 2024 as increasing scan volume is a proxy for increasing revenue and probability for a local payer coverage decision. BROOMFIELD, CO, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire – Aclarion, Inc., (“Aclarion” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ACON, ACONW), a healthcare technology company that is leveraging biomarkers and proprietary augmented intelligence algorithms to help physicians identify the location of chronic low back pain, announced today that they have successfully achieved their goal of enrolling ten leading spine surgery KOLs to assist the company in driving Nociscan to standard of care for identifying discogenic low back pain. “Since executing our IPO last year, Aclarion has consistently achieved catalysts of value creation that fall into a very concise framework of technology readiness, clinical evidence, and surgeon advocacy that are proven to bring disruptive technological advancements to standard of care in the healthcare sector,” said Brent Ness, Chief Executive Officer of Aclarion. “The steps we have taken in a short timeframe demonstrate that our actions follow our stated intentions. We are incredibly proud of the KOL panel that has rallied to help bring Nociscan to standard of care.” A cornerstone to the company’s strategy is key opinion leader (KOL) advocacy. Aclarion has now achieved its objective of engaging 10 leading spine physicians who are adopting Nociscan in their practices to address a major gap with conventional lumbar MR imaging, which cannot differentiate between pain and aging. Our KOL advisors are focused on advancing value-based healthcare through improved outcomes while advocating to societies and payers using patient data, as well as peer-reviewed, published clinical evidence. “Our KOLs interest in Nociscan directly reflects the challenge of diagnosing and treating low back pain, and we are pleased to have these physicians advancing spine care with Nociscan,” stated Ryan Bond, Chief Strategy Officer of Aclarion. KOLs, consultants, and advisors now include:
- Chris Ames, MD; University of CA San Francisco
- Gregory Basil, MD MBA; University of Miami
- Sigurd Berven, MD; University of CA San Francisco
- George Frey, MD; Advent Health Colorado
- Roger Hartl, MD; Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center, New York, NY
- Dean Karahalios, MD; Advocate Aroura Health System
- James Keller, MD; University of Michigan Health West
- Alpesh Patel, MD MBA; Northwestern
- Eric Potts, MD; St. Vincent’s, Ascension
- Juan Uribe, MD; Barrow Neurological Institute
- Bob Eastlack, MD; Scripps (Surgeon Advisor)
- Timothy Ryken, MD; (Consultant)
- Lawrence Tannenbaum, MD; RadNet (MD Advisor)
- Jeffrey Lotz, PhD; University of CA San Francisco (Scientific Advisor)
