About
Our Story
In 2002, at the Chambrier Polyclinic in Libreville, Gabon, our founder Salim Kandedi was born at 23 weeks of gestational age.
He was fortunate enough to receive comprehensive care and monitoring, so that, against all odds, he survived, lived, and thrived.
In 2024, Leah Ritchie and Leah McIntyre approached Salim with a challenge. First Steps Health Society needed a portable and durable neonatal incubator for deployment in the most remote of areas.
Upon further research, he found that hospitals in North America were struggling as well, and faced overwhelming operational and scaling costs.
With the realization that quality NICU care had gotten him to where he was, he was determined to build a solution, and Corvita Biomedical was born.
Our Mission
Corvita Biomedical is building an intelligent all-in-one neonatal incubator to help NICUs facing high scaling and operational costs, by automating infant monitoring using computer vision and AI.
Meet The Team
Salim Kandedi, B.Eng
Founder, CEO, Lead Biomedical Engineer
Leah Ritchie, B.Sc
Biomedical Research Lead, Co-founder
Elvis Togban, B.Eng, Ph.D
Lead Machine Vision Specialist
Daniel Park, BASc, Computer Science
Principal System Architect
Ali Rahbar, BASc, Computer Science
Software Developer
Advisory Board
Dr. Niraj Mistry B.Sc., MD, MS, FRCPC
Clinical Advisor at Corvita Biomedical
Dr. Michael Dunn MD, FRCPC
Clinical Advisor at Corvita Biomedical
Dr. Alexandra Howlett MD, FRCPC
Clinical Advisory Partner at Corvita Biomedical
Dr. Allan Kember FRCSC, MD, MSc
Engineering and Clinical Advisor at Corvita Biomedical
Leila Kheradpir M.Sc., P.Eng
Engineering and Clinical Advisor at Corvita Biomedical
Paul Santerre Ph.D
Business and Clinical Advisor at Corvita Biomedical
Scott Mackenzie B.Sc, MBA
Business Strategy Advisor at Corvita Biomedical
Caleb Cook
Business & Growth Advisor at Corvita Biomedical