Dr. Anad Akerkar

Dr. Akerkar has 40 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of MDI Consultants Inc. MDI provides FDA 510(k) and ISO 9000:2000, ISO 14000, ISO 13485:1997 (EN46001), EN540 and Quality Systems.

Dr. Akerkar held several senior management positions at Ciba Giegy, Becton Dickinson, and Technicon Corporation. Dr. Akerkar has successfully managed the development, launch and management of in-vitro diagnostic products. While at Becton Dickinson, he was a member of the industry review board for the FDA that helped to define the 510(k) submission requirements and other clinical chemistry standards. Dr. Akerkar holds 11 patents and has been published over 150 times in recognized scientific journals. Dr. Akerkar was instrumental in getting over 400 FDA 510(k) for over 500 medical devices companies. Dr. Akerkar has been a consultant to the healthcare industry since 1986.

Dr. Akerkar was the Scientific Advisor to ex-U.S. Congressman Benjamin Gilman and advised the scientific committee previously led by former House Majority Leader – Congressman Tom Delay. He has been President and CEO of mdi since 1994.

Steve Relis, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Relis has extensive experience working with many clients in various industries including high tech, real estate, construction, manufacturing and professional services. Prior to joining the firm he was the Chief Accounting Officer of Gilat Latin America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd (NASDAQ – GILTF). He also served as the Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer of Ursus Telecom Corporation (NASDAQ – UTCC). He was an audit manager with Deloitte and Touche in New York and Ernst & Young in Miami. At Ernst & Young he was part of the entrepreneurial services group, which specializes in supporting the needs of aggressive growth companies.

Mr. Relis received a B.S. in Business from Long Island University in 1985 and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the States of Florida and New York. He is a member of the American, Florida and New York Institutes of Certified Public Accounting.

Dr. Michael Hall

Michael J Hall, MD, MSc, PA, a diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice, has been practicing medicine around the world for fifteen years. He has had extensive training in the field ophthalmology from Weill Cornell Medical College-The New York Presbyterian Hospital and internal medicine from University of Missouri-Kansas City. He has completed a Master’s program at the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service at New York University and is committed to being a health care leader by improving the American health care system. Through the Hall Longevity Clinic, a national company, Dr. Hall has developed a program to help his patients live longer and more enlightened. He is an international expert on anti-aging and longevity medicine.

During his quest for knowledge, Dr. Hall had the opportunity to work and live throughout both the North and South islands of New Zealand and assisted with the global tsunami relief effort in eastern Sri Lanka by founding a medical mission in Batticaloa. Presently, he resides in Miami Beach, Florida and enjoys cooking, writing while exploring the world. Dr. Hall is a published author and has written a book about the essence of living each day with moral consciousness, entitled, “The American Gentleman, A Contemporary Guide to Chivalry.”