Dr. Amir Bahar

Co-Founder & CEO of Nurami Medical. Dr. Amir Bahar is a graduate of the Weizmann Institute of Science and a veteran of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and the Technion. Amir completed his PhD in neurobiology and brain research at the Weizmann Institute in 2004. His thesis focused on the biochemical and neurophysiological aspects of learning. He later completed a postdoc in neurophysiology of learning at the Mt Sinai Medical School, NY. In parallel, he served as BioAbroad’s regional manager. He returned to Israel in 2011 to pursue a career in the biomedical industry. In 2013 he co-founded a medical device company that develops smart nanofibers for the surgical field. The company has been active in the Chief-Scientist’s incubator in Nazareth since April 2014.