Our Story
The Makani Science sensor is a result of over 10 years of research at the University of California, Irvine by Dr. Michelle Khine. Her vision for a easily accessible monitor for breathing came as a result of an event that involved her baby son who had a collapsed lung. With all the monitors he had on him, nothing was monitoring his breathing! With co-founder Dr. Michael Chu, the Makani Respiratory Sensor was born. We believe we can make monitoring breathing accessible to everyone.
Our Mission
Our mission is to improve patient outcomes by making respiratory monitoring more accessible.
Make medical procedures safer by being an earlier and more accurate alert for respiratory abnormalities.
Potentially provide better data to healthcare professionals by analyzing breathing patterns of patients and predicting onset of problems.
Improve patient quality of life with better breathing management in health, wellness and fitness through biofeedback.
Our Team
Greg Buchert MD
CEO
Michael Chu PhD
CTO and Co-founder
Stephen Young
CFO
Arlene Bumb
Marketing Consultant
Tom Kroenke
Regulatory Consultant
Carolyn McCuan
Clinical Consultant
Stephane Gobron
Engineering Consultant
Board of Directors
Ray Chan
Chairman
Greg Buchert, MD
CEO
Michelle Khine, PhD
Co-Founder
Gabor Oroszlan, MBA
Board Member
Advisory Board
Vinit Joshi, DDS
General Dentistry
Steve Yun, M.D.
Anesthesiologist
Shannon Sullivan, M.D.
Pulmonologist
Thomas Lee, MD
Anesthesiologist
Steven Brooks, M.D., M.B.A
Cardiologist
