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Office
555 San Antonio Rd
Mountain View, CA 94040Phone+1 617-999-3735
Summary
- Maria is the Founder and CEO of Respira Labs.
An accomplished physician-scientist turned entrepreneur, Maria graduated top of her class from Colombia’s premier Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, ranked fifth among Latin American medical schools. She moved to the United States to pursue postdoctoral training, first at Harvard’s Department of Genetics then at the universities of Washington and California in Berkeley-San Francisco, where she obtained master's degrees in Public Health and Translational Medicine respectively.
As a former plastic and reconstructive surgery candidate at the University of Chicago, Maria’s clinical interests remain at the intersection of medicine, technology, policy, and education. She believes her multifaceted training has been crucial for her newly minted entrepreneurship career. Maria has over 12 years of combined clinical, research and technology experience, during which she has led operations for multidisciplinary teams at Harvard Medical School, the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) and Haas School of Business.
Maria has been awarded 20 grants, scholarships and prizes, has been published in The New England Journal of Medicine and Nature; and has presented her work internationally. She also is a peer reviewer for scientific journals in her native Colombia.
Currently, Maria is a full-time entrepreneur, selected to complete LAUNCH, Haas School of Business's most competitive accelerator program.
Education & Training
- University of California, BerkeleyMaster in Translational Medicine, Medical Innovation, Business and Entrepreneurship, 2016 - 2017
- University of WashingtonMaster in Public Health, Global Leadership, Policy and Management; Epidemiology - Biostatistics, 2014 - 2016
- University of ChicagoResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 2011 - 2012
- Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Medical Genetics and Genomics, 2007 - 2011
- Pontifical Xavierian UniversityClass of 2003, MD, Cum Laude
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 2011 - 2012
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Winner, Dean's Seed Fund UCBerkeley Haas School of Business, 2017
- 3rd Place, Big Ideas@Berkeley Andrew & Virginia Rudd Family Foundation, 2017
- Top Finalist, Bay Area Global Health Innovation Challenge HealthRoots Foundation for Global Health, 2017
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 31 citationsHOXA2 Haploinsufficiency in Dominant Bilateral Microtia and Hearing LossKerry K. Brown, Lucas M. Viana, Cecilia C. Helwig, Maria A. Artunduaga, Lourdes Quintanilla-Dieck
Human Mutation. 2013-10-01 - 27 citationsA classic twin study of external ear malformations, including microtia.Maria A. Artunduaga, Maria de Lourdes Quintanilla-Dieck, Steven C. Greenway, Rebecca A. Betensky, Yamileth Nicolau
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2009-09-17 - 322 citationsDe Novo Copy Number Variants Identify New Genes and Loci in Isolated, Sporadic Tetralogy of FallotSteven C. Greenway, Alexandre C. Pereira, Jennifer C Lin, Steven R. DePalma, Samuel J Israel
Nature Genetics. 2009-07-13
Press Mentions
- Respira Labs’ Wearable Device Listens for Lung DiseasesNovember 19th, 2021
- STEM to Market Program Participant Dr. Maria Artunduaga Earns Competitive NSF Entrepreneur GrantJune 11th, 2019
- Esteemed Physician-Scientist and Researcher, Maria Artunduaga, MD, MPH, MTM Will Be Highlighted in the Leading Physicians of the WorldMay 16th, 2017
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Other Languages
- Spanish, French, Portuguese
External Links
- Personal Websitehttp://martunduaga.com
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