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| name = Katerina Spranger | name = Katerina Spranger
| birth_place = Ukraine | birth_place = Ukraine
| alma_mater = Humboldt University, Berlin; Oxford University, UK; Wadham College, Oxford; | alma_mater = Humboldt University, Berlin; Oxford University, UK
| thesis_title = Computational modelling of vascular interventions: endovascular device deployment | thesis_title = Computational modelling of vascular interventions: endovascular device deployment
| thesis_url = https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2c052e1f-3a8c-4d82-9907-ce17677b0c05 | thesis_url = https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2c052e1f-3a8c-4d82-9907-ce17677b0c05
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| doctoral_advisor = Professor Yiannis Ventikos | doctoral_advisor = Professor Yiannis Ventikos
| known_for = CEO of Oxford Heartbeat | known_for = CEO of Oxford Heartbeat
| awards = Princess Royal Silver Medal | awards = Princess Royal Silver Medal <br />Innovate UK - Women in Innovation Award
| website =
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Upon completing her DPhil, Spranger founded the company Oxford Heartbeat in 2015. The medical device software company aims to bring life-saving technology into clinical practice and to offer every patient the highest standards of care.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oxford Heartbeat PreSize Neurovascular {{!}} Oxford Heartbeat |url=https://www.oxfordheartbeat.com/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.oxfordheartbeat.com |language=en}}</ref> Upon completing her DPhil, Spranger founded the company Oxford Heartbeat in 2015. The medical device software company aims to bring life-saving technology into clinical practice and to offer every patient the highest standards of care.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oxford Heartbeat PreSize Neurovascular {{!}} Oxford Heartbeat |url=https://www.oxfordheartbeat.com/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.oxfordheartbeat.com |language=en}}</ref>


In 2017, Spranger was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enterprise Fellowships - Awardees |url=https://enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk/programmes/enterprise-fellowships/awardees |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> With their backing and support, alongside grants from Innovate UK, the company developed their first product, PreSize Neurovascular: an AI-powered software that support clinicians in planning and performing neurovascular surgeries with implant devices. This software's predictions proved both accurate and reliable,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ngo |first=Ngoc T. |last2=Flottmann |first2=Fabian |last3=Iori |first3=Francesco |last4=Bonfanti |first4=Mirko |last5=Mandaltsi |first5=Aikaterini |last6=Fiehler |first6=Jens |last7=Bester |first7=Maxim |date=2023-10-08 |title=Virtual implantation of Derivo Embolization Devices using PreSize Neurovascular software: Accuracy evaluation and size selection comparison study |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15910199231202272 |journal=Interventional Neuroradiology |language=en |pages=15910199231202272 |doi=10.1177/15910199231202272 |issn=1591-0199}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Patankar |first=Tufail |last2=Madigan |first2=Jeremy |last3=Downer |first3=Jonathan |last4=Sonwalkar |first4=Hemant |last5=Cowley |first5=Peter |last6=Iori |first6=Francesco |date=2022-02-04 |title=How precise is PreSize Neurovascular? Accuracy evaluation of flow diverter deployed-length prediction |url=https://thejns.org/view/journals/j-neurosurg/137/4/article-p1072.xml |journal=Journal of Neurosurgery |language=EN |volume=137 |issue=4 |pages=1072–1080 |doi=10.3171/2021.12.JNS211687 |issn=1933-0693}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cherednychenko |first=Yurii V. |last2=Armonda |first2=Rocco A. |last3=Sirko |first3=Andrii H. |last4=Zorin |first4=Mykola O. |last5=Miroshnychenko |first5=Andrii Y. |last6=Perepelytsia |first6=Vadym A. |date=2023-09-27 |title=Лікування інтракраніальних аневризм із застосуванням флоу-диверторів нового покоління FRED X з антитромбогенним покриттям та системи доопераційного візуального моделювання PreSize Neurovascular: огляд літератури й аналіз власних клінічних спостережень |url=https://theunj.org/article/view/283904/281747 |journal=Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal |language=uk |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=43–57 |doi=10.25305/unj.283904 |issn=2663-9092}}</ref> highlighting its potential in improving the standard of practice.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rai |first=Ansaar T. |last2=Boo |first2=SoHyun |last3=Downer |first3=Jonathan |last4=DuPlessis |first4=Johannes |last5=Rautio |first5=Riitta |last6=Sinisalo |first6=Matias |last7=Pekkola |first7=Johanna |last8=Nascimento |first8=Vinicius Carraro do |last9=Given |first9=Curtis |last10=Patankar |first10=Tufail |date=2024-06-01 |title=High variability in physician estimations of flow-diverting stent deployment versus PreSize Neurovascular software simulation: a comparison study |url=https://jnis.bmj.com/content/16/6/559.abstract |journal=Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery |language=en |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=559–566 |doi=10.1136/jnis-2023-020527 |issn=1759-8478 |pmid=37355257}}</ref> In 2018, Oxford Heartbeat company was named “Best UK Healthcare startup” 2018 by WIRED magazine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Matt |title=These are the healthcare startups you need to know about |url=https://www.wired.com/story/best-healthcare-startups-wired-health-2018/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> In 2020, the company won the ''AI in Health and Care Award'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=AI in Health and Care Award winners |url=https://transform.england.nhs.uk/ai-lab/ai-lab-programmes/ai-health-and-care-award/ai-health-and-care-award-winners/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=NHS Transformation Directorate |language=en}}</ref> which funded the testing of PreSize Neurovascular across five different hostpitals in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search - NIHR Funding and Awards |url=https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/AI_AWARD01956 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk}}</ref> In 2017, Spranger was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enterprise Fellowships - Awardees |url=https://enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk/programmes/enterprise-fellowships/awardees |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=enterprisehub.raeng.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> With their backing and support, alongside grants from Innovate UK, the company developed their first product, PreSize Neurovascular: an AI-powered software that support clinicians in planning and performing neurovascular surgeries with implant devices. This software's predictions proved both accurate and reliable,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ngo |first=Ngoc T. |last2=Flottmann |first2=Fabian |last3=Iori |first3=Francesco |last4=Bonfanti |first4=Mirko |last5=Mandaltsi |first5=Aikaterini |last6=Fiehler |first6=Jens |last7=Bester |first7=Maxim |date=2023-10-08 |title=Virtual implantation of Derivo Embolization Devices using PreSize Neurovascular software: Accuracy evaluation and size selection comparison study |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15910199231202272 |journal=Interventional Neuroradiology |language=en |pages=15910199231202272 |doi=10.1177/15910199231202272 |issn=1591-0199}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Patankar |first=Tufail |last2=Madigan |first2=Jeremy |last3=Downer |first3=Jonathan |last4=Sonwalkar |first4=Hemant |last5=Cowley |first5=Peter |last6=Iori |first6=Francesco |date=2022-02-04 |title=How precise is PreSize Neurovascular? Accuracy evaluation of flow diverter deployed-length prediction |url=https://thejns.org/view/journals/j-neurosurg/137/4/article-p1072.xml |journal=Journal of Neurosurgery |language=EN |volume=137 |issue=4 |pages=1072–1080 |doi=10.3171/2021.12.JNS211687 |issn=1933-0693}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cherednychenko |first=Yurii V. |last2=Armonda |first2=Rocco A. |last3=Sirko |first3=Andrii H. |last4=Zorin |first4=Mykola O. |last5=Miroshnychenko |first5=Andrii Y. |last6=Perepelytsia |first6=Vadym A. |date=2023-09-27 |title=Лікування інтракраніальних аневризм із застосуванням флоу-диверторів нового покоління FRED X з антитромбогенним покриттям та системи доопераційного візуального моделювання PreSize Neurovascular: огляд літератури й аналіз власних клінічних спостережень |url=https://theunj.org/article/view/283904/281747 |journal=Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal |language=uk |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=43–57 |doi=10.25305/unj.283904 |issn=2663-9092}}</ref> highlighting its potential in improving the standard of practice.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rai |first=Ansaar T. |last2=Boo |first2=SoHyun |last3=Downer |first3=Jonathan |last4=DuPlessis |first4=Johannes |last5=Rautio |first5=Riitta |last6=Sinisalo |first6=Matias |last7=Pekkola |first7=Johanna |last8=Nascimento |first8=Vinicius Carraro do |last9=Given |first9=Curtis |last10=Patankar |first10=Tufail |date=2024-06-01 |title=High variability in physician estimations of flow-diverting stent deployment versus PreSize Neurovascular software simulation: a comparison study |url=https://jnis.bmj.com/content/16/6/559.abstract |journal=Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery |language=en |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=559–566 |doi=10.1136/jnis-2023-020527 |issn=1759-8478 |pmid=37355257}}</ref> In 2018, Oxford Heartbeat company was named “Best UK Healthcare startup” 2018 by WIRED magazine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Matt |title=These are the healthcare startups you need to know about |url=https://www.wired.com/story/best-healthcare-startups-wired-health-2018/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> In 2020, the company won the ] ''AI in Health and Care Award'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=AI in Health and Care Award winners |url=https://transform.england.nhs.uk/ai-lab/ai-lab-programmes/ai-health-and-care-award/ai-health-and-care-award-winners/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=NHS Transformation Directorate |language=en}}</ref> which funded the testing of PreSize Neurovascular across five different hostpitals in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search - NIHR Funding and Awards |url=https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/AI_AWARD01956 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk}}</ref>


== Awards == == Awards ==
In 2024, Spranger was awarded a Princess Royal Silver Medal by the ]. The award recognizes outstanding individual contributions of junior engineers that result in successful market exploitation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Princess Royal Silver Medal |url=https://raeng.org.uk/programmes-and-prizes/prizes/princess-royal-silver-medal |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=raeng.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> In the same year, Spranger was honoured with a Purple Plaque in recognition of her prestigious Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katerina Spranger - Women in Innovation 22/23 Bios - Innovate UK Business Connect |url=https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/projects/women-in-innovation/katerina-spranger/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Purple Plaque is unveiled in recognition of Dr Katerina Spranger's Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award |url=https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/a-purple-plaque-is-unveiled-in-recognition-of-dr-katerina-sprangers-innovate-uk-women-in-innovation-award |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.wadham.ox.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> The Purple Plaque is displayed at the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University. In 2024, Spranger was awarded a Princess Royal Silver Medal by the ]. The award recognizes outstanding individual contributions of junior engineers that result in successful market exploitation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Princess Royal Silver Medal |url=https://raeng.org.uk/programmes-and-prizes/prizes/princess-royal-silver-medal |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=raeng.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> In the same year, Spranger was honoured with a Purple Plaque in recognition of her prestigious Innovate UK - Women in Innovation Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katerina Spranger - Women in Innovation 22/23 Bios - Innovate UK Business Connect |url=https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/projects/women-in-innovation/katerina-spranger/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The Purple Plaque is displayed at the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Purple Plaque is unveiled in recognition of Dr Katerina Spranger's Innovate UK Women in Innovation Award |url=https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/a-purple-plaque-is-unveiled-in-recognition-of-dr-katerina-sprangers-innovate-uk-women-in-innovation-award |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.wadham.ox.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>


Spranger was included in the 2023 ‘Engineering Icons’ tube map, a joint initiative by ] and the Royal Academy of Engineering to honour the contributions of engineers in London, the UK and worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=TfL Community |date=2023-11-01 |title=Engineering Icons Tube Map |url=https://londonblog.tfl.gov.uk/2023/11/01/engineering-icons-tube-map/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Experience London blog |language=en-GB}}</ref> Spranger was named “Young Innovator of the Year 2013” at the Falling Walls Berlin - International Conference on Future Breakthrough in Science and Society.<ref name=":0" /> Spranger was included in the 2023 ‘Engineering Icons’ tube map, a joint initiative by ] and the Royal Academy of Engineering to honour the contributions of engineers in London, the UK and worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=TfL Community |date=2023-11-01 |title=Engineering Icons Tube Map |url=https://londonblog.tfl.gov.uk/2023/11/01/engineering-icons-tube-map/ |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Experience London blog |language=en-GB}}</ref> Spranger was named “Young Innovator of the Year 2013” at the Falling Walls Berlin - International Conference on Future Breakthrough in Science and Society.<ref name=":0" />

Revision as of 10:47, 13 January 2025

Katerina Spranger
BornUkraine
Alma materHumboldt University, Berlin; Oxford University, UK
Known forCEO of Oxford Heartbeat
AwardsPrincess Royal Silver Medal
Innovate UK - Women in Innovation Award
Scientific career
ThesisComputational modelling of vascular interventions: endovascular device deployment (2014)
Doctoral advisorProfessor Yiannis Ventikos
WebsiteOxford Heartbeat

Katerina Spranger, PhD, is a biomedical engineer, and the founder and CEO of Oxford Heartbeat, a medical software start-up that uses AI to increase the safety and accuracy of brain implant surgical interventions.

Early Life & Education

Spranger grew up in Odesa, on the Black Sea, in the south of Ukraine. She completed her BSc and MSc in Computer Science in 2009, at Humboldt University, Berlin, specialising in AI & Robotics with a minor in Business. Spranger then worked for the Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris, before deciding to pursue a career in healthcare. She completed her DPhil in Biomedical Engineering at Oxford University in 2014, under the supervision of Professor Yiannis Ventikos. In 2013, whilst still working on her DPhil, Spranger presented the idea behind Oxford Heartbeat at the annual Falling Walls Conference on Future Breakthroughs in Science and Society in Berlin and won the title “Young Innovator of the Year”.

Career & Impact

Upon completing her DPhil, Spranger founded the company Oxford Heartbeat in 2015. The medical device software company aims to bring life-saving technology into clinical practice and to offer every patient the highest standards of care.

In 2017, Spranger was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship. With their backing and support, alongside grants from Innovate UK, the company developed their first product, PreSize Neurovascular: an AI-powered software that support clinicians in planning and performing neurovascular surgeries with implant devices. This software's predictions proved both accurate and reliable, highlighting its potential in improving the standard of practice. In 2018, Oxford Heartbeat company was named “Best UK Healthcare startup” 2018 by WIRED magazine. In 2020, the company won the NHS AI in Health and Care Award, which funded the testing of PreSize Neurovascular across five different hostpitals in the UK.

Awards

In 2024, Spranger was awarded a Princess Royal Silver Medal by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The award recognizes outstanding individual contributions of junior engineers that result in successful market exploitation. In the same year, Spranger was honoured with a Purple Plaque in recognition of her prestigious Innovate UK - Women in Innovation Award. The Purple Plaque is displayed at the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University.

Spranger was included in the 2023 ‘Engineering Icons’ tube map, a joint initiative by Transport for London and the Royal Academy of Engineering to honour the contributions of engineers in London, the UK and worldwide. Spranger was named “Young Innovator of the Year 2013” at the Falling Walls Berlin - International Conference on Future Breakthrough in Science and Society.

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