Mouna Esmaeilzadeh

Mouna Esmaeilzadeh
Mouna Esmaeilzadeh,Ph.D., CEO of SciLife Clinic
Born (1980-04-15) April 15, 1980
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Swedish/Iranian
Alma mater Karolinska Institutet (M.D, Ph.D.)
Occupation Physician, neuroscientist and entrepreneur

Mouna Esmaeilzadeh (Persian: مونا اسماعیل زاده‎; born April 15, 1980) is a medical doctor, neuroscientist, entrepreneur and TV personality. She has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stockholm Brain Institute[1] at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.[2] Esmaeilzadeh is a thought leader within longevity and the future of healthcare , promoting digitalization and the use of modern technology such as artificial intelligence and genetics. She is a frequent guest on Swedish TV covering science and technology.

Biography

Mouna Esmaeilzadeh was born in Tehran and moved to Stockholm, Sweden with her family at the age of three. Her older brother is serial entrepreneur, business executive and chemistry professor Saeid Esmaeilzadeh. Esmaeilzadeh began her academic career studying philosophy at Stockholm University and received her master’s degree at University of Oslo. She went on to study medicine at Karolinska Institutet receiving her medical license in 2005 and her Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2011 specializing in PET-imaging and the dopamine system in the brain.[3] Her thesis was written at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet and had the title of "Towards a novel treatment of Huntington's Disease".[4] Esmaeilzadeh began her entrepreneurial carrier in 2009, founding SciLife Clinic, which she exited in December 2016.

Entrepreneurship

Esmaeilzadeh founded SciLife Clinic in 2009, an internationally renowned longevity clinic with a pioneering and unique concept using the latest science and technology to prevent diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer. She has gained international acknowledgement for being the first physician integrating genetic analyses as part of advanced health check-ups on her patients, including world famous artists, athletes and business leaders.[5][6][7] Esmaeilzadeh has been the doctor and personal advisor to the Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang and Swedish business icon Anders Wall.[8]

At the clinic, she had an experienced scientific advisory board consisting of leading physicians and professors including Professor Alf A. Lindberg, former secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine,[7] international expert in epigenetics Dr. Lars Olov Bygren [9] as well as immunotechnology Professor and former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Lund University Carl Borrebaeck.[10]

Thought leadership

Esmaeilzadeh has been an authority within the field of preventive healthcare, specializing in longevity and promoting a paradigm shift from the current reactive system to a proactive focus, from treating diseases to start preventing them . She has during the last decade been pushing for creating a paradigm shift within healthcare, promoting digitalization and the use of modern technology such as artificial intelligence and genetics for patients, to prevent diseases and increase healthy years of life. Her work has been covered in international media[ and she has been cited in medical publications on the subject

Public speaker and TV personality

Esmaeilzadeh is an appreciated inspirational public speaker. She is also a recurring guest at Swedish national TV4 Nyhetsmorgon speaking about popular science, where she covers topics within her field of expertise such as longevity, artificial intelligence, future of healthcare, genetics and epigenetics, as well as other hot scientific topics.[11][12][13]

Honors and achievements

Esmaeilzadeh was named “Entrepreneur of the Month” in October 2013 by the entrepreneurial network Founders Alliance with the following motivation: "To live a long and healthy life is probably everyone's dream. Mouna Esmaeilzadeh, founder of SciLife Clinic, is strongly convinced that this is possible. With her background as a physician and a neuroscientist, she started SciLife Clinic in Stockholm in 2009".[14]

In 2014, she was interviewed about her life in the podcast series "Framgångsresor" (Successful Journeys), a collaboration between SIME, northern Europes largest digital conference[15][16] and airline Norwegian Air Shuttle.[17]

During her academia years, she also held philosophy courses for scientists and physicians at Karolinska Institutet, teaching seminars in medical ethics, logic and epistemology.[18]

A gifted singer, Esmaeilzadeh has sung with famous Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.[19]

Academic publications

Esmaeilzadeh has co-authored eight different medical publications covering the area of neuroscience:[20]

  • Extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptor binding in Huntington’s disease (2010)
  • Regional cerebral glucose metabolism following pridopidine (ACR16) treatment in patients with Huntington’s disease (2011)
  • A PET study investigating the effects of ACR325 on [11C]raclopride and [11C]SCH23390 binding in human brain (2011)
  • Seeking brain biomarkers for preventive therapy in Huntington disease (2010)
  • Endogenous competition against binding of [18F]DMFP and [18F]fallypride to dopamine D2/3 receptors in brain of living mouse (2009)
  • PET translates neurophysiology into images: A review to stimulate a network between neuroimaging and basic research (2010)
  • Brain glucose hypometabolism in a subject carrying an unstable allele of intermediate CAG33 repeat length in the Huntington disease gene (2011)
  • Does neuroleptic treatment worsen the progression in HD? (2011)

References

  1. ↑ Stockholm Brain Institute
  2. ↑ Magasinet Läkaren: "Att förekomma döden"
  3. ↑ "Magasinet Läkaren 1/2013". Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  4. ↑ Mouna Esmaeilzadeh:"Towards a novel treatment of Huntington's Disease"
  5. ↑ "Can this woman help you live forever?". N by Norwegian. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  6. ↑ "Med livet som affärsidé". Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  7. ↑ "Can this woman help you live forever? Dr Mouna Esmaeilzadeh, the founder of pioneering preventative healthcare clinic SciLife, believes that the majority of us can prevent deaths from cancer, stroke and heart disease".
  8. ↑ Askåker, Jenny. "Du blir aldrig för frisk för en hälsokontroll". Insikt - en tidning från Carnegie Private Banking. Retrieved http://www.carnegie.se/privatbank/provlas-insikt/. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  9. ↑ Cloud, John (January 6, 2010). "Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny". Time Magazine.
  10. ↑ Borrebaeck, Carl. "Lunds Universitet".
  11. ↑ "Här är roboten som kan ta över läkares jobb - Nyhetsmorgon (TV4)".
  12. ↑ "Klippa ut gener - och byta till andra? Ny metod kan bota sjukdomar - Nyhetsmorgon (TV4)".
  13. ↑ ""De som föds i dag kan bli 150 år" - Nyhetsmorgon (TV4)".
  14. ↑ Founders Alliance - Månadens Entreprenör oktober 2013 Archived 2015-06-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ Norwegian and SIME launch pod
  16. ↑ About SIME
  17. ↑ Från livet i Iran till döden i Sverige
  18. ↑ Magasinet Läkaren: Att förekomma döden
  19. ↑ Resultat: Företag för evigt liv
  20. ↑ Mouna Esmaeilzadeh: "Towards a novel treatment of Huntington's Disease
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