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James Hathorn, JD, MBA
CEO and Co-Founder

James Hathorn is a creative and resilient entrepreneur with a passion for uncomplicated solutions that address real healthcare problems. As the son and brother of two gastroenterologists, he is proud to lead ColoWrap towards its vision of safer, easier, and more effective colonoscopies. He currently holds 7+ patents related to innovation in the field of gastroenterology / endoscopy.

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David Lieberman, MD
Gastroenterolgist

Dr. David Lieberman—Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Department of Gastroenterology at Oregon Health & Science and the Portland VA Medical Center. Dr. Lieberman is the past president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and past president of the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA).

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Prateek Sharma, MD
Gastroenterolgist

Dr. Prateek Sharma—Professor of Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City. Dr. Sharma is also the past president of The International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE) and the former Chair of the World Endoscopy Organization.

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Sandi Fields, MD
Gastroenterolgist

Dr. Sandi Fields—Community Gastroenterologist for 13 years at Annie Penn Hospital. Dr.Fields is the former Chief of Staff of Annie Penn Hospital, and current member of the Cone Health Executive Council.

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Seth Gross, MD
Gastroenterolgist

Dr. Seth Gross—Chief of Gastroenterology at New York City, based NYU Langone Medical Center. Dr. Gross is also a former member of the American College of Gastroenterology Institute’s board of directors.

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Tony Kalloo, MD
Gastroenterologist, Advisory Board Chair

Dr. Anthony Kalloo (Chair)—Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University 2004-2020.

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James Hathorn, JD, MBA
CEO / Co-founder
James Hathorn is a creative and resilient entrepreneur with a passion for uncomplicated solutions that address real healthcare problems. As the son and brother of two gastroenterologists, he is proud to lead ColoWrap towards its vision of safer, easier, and more effective colonoscopies. He currently holds 15+ patents related to innovation in the field of gastroenterology / endoscopy. 
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Laurie Page BSN, RN, CAPA, CGRN
Clinical Account Manager

Laurie is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years of experience in different specialties, the last 10 years being concentrated in Endoscopy. Her previous role was managing a hospital-based Advanced Endoscopy Lab. She has first-hand experience with staff enduring musculoskeletal injury after giving manual abdominal pressure and repositioning patients during difficult colonoscopies. Laurie is dedicated to bringing the ColoWrap safety solution to the attention of GI physicians and nursing leadership.

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John Hathorn
John Hathorn, MBA
COO

John brings over 10 years of high-growth marketing and operational experience to ColoWrap. He previously held roles leading Sales Development, Marketing, and Operations teams at a number of venture capital backed and private equity owned software and technology companies. With two GI doctors in the family, John is passionate about solving the challenges associated with colonoscopy and looping—protecting patients, staff, and physicians along the way.

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Ryan Dalton
Digital Marketing Director

With over 20 years of marketing experience, Ryan has a breadth of experience that encompasses companies both large and small. After years in corporate marketing, Ryan developed a special affinity for the innovators and change makers in the entrepreneurial space who are solving real problems in our world today. With this passion for marketing life-changing products and services, Ryan is thrilled to help healthcare professionals understand the value that ColoWrap brings to their patients and staff.

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Dustin Bass
Sales Operations Manager

Dustin leads ColoWrap's Sales Operations team. With over 12 years in various go-to-market roles, he brings operational efficiency developed in more than eight years working in venture capital and private equity-backed growth-stage software and technology companies to the rapidly emerging healthcare technology space.

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Peyton Ali BSN, RN
Clinical Account Manager

Peyton comes to the team after her previous role as a bedside nurse. In her few years in healthcare, she quickly rose from being a tech to charge nurse on her unit. She has first hand experience with injury on the job and is ready to make healthcare a safer profession. She is looking forward to changing the culture of safety and determined to keep nursing staff free from injury in their workplace.

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Allison Eger BSN, RN, AMB-RN, CGRN
Clinical Consultant

Allison is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience across varied specialties. Most recently, she has worked with adult and pediatric GI patients within inpatient and outpatient settings. Her previous role was as a charge nurse in a newly opened hospital-based endoscopy/OR unit.  Allison found ColoWrap after an internet search, having personal experiences of fatigue, physical pain, and long hours in the procedure rooms due to manual abdominal pressure. Allison realizes the challenges staff are facing in Procedure Rooms and aims to collaboratively ease the strain. She hopes to serve as a resource to provide clinical and professional expertise as your unit embarks on this journey.  She is excited to join the team at ColoWrap and nurture new client relationships.

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Kennedy Frank BSN, RN
Account Executive

Kennedy has a clinical background working in the hospital as a Registered Nurse. In her previous role, she has worked as a staff nurse, tech, and charge nurse. After working bedside for a number of years, she suffered from pain and fatigue. Kennedy joined ColoWrap’s team to be a part of the solution that increases safety and comfort for staff, patients, and physicians. She is passionate about bettering the culture of safety within the healthcare industry.

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Denny Dumais BSN, RN
Clinical Consultant

Denny is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience. Serving her local community hospital in various specialties, she has spent the last eight years working in the endoscopy unit, where she developed a proficiency in teaching and improving processes. Seeking to help other endoscopy staff in creating a more safe and satisfying environment to work in, Denny joins ColoWrap as a Clinical Consultant. Her goal is to help ColoWrap have a presence in all endoscopy units. She believes that decreasing the need for manual pressure and patient repositioning will increase staff safety and satisfaction, allowing for better care of the GI patient and a healthier workplace. She is thrilled to join the team at ColoWrap and looks forward to helping your unit become a safer place for both patients and staff alike.

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Tony Kalloo, MD
Gastroenterologist, Advisory Board Chair
CHAIRMAN, DEPT. OF MEDICINE AT MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER

 

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Seth Gross, MD
Gastroenterologist
 
NYU LANGONE HEALTH

 

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Sandi Fields, MD
Gastroenterologist
 
CONE HEALTH

 

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David Lieberman, MD
Gastroenterologist
 
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

 

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A Passion for Staff and Patient Safety

Gastroenterologist, Dr. Marybeth Spanarkel, is the co-founder of and senior medical advisor to ColoWrap.  In this video, she discusses how the physical demands of manual compression and repositioning contributed to a career-ending injury.  It was this injury that served as additional motivation for her to develop a colonoscopy compression device that is far safer and effective than the current status quo of today.

Who We Are

ColoWrap, LLC is a medical device company that has developed the ColoWrap Anti-Looping Abdominal Compression Device, the only available solution to effectively address looping during colonoscopy. The Company was founded by Dr. Marybeth Spanarkel and healthcare entrepreneur James Hathorn, and the team includes doctors, scientists, engineers, and business professionals all dedicated to improving the safety of colonoscopy for patients and healthcare providers. 

What We Believe

We believe that colonoscopy saves lives and remains the best way to prevent colon cancer. We believe that the current methods for mitigating looping during colonoscopy are ineffective and unsafe, and expose patients and healthcare providers to unnecessary risk of harm. We believe that anything that can be done to improve colonoscopy will translate into more lives saved. Our mission is to make colonoscopy safer for patients and healthcare providers by eliminating the need for manual pressure and patient repositioning to address looping during colonoscopy.

Our Core Values

We are CURIOUS:

  • We're always seeking to understand the WHY; We walk in our customer's shoes.

We are RESOURCEFUL:

  • We find a way. The only barriers are the ones we set for ourselves.

We are ACCOUNTABLE:

  • We say what we’ll do, do what we say.

We are DETAIL-ORIENTED:

  • One small detail can make the difference between a marginal and a fantastic outcome for our customers, partners, and team.

We are DATA-DRIVEN:

  • Trust but verify, intuition has value but data empowers. When in doubt, quantify.

We are CUSTOMER-CENTRIC:

  • Everything we do firstly prioritizes helping customers achieve their goals; ultimately improving patient care.

We are TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED:

  • We embrace technology to achieve efficiency.  We automate the small stuff and focus on the big picture.