Our story
Hi-D Imaging was incorporated in 2019 by Dr. Utku Gulan and Dr. Özge Karakas, colleagues at ETH at the time, to revolutionize medical image processing for cardiology. While conducting their postdoctoral research, the scientists decided to take a step forward to have a direct impact on the patients.
The name Hi-D /haɪ-di/ Imaging is originated from three meanings: representing our Swiss roots (the Swiss name, Heidi) where we offer high-resolution medical image processing results with Swiss precision, it is a nod to high dimensional (4-D) nature of our technology and speaks for a meaning of “come on let’s do this” (“haydi”) in the Turkish language, representing the energy, motivation, and resilience of the Hi-D Imaging team.
Our ultimate goal is to improve the operational outcomes by revolutionizing pre-operational planning in cardiology. We position ourselves as the world’s leading company in cardiac image analysis and aim to improve the workflows in medical centers all around the world.
Best in our field
The success lies in the multi-disciplinary nature of the approach, combining state-of-the-art technologies such as fluid dynamics, computer vision, machine learning, 3D printing, and in-vitro imaging.
We are a multidisciplinary family. Our team is a great fusion of engineers, experimentalists, data analysts, and clinicians. We love what we do and dream to bring our novel technology to as many people as possible all around the world.
Leadership team
Dr. Utku Gülan
Co-founder, CEO
Management & Technology
Dr. Özge Karakaş
Co-founder, COO
Operations & Management
Prof. Dr. Stefan Toggweiler
Board Member
Clinical affairs
Laurent Grandidier
Board Member
Business Development
Urs Christen
Board Member
Business Development and Sales
Edwin Timmer
Board Observer
Sales and Marketing
Advisory team
Dr. Maurizio Taramasso
Clinical Advisor
Interventional cardiology
Prof. Dr. Moritz Wyler
Clinical Advisor
Interventional cardiology
Prof. Dr. Ronak Rajani
Clinical Advisor
Interventional cardiology
Product and Quality team
André Douverny
Product Design and Development Lead
Product Development
Anton Mohler
Machine Learning Engineer
Medical Image Processing
Vidhya Lakshmanan
Requirements and Quality Engineer
Quality & Data
Ziya Imamoglu
Deep Learning Engineer
Deep Learning, Computer Vision
Micha Bischofberger
Software Testing and Quality Engineer
Machine Learning, Computer Vision