Relieving Pain. Restoring Lives.

Daniel Bratbak
Co-founder & CEO
Daniel Bratbak is an associate professor and a senior consultant in neurosurgery at St. Olav Hospital. He has been conducting innovative research since 2012, focusing on developing minimally invasive procedures for treating pain conditions of the head. He is a serial entrepreneur with experience as CSO in international med tech companies. He co-founded and was first employee in Palion Medical, a company that was successfully acquired in 2022.

Erling Tronvik
Co-founder & Scientific Advisor
Erling Tronvik is a professor and a senior consultant in neurology. He leads the National Competence Center for Headaches, as well as the NorHead – Norwegian Centre for Headache Research. He is a serial entrepreneur, and co-founded Palion Medical which was successfully acquired in 2022.

Maarten Wigstøl
Chair
Maarten Wigstøl is a senior executive with 32 years of management experience in life-science, diagnostics and medical technology. He is also a professional board member, an investor, a co-founder and a consultant for various startup-companies in different fields.

David W. Dodick
Professor at Mayo Clinic, Arizona.
Past-president of the International Headache Society.
Past-president American Headache Society.
Past editor in chief of Cephalalgia.

Manjit Matharu
Professor at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UK.
Medical Advisory Board of the UK Trigeminal.
Neuralgia and Facial Pain Association.
We have been supported directly or through the Norwegian University of Science and Technology by:
