Company leader
Paul Leeson
Academic Founder
Ultromics
Paul Leeson is professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Oxford and academic founder of Ultromics, the Oxford, England, company that makes EchoGo AI for heart ultrasound. He founded the Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility, where the research behind Ultromics began.
Medicine at Cambridge
He studied medicine at the University of Cambridge on a combined MB and PhD program. He then trained as a cardiologist in Cambridge, London, and Oxford.
Research at Oxford
In 2009 he established the Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility, and his work has centered on imaging, computer modelling, and AI in cardiovascular research and care. Research he led there produced the intellectual property behind Ultromics, including the echocardiography algorithm he developed with his doctoral student Ross Upton.
Co-founding Ultromics
Ultromics spun out of Oxford in 2017 with him as its academic founder. He sits on its board as a non-executive director.
Advising on Health Innovation
He is a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. He also sits on the funding panel of the National Institute for Health and Care Research's Invention for Innovation program, and serves on the UK Biobank imaging advisory board.