Management Bios

Jeff Ferguson

Jeffrey Ferguson
President & CEO

Jeffrey Ferguson is the President and CEO of Sentient Medical Systems. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Ferguson has accumulated 22 years of experience in the healthcare industry, holding credible senior executive positions for respectable companies including Erickson Retirement Communities, Marriott Senior Living Services, and HCR- Manorcare, Inc. to name a few.

Mr. Ferguson’s background has equipped him with the knowledge and expertise needed to uphold our reputation for providing quality intraoperative monitoring services to the doctors and facilities we serve. Furthermore, under Mr. Ferguson’s direction, Sentient will have the tools necessary for further growth, giving the company the opportunity to strive for excellence as the largest intraoperative monitoring company in the country.

 

HR Director

Elizabeth H. Beall
Director, Human Resources

Elizabeth H. Beall is the Director of Human Resources at Sentient Medical Systems.  Prior to joining the company, Ms. Beall accumulated over 15 years of experience in positions of increasing leadership responsibility with a unique background in start-up companies, education/entertainment, finance, and consulting for both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.  She has held the position of Director of Human Resources at Connections Academy, The Maryland Zoological Society, and held both the title of HR Director and Senior Vice President at the Adams County National Bank.  Furthermore, she was also a Principal Owner and Senior Consultant for Starkey, Beall, and Company.  Ms. Beall demonstrates strong skills and experience in establishing Human Resources functions through identifying strategic organizational needs, complimented by excellent communication and problem solving skills. 

Ms. Beall’s goal with Sentient is to create a Human Resources function that serves as a strategic partner in Sentient’s growth.  Her focus is to lead the Human Resources team in creating programs, policies and procedures that will assist Sentient in becoming an employer-of-choice in not only its industry, but also in the communities in which it serves.

 

Robert Cox

Robert Cox, Ph.D.
Director, Sentient Education Institute

Director of the SEI, Robert Cox, Ph.D., heads the facility. Prior to joining Sentient Medical Systems Dr. Cox was on the faculty at The University of California at Davis, where he taught, conducted research, and was involved in the University’s intraoperative monitoring (IOM) program.  Dr. Cox has many years of teaching and clinical experience which ensures that Sentient’s content and approach to education and training are comparable to that offered at the University level.

Dr. Robert Cox graduated from the University of Maryland with a M.S. degree in physiology and biochemistry.  He holds a doctorate in human anatomy and neuroanatomy from George Washington University, School of Medicine, located in Washington, D.C.  His research experience includes neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, biochemistry, and neurodiagnostics. Dr. Cox’s teaching experience includes courses taught at George Washington University Medical School, George Mason University, University of California at Davis, and Northern Virginia Community College. His  background in intraoperative monitoring includes deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor, evoked potentials (SEP, TcMEP, BAER), sEMG, tEMG, spinal degeneration, spinal deformities, cranial nerves, cortical mapping and stimulation, ERG, EEG,  TCD, and carotid endarterectomies. Dr. Cox’s research interests include IOM for prostatectomies, the use of the F-wave during spinal surgery, and the vestibulospinal tract. Dr. Cox is CNIM board certified and has published articles in several peer-reviewed journals.

 

Andrew Masetti

Andrew Masetti
Senior Vice President and CFO

Andrew Masetti is the Chief Financial Officer of Sentient Medical Systems. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Masetti had 13 years of experience in the healthcare industry, holding the position of Chief Financial Officer at Marriott Senior Living Services, Amisys Synertech Inc., and Diagnostek, Inc. He was also the Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer for Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. Furthermore, he has held financial management positions throughout a 15-year career with General Electric Company as well as Lockheed Martin and Harte Hanks Response Management. Andy’s business goal is to utilize his experience, knowledge, and leadership skills to assist the management team in achieving company operating and profitability targets while maintaining a strong finance and compliance infrastructure. He has strong communication and analytical skills and leverages these talents to achieve business objectives.

Andy’s goal with Sentient is to help build a business infrastructure that will support our anticipated dramatic growth. He would like to ensure that finance provides timely, accurate, and user friendly reports. He wants Sentient to be a world class leader in cash management and collections, maintaining a strong sense of stewardship of the company’s assets. Andy strives to work with management to grow a customer-centric culture while maintaining a bottom line focus. His strategy is to work hard, deal with problems fast, win and celebrate success, and have fun all the while.

 

Stephen Oppenheimer

Stephen Oppenheimer, MD, Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Stephen Oppenheimer, Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Advanced Testing Group with Sentient Medical Systems, is a graduate of the Universities of Oxford and London. He holds doctorates in Neurophysiology and Medicine and is trained in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Neurology.  Dr. Oppenheimer joined Sentient Medical Systems in November, 2005. Prior to that, he was the founding Director of the Stroke Program and the Director of the Neurocardiology Laboratories at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (Baltimore, MD). Dr. Oppenheimer held professorial appointments in Neuroscience, Neurology, and Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University as well as the New Jersey Neurosciences Institute and the University of Western Ontario. He is internationally recognized for his basic and clinical research on stroke and neural control of the heart. In addition, he has published nearly 200 scientific articles, and co-authored a book, Stroke Medicine, with Professors Martin Brown and Hugh Markus.  

Dr. Oppenheimer sits on the Editorial Board of Cerebrovascular Disease and European Neurology and reviews for 20 other major international journals. He has chaired and/or participated in review committees for the NIH, American Heart Association, the Welcome Foundation (UK) and Swiss and Canadian Governmental Medical Research Agencies. Dr. Oppenheimer has received national and international awards for his Neuroscience research and has been a visiting Professor at several Universities.  

Dr. Stephen Oppenheimer’s knowledge and prior experience has proven to be an asset to Sentient Medical Systems, contributing to the growth and innovation of our surgical monitoring services.

Alexander Razumovsky

Alexander Razumovsky, Ph.D.
Sentient NeuroCare Services Director

Dr. Alexander Razumovsky, Sentient NeuroCare Services Director with Sentient Medical Systems, is a graduate of the Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia (Former USSR)). He holds a masters degree in Biophysics and a doctorate in Neurophysiology. Dr. Razumovsky joined Sentient Medical Systems in September, 2002. Prior to that, he worked at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (Baltimore, MD) where he was the founding Director of the Neurocirculatory Physiology Laboratory. In addition, he held professorial and research appointments in Anesthesiology and Neurology. 

Dr. Razumovsky is internationally recognized for his basic and clinical research on Pathophysiology of Cerebral Blood Flow. Furthermore, he has published nearly 50 scientific articles in peer reviewed journals, numerous book chapters, and has been invited to write review articles. Dr. Razumovsky sits on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Neuroimaging.   Simultaneously, he is also a member of the American Heart Association, the European Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics, the Neurosonology Research Group of the World Federation of Neurology, and the International Cerebral Hemodynamics Society. In 2004, Dr. Razumovsky received the John & Sophia Prockop Memorial Lectureship Award for the best paper published in the Journal of Neuroimaging. 

Dr. Alexander Razumovsky’s knowledge and prior experience has proven to be an asset to Sentient Medical Systems and Sentient NeuroCare Services, contributing to the growth and innovation of our surgical monitoring and diagnostic services.