Thomas Tu

Interventional cardiologist and chief medical officer

Inari Medical

Biography

Dr Thomas Tu is an interventional cardiologist and chief medical officer of Inari Medical. He was trained in Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Vascular Intervention, and Structural Heart Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Most recently, he was the Cath Lab director and leader of the Pulmonary Embolism, complex PCI, and TAVR programs at Baptist Health Louisville. Dr Tu helped develop the early phase technology that allowed Inari Medical to optimise patient outcomes. He also served as the presenter for the FLARE IDE trial of the Inari FlowTriever Retrieval/Aspiration System. This study led to FDA 510 (k) clearance for treatment of pulmonary embolism, the first thrombectomy device cleared for that indication.