David S. Moddrelle SRS
Director of Surgical Research Services
As Envol Biomedicals Senior Director for Surgical Services, David Moddrelle SRS has over 40 years of experience in laboratory animal research with 35 years focused on performing surgical procedures and surgical model development. He is certified through the Academy of Surgical Research in Surgical Research and whose work settings include the military, medical device, academia and multiple species CRO’s. His positions as Principal Surgeon and Senior Surgical Scientist have given him a wide range of surgical experiences which include, but are not limited to, the neural, cardio thoracic, abdominal, orthopedic and vascular arenas. As the primary surgeon he has been involved with surgical model development for implantation of novel telemetry devices, model neural and CNS delivery methods (IT ICV, ICM) including MRI guided neural dosing of various vectors and compounds, and developed port catheter models for access of various vasculature and organs.
He regularly speaks at conferences and has presented at such venues as the Mini Pig Research Forum, AALAS, Safety Pharmacology Society, and the Academy of Surgical Research. Dave was awarded the 2018 C. W. Hall Outstanding Publication Award, Academy of Surgical Research, Journal of Investigative Surgery, for his work with biotinylated dextran amin neural tracers tracking from the motor cortex to the lower hind limb following a T10 hemi-compression of the spinal cord in the African Green monkey.