Innoved Institute has been in business since 2011, and was created to provide the medical education and training industries with products and services that allow these groups to focus on their objectives as opposed to details related to supplies and materials, staffing, and logistics. Innoved Institute’s team is made up of professionals with skill-sets for proactively increasing value on behalf of our clients.
Highlighted below are brief backgrounds for some of our senior leadership.
Our Executives
Gregory Paulos
Founder and President
Mr. Paulos has over 35 years’ experience working in medical education, medical training, and non- transplant tissue industries with the aim of improving patient centered outcomes. Mr. Paulos is the co-founder and former CEO for GenLife Institute, a privately held entity. He has also served as the Associate Division Director of Continuing Physician Education for the American Medical Association (AMA), as the Professional Education Officer for the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), and as the Vice President for Medical Education at Science Care. He has served as the CEO of Innoved Institute for 12 years, and he has served on several medical education related boards including 6 years on the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEHP).
Thomas Dawahare
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Dawahare has over 23 years experience in the healthcare industry, more than half of that concentrated on the medical education and medical training industries. He formerly served as the Manager for Professional Education at Science Care, where he played a key role in the realization of double digit EBITDA and revenue growth every year for the entirety of his tenure. As well, Mr. Dawahare has experience at the LifeLegacy Foundation, Inc. where served as the Director of Business Development, where he continued to produce significant results in revenue growth, client retention, new client acquisition and reduced client attrition. In his time at Science Care and LifeLegacy, Mr. Dawahare has been involved in the planning, development, and successful marketing of several high profile training facilities. Consequently he has worked with many of the world’s leading medical device companies where he has developed significant relationships and contacts within the industry. He has contributed to Innoved's success for 11 years first as the VP for Business Development and for the last 2 years as COO.
Professor Sebastian Cotofana
Medical Director
Sebastian Cotofana, M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., is recognized globally as the world’s leading anatomist in facial aesthetics. With extensive research and expertise, he's a sought-after speaker and influencer in aesthetic research worldwide. After medical studies in Munich, Germany, he pursued surgical training in Trauma Surgery before focusing on anatomic basic sciences and earning dual Ph.D. degrees in Medical Sciences and Anatomy.
Professor Cotofana commenced his exploration into anatomy as an Associate Professor of Anatomy at Ross University School of Medicine. His dedication to detailed anatomic research propelled him to New York's Albany Medical College in 2017. The Mayo Clinic of Medicine and Science in Rochester, Minnesota, recognized his exceptional contributions, granting him a Full Professorship in the esteemed Department of Clinical Anatomy in 2023. In addition to serving as Innoved’s Medical Director where he provides technical guidance, insight and training, he is also the CEO of Cotofana Anatomy, where he provides anatomic education to medical professionals worldwide.
Professor Cotofana also holds multiple honorary professorships at Queen Mary University in London, England, Pirogov University in Moscow, Russia, and in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, China. He also holds visiting professorships at the University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, and is an esteemed member of the Department of Dermatology at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and the Centre for Cutaneous Research at Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.
Professor Cotofana's contributions to scientific literature include over 250 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and online communications.