Meet Champaign Imaging

Champaign Imaging is advancing the technology of neuro MRI

Champaign was formally founded in 2015 to engage in the advancement of the rapidly evolving use of MRI for life-changing diagnostic imaging. Champaign Imaging has sought key collaborators at leading MRI imaging centers of excellence and the foremost coil design-manufacturer in the US to develop and test its new concepts in MRI diagnostics. Champaign’s founder Dr. Curt Corum’s ideas led first to focus on pediatric neuroimaging but envisions application across other patient populations.

Champaign Has a Strong History

Formally incorporated in 2015

Received 4 NIMH grants to date, totaling over $6 million for their technologies

Received Phase II research funding from NIMH August 2024 – focused on commercializing pediatric MRI neuroimaging

2 US patents now, with more patent filings pending

In-licensed a patent with U of Minnesota for additional IP

Awaiting the newest version of the coil to be placed initially with Champaign’s current US investigator site – the University of Iowa with more proposals in process

Currently building a highly qualified development team

Strong Advisory Board of leading MRI clinicians and industry experts

Our Founders

Curt Corum

Co-Founder & CEO

Curtis A. Corum, Ph.D. is President and Co-Founder of Champaign Imaging LLC. He graduated from San Jose State University in San Jose, California with a B.S. in Physics with concentration in Lasers and Optics, and then earned his M.S. degree with emphasis in Scientific Computation. He earned an M.S. in Optical Engineering at the University of Rochester, Institute of Optics, Rochester, NY while working for Lucid Technologies, a biomedical imaging startup. At Intel Corporation he helped the new digital imaging and display division come up to speed as as key imaging expert and member of agile product development teams as well as building up the division’s intellectual property portfolio. He returned to academic studies at the University of Arizona, Optical Sciences center, earning a Ph.D. in Optical Sciences, with thesis Research in Magnetic Resonance and Medical Imaging. Dr. Corum is co-inventor on 10 US and International patents in the areas of Medial Imaging and Optics.

Stephen Otto

VP, Business Development

With a bachelors in Biological Science and an MBA from Stanford University, Mr. Otto started his 40 year medical career in sales for the Coulter Corporation on the West Coast of the United States. After business school, he worked at General Electric’s Medical Systems in Business Development for Europe before being called back to Coulter to help them establish their subsidiary in Japan. Working in Japan for 25 years before returning to the States, he started 3 subsidiaries for Coulter, Meridian Instruments, and Elekta, running each of them. He also ran the Elekta Australia office for several years. In his final six years for Elekta he ran their magnetoencephalography (MEG) diagnostic imaging division, managing sales, marketing, customer service, regulatory, engineering, and outsourcing world-wide from his office in the United States. Mr. Otto is trilingual, fluent in German, Japanese, and his native English.

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