Jennifer Chu
M.D.
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Jennifer Chu Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Diagnosis and management of back, neck and muscle pain with eToims state-of-the-art technology
- Career Focus
- CEO and Principal
- Affiliation
- eToims Medical Technology LLC
Jennifer Chu, M.D., is CEO and Principal of eToims® Soft Tissue Comfort Center and eToims® Medical Technology LLC, (eToims® medical device manufacturing company). She is an Emeritus Associate Professor in the Department of Physicalr Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pennsylvania, where she has been on faculty for over 30 years. The present state-of-the-art eToims®, is a continuation of the trajectory that began in 1990 and evolved from the fusion of medical acupuncture, electromyography & nerve conduction diagnostics, and applied anatomy & neurophysiology.
She authored many peer-reviewed publications including a textbook entitled "Electrodiagnosis: An Anatomical and Clinical Approach.” Not only is she an active member of numerous prestigious national medical societies, she was awarded honorary membership in the European Society of Physical Medicine andr Rehabilitation. She holds four issued patents, plus three pending patents, for the purpose of providing soft tissue comfort. Her initial patents involved various needling devices for mechanical and electrical elicitation of twitches at trigger points. The pending patents involve the revolutionary noninvasive eToims® which has helped many patients to significantly improve their quality of life since 2005.
Jennifer Chu, M.D. is involved in various medical and professional organizations. She is also the President of the Alumni Myanmar Institutes ofr Medicine Association, a nonprofit organization to alleviate poverty in Myanmar. Her patients funded Pain-free International Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit organization to promote knowledge of eToims® in myofascial pain and fibromyalgia management. She retired from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006 and continues to teach residents in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Hospital ofrnthe University of Pennsylvania on topics ofrnelectrodiagnostic and neuromuscular medicine.
Dr. Jennifer Chu's ProfileAssociate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.
Director: Electrodiagnosticr Medicine(1977-206); Penn Soft Tissue Comfort Center (2004-2006)
Board Certification: Physical Medicine andr Rehabilitation (1979).
Active fellowships: American Association ofr Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (1980); American Academy of Pain Management (1991)
Residency: Physical Medicine andr Rehabilitation, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1977)
Post Graduate Training: Electrodiagnosticr Medicine, University of Uppsala, Sweden (1982)
Educational Background: MD, Institute of Medicine2, Yangon, Myanmar (1971)
Special Interests: Automated and electrical twitch-obtaining intramuscular stimulation, electrodiagnostic medicine, quantitative electromyography, soft tissue, myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia pain, acute and chronic refractory neuropathic pain, medico-legal diagnostic and treatment aspects of soft tissue, myofascial and fibromyalgia pain.
Honors and awards: Honorary member of (1) European Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2) Belgian Society ofr Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Mission Statement
It is our mission torndevelop and implement leading neuromuscular pain solutions for individuals suffering from acute and chronic nerve-related muscle pain. We are committed to developing efficacious treatments and advanced technologies of the highest caliber, and believe that it is our social responsibility to spread our neuromuscular pain advancements tornindividuals suffering from nerve related pain around the world. Wernbelieve that fulfilling our mission will result in health improvement for our customers, in addition to growth for our partners, suppliers, and shareholders.
Contacting Jennifer Chu
eToims® Soft Tissue Comfort Center
3401 Market St., Suite 135
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3315
P: (215) 387- 0550
F: (215) 387- 0556
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About us
eToims® Medical Technology, LLC is a private health care technology firm focused on providing advanced neuromuscular pain rehabilitation through the application ofrnproprietary and patented Electrical Twitch Obtaining Intramuscularr Stimulation (eToims®).
The company, founded inrnmid-2006, developed non-invasive eToims® following a trajectory ofrneToims®-related neuromuscular pain research that began in 1990 byr Jennifer Chu, M.D. at the Department of Physical Medicine andr Rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Chu
holds the position of CEO and is responsible for guiding the strategic
vision for eToims®, while Dr. Chu's son, Justin Andrews, a former
investment analyst at NY-based global hedge fund Indus Capitalr
Partners, serves as Managing Director. Mr. Andrews was previously
responsible for more tha
US$300 million of health care and consumer
investments in Asia, Japan, and Europe and authored the eToims®
business plan in 2003 while a sophomore at the University of Southe
Califo
ia.
eToims® Medical Technology, LLC is fully
funded by the Chu family, which left political turmoil in Rangoon,
Burma during the mid-1970s. Dr. Chu's connection with the University
of Pennsylvania stemmed from her physician father's association withr
UPe
's renowned Chairman of Surgery Isidore S. Ravdin, M.D., duringr
World War II while Ravdin was at the 20th General Hospital in ther
China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater.
eToims® Soft Tissue Comfort Center, LLC is engaged in spreading the eToims® treatment and technology developed by eToims® Medicalr Technology, LLC through partnerships with physical therapy and other pain care centers around the world. Joint ventures with physical therapy outfits are typically located in Fitness Centers, Health Spas, and other entities that have sizable populations of cash-paying customers with neuromuscular pain-related issues. eToims® Massages are superior to traditional massages and other forms of pain care asrneToims® is able to painlessly mobilize deep tissues from within, while traditional massage effects only reach surface muscles.
Other highlights
eToims® News:
August 2008: eToims® Medical Technology, LLC forms its Scientific Advisoryr
Board consisting of a distinguished group of national and internationalrnphysicians. eToims® is expected to receive European regulatory clearance within
the next 1-2 months and 510(k) FDA approval thereafter. There are more than 100,000rnpotential eToims practitioners in the U.S. alone, including physical
therapists, rehabilitation medicine physicians, chiropractors, and other pain
clinicians.
August 2008: eToims® Medical Technology, LLC is selected to present at ther
AdvaMed Advanced Medical Technology Conference in Washington, DC
in September 2008 (http://www.advamed2008.com/).
AdvaMed is the industry's largest association. Advamed member companies
produce 90% of the U.S.
health care technology industry's $75 billion annual purchase power.
August 2008: Study published in the August 2008 issue of the Jou
alrnof Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology on the safety and
efficacy of eToims® Twitch Relief Method and ET 127 device used in management
of nearly 100 patients with chronic refractory myofascial pain.
May 2008: eToims® Medical Technology, LLC receives recognition as one of the
top 3 Emerging Growth Biotechnology Companies of 2008 from Benjamin Franklinr
Technology Partners of Pennsylvania and Entrepreneurs Forum of Greaterr
Philadelphia (http://www.benfranklinawards.org/index2008.swf).