New European team to streamline digital pathology solutions

2023/12/08
  • Hamamatsu Photonics Europe

As Hamamatsu Photonics continuously aims to provide the most personalized digital solutions to laboratories across Europe, we decided to evolve our current support infrastructure with a new business unit. The new specialized NanoZoomer Digital Pathology (NDP) business unit will allow us to:

 

• Understand regional customer needs better,

• Accelerate product development,

• Deliver market-leading quality, service, and reliability. 

 

By centralizing key functions, we can make decisions faster and collaborate more seamlessly to push the boundaries of what's possible in digital pathology hardware, software, and beyond – ultimately translating to quicker results for patients.

 

Led by Dr. Mohammed Jay Abdin, HPEU Digital Pathology Solutions Sales Manager, the team will formulate strategies tailored to local customer needs while also streamlining global partnerships.

 

"There is a rapidly growing demand in Europe for standardized digital pathology workflows in hospitals and pharma," said Dr. Abdin. "We want to meet this demand while navigating varied regulations and requirements across different countries."

 

To balance large, localized deployments with multi-national opportunities, the team will leverage best practices around flexibility, quality, service, and reliability - areas where Hamamatsu has a proven track record. The goal is to remove any complexity for customers by offering customized solutions for individual use cases.

"Despite diverse customer needs, we are confident we can consistently exceed expectations," Dr. Abdin continued. "Backed by Hamamatsu’s unmatched expertise and experience in digital pathology, we feel well-prepared to fuel regional growth through focus and agility."

The team includes Emmanuel Pirson in the role of NDP Business Development Manager. He will utilize Hamamatsu's latest regional insights and product roadmaps to support global distribution partners and local European partners in promoting digital pathology solutions.

 

"By centralizing coordination with our valued channel partners, we can equip them with the assets and market knowledge to best position Hamamatsu's differentiated digital pathology offerings with laboratories in their territories," commented Mr. Pirson.

Supporting partners globally

The team includes Emmanuel Pirson in the role of NDP Business Development Manager. He will utilize Hamamatsu's latest regional insights and product roadmaps to support global distribution partners and local European partners in promoting digital pathology solutions.

 

"By centralizing coordination with our valued channel partners, we can equip them with the assets and market knowledge to best position Hamamatsu's differentiated digital pathology offerings with laboratories in their territories," commented Mr. Pirson.

Driving product innovation

Dr. Callum Arthurs joins the team as NDP Product Manager, responsible for shaping Hamamatsu's integrated hardware and software roadmap to meet market requirements.

 

"I'll be working closely with our global technical teams to map out the next generation of the NanoZoomer platform" commented Dr. Arthurs. "Whether it’s increased imaging throughput, seamless workflow integration, or harnessing the latest advances in AI-powered analysis provided by our partners - we plan to stay ahead of the curve."

 

By closely linking regional market insights with Hamamatsu's renowned technical capabilities in Japan, Dr. Arthurs will help accelerate the development of cutting-edge yet practical solutions for the European pathology community.

Interoperability of the digital pathology solutions

Finally, the HPEU team is completed by our Informatics Specialist, Richard Preston, who brings over a decade of digital pathology integration expertise. Richard helps lead efforts to ensure seamless interoperability between Hamamatsu's solutions and those of our partners and customers.

 

He also continues to enhance Hamamatsu's DICOM imaging connectivity solution which has become an industry benchmark. Richard's depth of understanding of leading healthcare IT systems from his previous medical solution roles has proven invaluable as Hamamatsu pushes the boundaries of integrated digital pathology.

 

Hamamatsu Photonics' investment in this new European digital pathology team underscores our commitment to accelerating innovation through strategic alignment, delivering integrated solutions tailored to regional markets, and providing best-in-class service and support capabilities to laboratories across Europe.