BOSTON (May 21, 2024)—Adrian Blake, the CEO and President of UNMC startup, Precision Syringe, was named a Director to the Board of the Harvard Alumni Association.

Precision Syringe was founded on an invention developed by former UNMC pediatric ophthalmologist Donny Suh, MD. The technology is a syringe that can be easily used to inject or withdraw fluids. Dr. Suh’s invention was inspired by the challenges associated with treating children patients who required therapeutic injections in their eyes.

The injections required the help of a nurse and accurate dosing that was sometimes difficult to achieve safely. Dr. Suh’s solution solved those issues and is the cornerstone product of the Omaha company.

A early prototype of Precision Syringe, a one-handed syringe invented and developed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Precision Syringe was recently awarded a prototyping grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development.

Blake graduated from Harvard in 1988 and went on to earn an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Harvard Gazette reports that “the board probes the quality of Harvard’s programs and…provides counsel to the University’s leadership on priorities, plans, and strategic initiatives.”