Executive Management

Since 2019, Eric Schlorff has Chief Executive Officer of SeaStar Medical, responsible for the management, strategy, and operations of the company. He has extensive experience in financial planning and managing large, complex organizations and as well as deep knowledge of SeaStar Medical’s business operations, including the scientific basis, regulatory requirements and sales and marketing channels.

Prior to joining SeaStar Medical in 2016, Mr. Schlorff spent more than 20 years at Dow Chemical Company, serving in served in multiple role, including Global Director of Alternative Investments for the Dow Chemical Pension Plan, Global Finance Leader for Crop Protection & Seeds at Dow AgroSciences, Global Market Intelligence Leader at Dow AgroSciences, Global Financial Manager of Royalties at Dow Agrosciences, Senior Investment Manager of Alternative Investments at Dow Chemical Company, New Business Development of Pharmaceuticals at Dow Chemical Company, Global Financial Analyst within the New Businesses division at Dow Chemical Company, and Global Financial Analyst within Dow AgroSciences at Dow Chemical Company.

Mr. Schlorff has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biology from Mac Murray College, an M.S. in pharmacology from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and a master’s in business administration from University of Illinois Urbana-Champlain.

Dr. Kevin Chung, a renowned expert in burns, multi-organ support, and extracorporeal therapies, is Chief Medical Officer of SeaStar Medical where he is responsible for the strategy, direction, and execution of the company’s clinical development plans as the company develops and commercializes extracorporeal therapies.

Prior to joining SeaStar Medical, Dr. Chung served as professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, and professor of Surgery, at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief of the Department of Medicine at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Dr. Chung deployed as the Chief, Intensive Care Unit, for the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq 2008, and as Director, Joint Combat Casualty Research Team in Bagram, Afghanistan 2012.

He is a 1995 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a 1999 graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Dr. Chung has authored over 300 peer reviewed manuscripts, reviews, editorials, and book chapters, and has been an invited speaker for over 150 lectures internationally.

Caryl Baron brings a wealth of experience to her role as Finance Controller of SeaStar Medical. She is a senior level financial professional with core strengths in General Ledger oversight, strategic planning, project management, analysis and working through the growing pains of a new or evolving company. Caryl has worked for both large and small companies, public and private, providing leadership in building internal controls, implementing ERP systems, and working on M&A transactions. At SeaStar Medical she has built systems and control environment to support the company’s growth and overall public company-readiness in addition to reducing costs and managing the audit process with outside auditors. Caryl holds a BS, Accounting from University of Maryland.