About Xialla
Xialla was founded in 2019 with a mission to solve the venous leak problem that contributes to 75% of erectile dysfunction cases.
Before Xialla, men with venous leak had limited treatment options. The Xialla constriction ring is a unique, scientifically validated FDA class II wearable device specifically designed to address ED issues related to venous leak.
Xialla products are manufactured with care and attention to detail, to provide the ultimate in functionality and satisfaction.
Xialla operates at the highest level of medical integrity. Our products undergo rigorous peer-reviewed clinical trials that are published in leading medical journals, so you can trust their efficacy.
Xialla's focus on excellence and integrity has earned us the highest customer rating in the ED device product category.
Nigel Shaw | MBA
Founder, CEO and Inventor
President
Robyn Jarvis, BA
Robyn Shaw is a visionary leader who unites creative excellence with sharp business strategy. Holding a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, she spent thirteen years doubling as a working painter and fitness coach before channeling her artistic eye and disciplined creativity into entrepreneurship.
In 2017 she founded BODZii, building it from a small nutrition-coaching side project into a seven-figure online coaching company that helps busy women achieve sustainable weight loss through integrated fitness, nutrition, business mindset, and lifestyle design. As CEO, Robyn led all aspects of marketing, brand development, client experience, and team growth—skills she now brings to Xialla to accelerate product innovation, customer engagement, and scalable growth.
Her rare combination of fine-art training, proven marketing instincts, and hands-on leadership experience makes her uniquely equipped to expand Xialla’s reach while staying true to its mission of delivering simple, effective solutions for men’s health. Passionate, decisive, and relentlessly solution-oriented, Robyn is driving Xialla into its next chapter with the same energy and creativity that built BODZii.
Medical Team
Anthony Bella | MD, FRCSC
Dr. Bella is a urological surgeon, researcher and educator. He is the Greta and John Hansen Chair in Men's Health Research, one of only four globally and the first in Canada, Assistant Professor of Urology and Director of Basic Urologic Research at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and Associate Scientist (Neuroscience) at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Dr. Bella was accepted to medical school at McMaster University, and after completing his studies trained in General Surgery at McMaster followed by Urological Surgery at University of Western Ontario.
Dr. Bella then completed a combined research and clinical fellowship under Dr. Tom F. Lue at the University of California San Francisco; he was the first American Foundation for Urologic Disease Robert J. Krane Scholar, received a California Urology Foundation Award for stem cell research, and was named the American Urologic Association Foundation Outstanding Graduate Scholar while at UCSF.
Dean Elterman | MD, MSc, FRCSC
Dr. Elterman completed his medical degree followed by residency in urologic surgery at the University of Toronto. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 2011. Dr. Elterman completed a two-year fellowship in Voiding Dysfunction, Neuro-Urology, Female Urology and Pelvic Reconstruction at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
Dr. Elterman has worked in the areas of men’s health and survivorship at the Iris Cantor Men’s Health Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College and at the University of Toronto. He is the Medical Director of the Prostate Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic at Princess Margaret Hospital Cancer Centre.
He completed his Masters degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences.
Faysal Yafi | MD, FRCSC
Dr. Yafi is Associate Professor of Urology, Chief of the Division Men’s Health and Reconstructive Urology, Director of Men’s Health and Newport Urology and co-Director of the Eric S. Wisenbaugh GURS Fellowship in Male Reconstructive and Prosthetic Urology at the University of California, Irvine. His practice is specialized in men’s health, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, Peyronie’s disease, prosthetic surgery, male voiding dysfunction/enlarged prostate and male infertility.
Dr. Yafi earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut. He then served his internship in General Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and subsequently completed his residency in Urology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He then completed a two year fellowship in Andrology, Sexual Medicine and Prosthetic Urology at Tulane University. Dr. Yafi is certified by the American Board of Urology and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada.
Dr. Yafi serves on numerous national and international society committees as both member and chair.
Advisory Board
Dane Bedward
Dane Bedward is CEO of NBot Inc., a global commercialization advisory group with experience in a number of biopharmaceutical and medical device product categories.
Philippe Mancini
Philippe Mancini, MSc CPA, has 25 years of financial and business management experience. He is currently a senior business consultant at Inno-Centre Montreal. Previously he was a senior manager at both KPMG and E&Y.
Daniel Nahon
Daniel is a highly accomplished Medical Device Business Development and Marketing Executive and Engineer with over 27 years of medical experience. |
