As part of the Founder Institute’s ongoing series of free online startup events for entrepreneurs worldwide, we were pleased to welcome a panel of leading health technology experts and mentors of the upcoming FI HealthTech Virtual 2022 accelerator on March 2nd for this live, interactive roundtable discussion on launching and building global healthtech companies:
Meet the Speakers:
- Jack Cochran, MD: Jack is the former Executive Director (CEO) of the Permanente Federation, the national leader for Kaiser Permanente’s 21,000 physicians in the care of 11 million patients. Modern Healthcare selected Dr. Cochran as one of the “50 Most Influential Physician Leaders in America" in 2009, 2010, and 2012. Today he is a strategic advisor to healthcare technology companies, coaches CEO’s, and is a professional speaker and author.
- Adam Schlifke, MD is a board-certified anesthesiologist and former medical director with fundamental business training highly motivated to improve healthcare delivery in the US through technology. He enjoys working in entrepreneurial environments that are focused on designing innovative solutions that are well integrated into the healthcare workflow, and loves to "disrupt" healthcare delivery with technology-enabled services.
- Uli Chettipally, MD is a physician, researcher, author, and innovator. He is the Founder and President of InnovatorMD and also founded Sirica Therapeutics, a robotics/VR device for autism. He built an award-winning Clinical Decision Support platform at Kaiser Permanente. His book, "Punish the Machine! The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare" is available on Amazon.
- James Mitchell, MD is a radiation Oncologist by training, having spent nearly a decade in the U.S. Air Force as Director of the Joint Radiation Oncology Center, and practicing radiation oncologist utilizing advanced technology including IMRT, IGRT, SBRT, VMAT, and SRS. He has more recently practiced in Pleasant Hill, CA and currently serves as Chief Medical Officer at Veris Health and VP of Digital Health at PAVmed. He is founder and past CEO at Redsmith and Oncodisc.
- Brian Ferguson, is the founder and CEO of Arena Labs, a company pioneering the field of High Performance Medicine with brings the science of world-class performance, creative mastery, and elite teams into modern medicine. Prior to founding Arena Labs, Brian spent a career in national security. He first worked in the Office of the Secretary of defense as a civilian in policy-making, and later joined the military and served in Naval Special Warfare as a SEAL Officer.
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