Medicine Chair, Singularity University
Stanford and Harvard trained Physician/Scientist and innovator over 25 years of clinical, research, biotechnology and entrepreneurial experience. Chair of Medicine at Singularity Univ. and founder of Exponential Medicine. Multiple publications and patents through faculty positions at Stanford Medical School and UCSF (clinical faculty: Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation).
Board Certified in Internal Medicine & Pediatrics (Harvard Combined Residency Program at MGH & Boston Children’s Hospital), and completed fellowships in hematology/oncology & bone marrow transplantation at Stanford. Post-doctoral research in laboratory of Dr. Irv Weissman followed by NIH funded faculty position at Stanford.
TED & TEDMED speaker with extensive teaching experience:
Chair of Medicine at Singularity University and Founding Executive Director and Chair of Exponential Medicine (formerly called FutureMed), a unique cross-disciplinary program which explores how rapidly advancing, convergent technologies can shape the future of healthcare. Advisor to several leading biomedical & digital health startups.
Inventor of the FDA approved ‘MarrowMiner’ medical device and founder of RegenMed Systems; a clinical stage medical device company developing tools to enable regenerative medicine.
Member of the Kaufman Fellows Society and member of the Inaugural (2015) class of the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship.
Specialties: Board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, BE in Hematology and Oncology.
-Extensive biomedical research experience primarily in the fields of immunology, stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Multiple publications including in Nature and Science
-Medical device innovation and development
-Digital Health related applications (founded ‘The Online Discount Medical Bookstore (acquired)), founder, IntelliMedicine.
-Aerospace Medicine (Air National Guard Officer & Flight Surgeon in F-15 and F-16 fighter squadrons), and published research with NASA