Advisors, Coaches, and Clinical Partners

Harvard Medical School HealthTech Fellowship at the Center for Primary Care

 

Geographically, Harvard triangulates between thriving startup culture in Kendall Square, the epicenter of venture capital in Boston and booming bioscience business in Waltham and Weston, perfectly positioning fellows for an invaluable 10-month experience. It also means some of the world’s top innovators are right here in our own backyard. Meet our advisors, coaches, and clinical partners.

 

Advisors

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Paola Abello
Program Director
Director of Innovation, Harvard Medical School
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Imran Eba
Program Advisor
Partner, Action Potential Venture Capital
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Vanessa

Vanessa Gurie
Program Advisor
Co-Founder and CEO, I-Ophthalmology
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Zach Malchano
Program Advisor
President, Cognito Therapeutics
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Benjamin Pless
Program Advisor
CEO, Pivotal Design Labs
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Aaron Sandoski
Program Advisor
Managing Director, Norwich Ventures
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Chris

Chris Stivers
Program Advisor
Entrepreneur In Residence, inQB8 Medical Technologies
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Conor Walsh, Ph.D.
Program Advisor
Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
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Krishna Yeshwant, MD
Program Advisor
Partner, Google Ventures
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 Coaches

Clinical Partners

Each year, the HealthTech Fellows begin their 10-month journey at the problem-finding phase by conducting observations and identifying hundreds of unmet healthcare needs at a clinical partner site hosted at a Harvard-affiliated hospital. For two months of this clinical immersion, the team works alongside world-class physicians, generates a list of unfiltered needs, and finds opportunities to build creative collaborations to advance healthcare innovation within the clinical setting.

 

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Mass Eye and Ear

 

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Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Clinical Partner: 
Thor Sundt, MD

 

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Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Clinical Partners: Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD, PhD, and Gerard Doherty, MD

 

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