Adam Wilson
Chief of Staff, UnitedHealthcare Operations
Mentors
XLerateHealth’ s 300+ mentors represent a broad network of experts across payers, hospital systems, clinicians, investors, serial entrepreneurs, and academia who guide our startups in developing smart, sustainable business models.
Experts are identified for their deep knowledge in lean startup techniques and domain expertise in key areas of healthcare commercialization, including the regulatory approval process, reimbursement strategy, intellectual property, HIPAA compliance, life science and med tech, digital health and telemedicine, healthcare operations, and sales/channel strategy.
Are you interested in becoming an XLerateHealth Mentor? Apply now!
Al Lewis
CEO of Quizzify & Co-founder, Validation Institute
Alan Ezrin, PhD
CEO & Co-founder NXDevelopment Corp
Albert Di Rienzo, PhD
Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer, One Health Group
Alex Frommeyer
Founder & CEO, Beam Dental
Ali Choucair, MD
Neuro-Oncologist, Norton Neuroscience Institute
Alice Shade, MHA
Health Center Advisor, Healthstat
Alicia Kelley, MBA, CAN
COO, Signature Advantage ISNP
Alli Truttman, MA, CPT
President & CEO, Wicked Sheets
Alyssa Kerns, MBA, MSN
Reimbursement Specialist, Humana
Aman Bhandari, PhD
VP, Data Science, Data Strategy & Solutions, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Amber Nigam
CEO & Co-Founder, Basys.ai
Amy Baxter, MD
CEO & Chief Medical Officer, Pain Care Labs
Andrew Renda, MD, MPH
Assoc. VP Population Health, Humana
Andrew Sykes
CEO & Founder, Habits At Work
Avik Ray, MD, MS
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Brigham & Women's Hospital
Ayoosh Pareek
Orthopedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery
Baldassare Pipitone, DO
Managing Member, FortesMed Consulting
Ben Murcek, DO, FAOCO
ENT/Physician, Northern Ohio Medical Specialists
Bill Dawson
Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Renew Recovery
Bill Massey, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Vikor Scientific
Bill Santulli, MHA
COO, Advocate Aurora Health
Bob Saunders
General Partner, OCA Ventures
Brian Brohman
CEO & Co-founder, NX Prenatal
Brian Doheny, FACHE
Payer and Provider Senior Executive
Brian Holzer, MD, MBA
CEO, Lacuna Health
Brian Laden, PhD
President & COO, Appello Pharmaceuticals
Brian Norris, RN-BC, MBA
Executive VP, Population Health, Our Health
Brian Raney, MS
Founder, Awesome Inc
Bruce Gingles
Vice President, Cook Medical
Carla Dearing
Partner, Velo Group
Carlos Rodarte
Founder & Managing Director, Volar Health
Carol McCall, FSA, MAAA
Chief Health Analytics Officer, ClosedLoop.ai
Cedric Francois, MD, PhD
Co-founder & CEO, Apellis Pharmaceuticals
Charles Beckman, MBA
VP, National Network Operations, Humana
Charles Christ, PhD
President, C2 Consulting
Chiara Bell, JD
CEO & Founder, Careticker
Chris Hogg, MBA
Data Scientist & Serial Startup C-level Executive
Christopher Rand, PhD
Managing Director, Tri-Star Health Partners
Craig Russell
Healthcare Executive, Serial Entrepreneur, Growth Officer
Cristian Liu, MBA
Head of Strategy & Partnership Solutions, Health Business Development, Google
Dallas Carroll, CPA, MBA
Healthcare Consultant
David Bjork
Founder & CEO, Commonwealth Health Advisors
David Burianek, MBA
President, nFuzion Health
David Dlugo
Senior Engineer, US WorldMeds
David Edelman
CEO & Co-founder, Diabetes Daily
David Kennedy
VP Product Management, Lifelines Neuro
David Kil
Chief Data Scientist, CivitasLearning
David Phelps
President & CEO, CreoSalus
David W. Nagle, Jr.
Registered Patent Attorney, Stites & Harbison PLLC
David Willbrand, JD
Chair, Early Stage & Emerging Company Practice, Thompson Hine
Dean Katsiyiannis, MBA
President & CEO Hamilton Jones, Global Business Connections
Debbie Barber, CRNA, DNP
Owner, Triple Crown Anesthesia
Debra Chanda
Strategic Advisor, Launch120
Divya Patil
Engineering Tech Development Specialist, University of Michigan Center For Entrepreneurship
Ed Ikeguchi, MD
Board Certified, Urologist & CEO, AiCure
Elisa Maldonado-Holmertz
Member Board of Directors, FDA Medical Device Industry Coalition & Director Regulatory & Quality, Entvantage Diagnostics
Elizabeth Rounsavall
Partner, Rounsavall Investments
Emily Alva
Corporate Board Member, Amneal
Eugene Bajorinas
VP Operations, Novian Health
Eugene Krentsel, PhD
CSO & VP Of Strategic Partnerships & Alliances, XLerateHealth
Evan McClure, MD, MBA
Principal, ZRG Partners
Eve Phillips
Group Product Manager, Google
Galen Powers
CEO, AdaptivEndo
Grace Simrall
Chief Of Civic Innovation & Technology, Louisville Metro Government
Greg Langdon
Angel Investor & Startup Advisor
Greg Matthews
Founder & Principal, HealthQuant
Gregory Murdock
Partner & Angel Investor, Saunders Murdock
Henry Kuehn, MBA
Advisor & Medical Device Professional
Holly Symonds Clark, PhD
Deputy Director, Office of Technology Transfer, University of Louisville
J Pegues
Managing Director, Huron
Jacalyn Scribner, MBA, PMP
Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Momentivate Health Innovation Labs
Jack Lord, MD
Chairman, Dexcom
Jackie Willmot, RN, MSN, MBA
CEO & Co-founder, XLerateHealth
Jacqueline L. Wood, RN
Strategic Healthcare Operations Executive, PwC
Jake Miller, MBA
Founder & CEO Toggle Health
Jan Bruce
CEO & Co-founder, MeQuilibrium
Jay Yarlagadda, MD, MBA
General Partner, ATOMS VC
Jerrod Helms
Head of Sales, Ginger
Jin Lee, PhD
Digital Health Advisor, Neuropsychologist, Investor
Jitin Asnaani, MBA
Head of Partnerships, PatientPing
Joe Steier, MBA, EdD
President & CEO, Signature HealthCARE
Joel Coleman, MBA, BSME
Serial Entrepreneur
John Laughlin
Director of Partnerships, Near The Box
Jorge Serrano
Growth Manager, EnjAnalytics
Julia Aebersold, PhD
Micro/Nano Technology Center Cleanroom Manager, University Of Louisville
Kapil Parakh, MD, MPH, PhD
Chair, Innovation Advisory Group, American College of Cardiology, Medical Lead, Google Fit
Karen Handmaker
Principal, 4sight Health
Kathy Weaver, RN
Sr. Director, Clinical Systems, WellCare Health Plans
Kelly Rakowski, MHA
Group President & COO, Strategic Talent Solutions
Kerry Byler, MBA
CFO, Private Equity, Venture Capital
Kevin McCurren
Commercialization Program Director, Michigan State University, Innovation Center
Kim Spalding
Vice President & CFO, Venture First
Kristi Slack Leisinger, MBA
CEO, Copperleaf Consulting
Kyle Meetze, MBA
COO, Safi Biosolutions
Larry Blandford, PharmD
EVP of Customer Solutions at Precision Medicine Group
Leatrice Ford, RN, BSN, CCS
CEO, ConsultCare Partners
Lee Phillips
Co-founder & Board Director, Digital Health Institute for Transformation
Lindsey Anna, MPH
Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor, USAID, Bureau For Food Security
Lisa Bajorinas, MBA
Startup Advisor
Lynn Cooper
President & CEO, BFW
Mandy Wilson Decker, JD
Member, IP Attorney, Stites & Harbison PLLC
Marianne Hutti, PhD, ARNP
Nurse Practitioner Professor, UofL Grad School Of Nursing
Mark Arizmendi, MBA
Managing Partner, Northwestern Capital Partners
Mark Crane
VP Business Development, Venture First
Mark Gehring
EVP & CTO, ImageMover
Marty Bonick, MHA, FACHE
CEO, Ardent Health Services
Mary Auge
Director, Business Development, XLerateHealth
Mary Tapolsky, PhD
Assistant Director, External Programs, Forcht Center for Entrepreneurship
Melea East, BBA, JD
Owner, Oriane Solutions
Mert Iseri
CEO & Co-founder, Swipesense
Michael Fannon
President & Founder, BioIT Solutions
Michael Fisher
Managing Director, Kirchner Group & former Sr Managing Director, GE Capital & GE "Healthymagination Fund"
Michael Marvin, MD, FACS
CMO & Co-founder, Pronia Medical Systems
Michael O’Neil
Partner, Radial Theory
Michael Russman, CPA, MBA
SVP Consumer & Business Banking, US Bank
Mike Easley
Chief Information Officer, American SeniorCommunities
Ming Fang
Vice President, Redmile Group
Mohamed Gahnoog
SVP, Business Solutions, Bank Of America
Myong Lee
Co-founder & COO, Clever Care Health Plan
Natalie Thurston, RN, MBA, CPHQ
Payer Reimbursement Specialist
Nathan Sundheimer
Program Manager, Health & Lead, US Healthcare Partnerships, Plug and Play Tech Center
Nick Hamilton-Cotter
Development & Strategic Alliances, Medical Technology & Practice Patterns Institute
Nick Sarantis, MS, ATC
System Director of Digital Health, Baptist Health
Niki Kennedy, MD
Section Chief, Medical Informatics Officer, Henry Ford Health System
Pascal Deschatelets, PhD
COO & Co-founder, Apellis Pharmaceuticals
Paul Moses
Director, Business Development, Purdue Research Foundation
Paul Puopolo
EVP of Innovation, DFW
Pradeep Padmanabhan, MD
Pediatric Emergeny Medicine
Pranita Dharmadhikari
CEO, Innocelf, LLC
R. Edwin Spitzmiller, DO
Medical Director, NICU; Chair Dept of Pediatrics; Associate Chief Medical Officer
Ramsey Baghdadi
Co-Founder, Prevision Policy, Editor, The RPM Report
Raymond Vennare
Chairman & CEO, Cvergenx
Richard Heller, MD, MBA
VP Clinical Services & Ntl Dir of Pediatric Radiology, Radiology Partners
Richard Marchase, PHD
Managing Director, Kirchner Group & former VP for Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Rodney Samaan, MD, MPH
Founder, ProgressiveMD
Ruth Voor
Co-founder & Board Member, Vivorte
Sandeep Pulim, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Bluestream Health
Sanjay Jain, MD
Board Certified Gastrotenterologist,Southend Gastroenterology Associates Hepatologist
Sean O’Leary, MBA
Founder & CEO, Edj Analytics
Sebastian Alvim
Co-founder & COO, MyNurse
Sharmila Makhija, MD, MBA
Professor & Chair, Dept OB/GYN & Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Health System
Sophia Brown
Founder, SIS Informatics
Stephen C. Hanson, MPH
Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Stephen Carrithers, PhD
VP of R&D, Co-founder, Sequela & Lagrange Scientific
Stephen Hall, JD
Member & Life Science Patent Attorney, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP
Steve Clareen
VP & GM Value Brands, Envista
Steve Huey, MBA
CEO & Founder, TYP64
Stuart Williams, PhD
Director, Bioficial Organs Program, University Of Louisville
Sukhwant Khanuja, PhD
CEO, Blipcare
Suzanne Bergmeister, MBA, MSEE
EIR & Assoc Dir Forcht Center for Entrepreneurship
Ted Smith, PhD
Assoc Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Envirome Institute
Ted Steinbock, MD
Partner & Investor, Ridley Capital Group
Tendai Charasika, MBA
CEO, SuperFanU
Terry Wright
Registered Patent Attorney, Stites & Harbison PLLC
Thane Kreiner, PhD
Bio Tech Executive
Timothy Peck
Executive Portfolio Director of Health
Tom Granatir
Senior VP, Health Policy & Strategic Partnerships, American Board Of Medical Specialties
Tony Schy
Chair & CEO Advisor, Vistage Worldwide
Troy Koch, PharmD, MBA
Director, Account Medical Lead, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Vaughn Keller, EdD, MFT
President, Keller & Associates
Viji Evers, MBA
VP, Cloud Migration & App Modernization, Humana
Vik Chadha
Founder & CEO, Scalable Ventures
Ward Sparacio
CEO, Sweet River Trading Company
Wei Wu, JD
Patent and Trademark Attorney, Grable Martin Fulton PLLP
Wil Yu
COO, CHHP
Yuri Malina
Co-founder & VP Of Product, SwipeSense
