Physicians As Entrepreneurs: Making the Leap and Making it Work

Physicians 2.0 NYC Has Begun!

Thanks to Steve Merahn, MD's leadership we have our first event that is focused on Physicians, by Physicians, and for Physicians. Last year we kicked things off with Shark Tank to drive innovation. I am happy to say, Innovation is rampant in NYC. One area that could use more development is the Physician Perspective on Innovation, so Physicians 2.0 was born.

Thank You Steve for Taking this ball and running with it!

-Alex Fair

Organizer Health 2.0 NYC (http://www.health20nyc.com), Founder FairCareMD, (http://www.faircaremd.com/doctors_tour)

Co-Founder DoctorsFirstAssociation.org (http://www.dr1st.org/), Co-Founder Convergent Medical Technologies (http://www.mpads.com)

Physicians as Entrepreneurs

This Event focused on helping physicians understand and explore the world of innovation and entrepreneurship, and is designed to help healthcare professionals who are currently considering, or want to know more about, being more entrepreneurial in their professionals life. Being an entrepreneur is not just about creating new technology, but about taking risks and initiative outside the established boundaries -- physicians entrepreneurs can focus on products, systems and services, or even create 'mashups' between their personal interests and hobbies and their professional lives.

For this Meetup, we have assembled three experienced physician-entrepreneurs who have balanced more 'traditional' medical careers with commitments to innovation and entrepreneurship. They will share some of their experiences learning and managing the opportunities and challenges of working in these worlds, and lead an interactive discussion with the audience.

Come to this Meetup if you consider yourself an entrepreneur in any way, or if you want to establish yourself as one...

NEW PANELIST!

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Melinda Thomas is currently the inaugural Entrepreneur in Residence for New York City. She works to build up the hard science ecosystem in New York by connecting resources and providing one on one mentoring to aspiring scientific entrepreneurs. Previous to this she was VP, Operations at CardioDx, where she took the company from day one through first product launch, with responsibility for all non-research functions. CardioDx develops and commercializes molecular based diagnostics for cardiovascular disease. It is funded by Kleiner Perkins, TPG, and MDV. Prior to CardioDx, she was the first employee and VP, Operations at ParAllele Biosciences, a high through-put genotyping and SNP discovery company. It was acquired in 2005 by Affymetrix. ParAllele was funded by Versant Ventures and MDV. Melinda holds a B.S. from U.C. Berkeley and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Her career out of HBS started with Molecular Dynamics/Amersham Pharmacia where she ran the manufacturing organization.

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Peter W. Henderson, MD MBA Surgeon; Chief Research Fellow, Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College CEO, New Healthcare Enterprises http://www.newhealthcareenterprises.com/

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Steven Merahn, MD Chief Medical Officer, PDR Network; Principal, Amity Health, LLC (http://www.amityhealth.com); Founder De-ID Data Corp (http://www.de-idata.com); Founder, Clinical Performance Solutions (http://www.clinicalperformancesolutions.com); Former VP Clinical Technology Products, Elsevier.

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/1/6/4/event_88384452.jpegEdward Shin, MD Board-Certified internist, fmr director of content development at Healthology (now a part of iVillage/NBC Universal); joined Gerson Lehrman Group in 2001, led the healthcare team to the #1 Institutional Investor ranking for independent healthcare research (2004). More recently, Ed co-founded Healogica, a web-based clinical trial matching company that sold its assets to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

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Dr. Susan Biali, M.D.,
Health & Happiness Expert, Life Coach, Speaker & Flamenco Dancer

Author of Live a Life You Love: 7 Steps to a Healthier, Happier, More Passionate You

Dr. Biali has spent over 20 years studying health, happiness, nutrition, psychology and self-development. Today, she dedicates this extensive knowledge and experience to helping patients take back their life and health and enjoy a more fulfilling life than they ever imagined possible. See more at http://www.susanbiali.com

Agenda:

6:00 - 6:20 Meet, Greet and Tweet (Hashtag #H2NYC)

6:25 - 7:30 Speaker Introductions and Presentations

7:35 - 7:45 Intermission

7:45 - 8:45 Interactive Discussion on Physician Entrepreneurship

8:45 - 11 PM - After event and Networking at McKeown's Irish Bar & Grill

After Event

Networking and Social Hour at McKeown's 1303 3rd Avenue Manhattan, NY 10021

Who Should Come

While the event is targeted to Physicians, all are welcome as well.

Thank you for your interest and support of the Physicians 2.0 movement.

You can also watch this event and others at http://www.livestream.com/health20nyc and older ones at http://www.livestream.com/faircaremd

Best Regards,

Steven Merahn, MD