Healthcare Entrepreneurship Forum

2024 Panels and speakers 

Welcome and introduction:

Pete McNerney and Katie Arnold 

Panel discussion:

Digital Health: Connecting with the Health Care Consumer
Featuring Jeff Bennett '00 MBA, CEO, Higi, Patty Riskind '97 MBA, CEO, Orbita, and Chris Michalak '98 MBA, CEO Virgin Pulse.  Moderated by Alison Cerny '24 MBA.

 

Panel discussion:

Balancing Entrepreneurship with Family and Financial Pressures

Featuring Morgan Clyburn Evans '16 MBA, CEO, Agitated Solutions, Harry Rowland, CEO, Endotronics, Inc., and Andrew Cittadine '98 MBA, COO, Monopar Therapeutics.  Moderated by Blair Matthews, JD Pritzker '22.

Panel discussion:

Biopharma: Precision Medicine

Treating the right patient with the right medicines.  Featuring Tassos Gianankakos, CEO, Prolaio & Former CEO, MyoKardia, Maneesh Arora '00 MBA, CEO, Elephas, and Kara Werner '17 MBA, VP Business Operations, Tempus.  Moderated by Pam Divak '24 MBA.

Panel discussion:

Building a Team and Creating the Right Culture

Featuring Ted Davis '97 MBA, CEO, BioTissue, Paul Edick, CEO, Xeris Pharmaceuticals, and Anna Lisa Somera, CEO, Rhaeos.  Moderated by Prashanth Somu '23 MBA.

Panel discussion:

MedTech: Challenges of Commercialization

Featuring Vince Wong '09 MBA, CCO, Geneoscopy, Todd Cruikshank, ‘17 MBA, GM, SIA (acquired by Integra LifeSciences), and Ariel Sutton '04 MBA, EVP, Imperative Care.  Moderated by Swarun Kulasekaran '23 MBA.

 

Panel discussion:

Exits: What is Right for Your Company and How to Prepare

Featuring Eric Larson, CEO, Tilla Holdings, Daniel Wolf, SVP Strategy & Corporate Development, Baxter International, and Peter Day '00 MBA, Global Group Head of Healthcare Investment Banking, Piper Sandler.  Moderated by Christie Keller '24 MBA.

Previous Healthcare Entrepreneurship Forums

2023

Welcome and introduction:

Pete McNerney and Katie Arnold 

Panel discussion:

Medtech - How best to engage with major medtech companies to source capital and achieve liquidity. Panelists include: Eric Stone, entrepreneur and manager of early-stage healthcare companies; Alexei Mlodinow, MD, Surgeon entrepreneur, co-founder/CEO of SIA acquired by Integra LifeSciences (Nasdaq: IART) in 2022, and co-founder of RapidRona acquired by DMH in 2021. Alexei was named one of Forbes’ “30 under 30” and Crain’s “20 in their 20s”. Moderator: Malavika Raju, Kellogg '23 

Workshop/panel discussion:

Starting a company - Key lessons learned in starting, staffing and scaling a company through the early stages of development. Panelists include: Arthur Holden, healthcare entrepreneur and investor in early-stage life science medical product companies; Andrew Cittadine, COO, Monopar Therapeutics, former CEO, Diagnostic Photonics & American BioOptics; Amit Gupta, Co-founder and CEO, Cardiosense. Moderator: Jonathan George, Kellogg '23. 

Workshop/panel discussion:

Biopharmaceuticals - Building and financing a biopharmaceutical company from early-stage to a liquidity event. Panelists include: Steven Elms, Managing Partner, Aisling Capital; Kent Hawryluk, Co-founder, President and CEO, MBX Biosciences; Daniel Camardo, CEO, Athersys. Moderator: Ivy Luo, Kellogg '23. 

Workshop/panel discussion:

Raising capital - How do you attract the interest of a venture capitalist? Panelists include: Nicole Walker, healthcare investor and former Managing Partner, Arboretum Ventures; Chris Ehrlich, CEO, Phoenix Biotech Acquisition Corp; Robert Garber, Partner at 7wireVentures. Moderator: Matt Bernard, Kellogg '23. 

Workshop/panel discussion:

Digital health - Discussion of the business models of early-stage companies that are achieving success in the marketplace. Panelists include: Varun Goyal, Co-founder and CEO, Illuminate Health; John Kuelper, Senior Managing Director and Head of Technology, Ascension Ventures; Kate Wolin, Partner, PACE Healthcare Capital, and Adjunct Lecturer, Kellogg School of Management. Moderator: Haley Stutts, Kellogg '23. 

Workshop/panel discussion:

Incubators/accelerators/mentors - How do entrepreneurs chose the best incubator or accelerator as a partner? Panelists include: Steve Collens, CEO, MATTER; Katie Maskel, Program Coordinator, MedTech, mHUB; Ritu Shah, Managing Director, Portal Innovations. Moderator: Rob Weiss, JD/MBA '22