Volunteer Mentors

Name Title Area of expertise
Bob Scharf Director at Praxis Center Marketing and sales in industrial products, entrepreneurship
Bonni Dutcher Former Director, Medical Affairs, Strategist at Bayer Pharmaceuticals Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Drug Development
Bryan Chen Founder and principal, BYC consulting Digital health; chronic disease management; startup scaling up
Chiraag Bhadana Associate Director, Marketing, Apellis Pharma Pharma Marketing, Strategy
Dan Cohen Serial biotech entrepreneur Entrepreneurship; Medical device, industrial equipment
Dave Eilers Adjunct faculty Syracuse University; EIR at LaunchNY Entrepreneurship; medical device and innovative healthcare delivery
David Anderson CEO, Cambridge Orthopaedic Labs Medical devices; entrepreneurship
David Fishbach Founder and Principal at Excel Executive Business Advisors Enterprise software; clinical trials; operations
David Pritchard Serial biotech entrepreneur  Pharma and biotech; senior management coaching
Eric Liu Executive Director at Index Capital Medtech and Biotech VC, Chinese market
Frederic Barken, MD Family Medicine practitioner; General Parnter at Bartrip Realty Internal medicine
Gary Grossfeld, MD Urologic Oncologist; VP Physician enterprise Cayuga Medical Center Pharma and biotech; oncology assets; physician groups
Isaac Wolf Project Manager, Sanfi Project Management; Process Engineering; Fermentation and Purification
Jessica Flechtner Consultant, former CSO of Genocea Biosciences Vaccine and cell therapy; immunology; early stage company building
Kevin Love Co-founder, EnterX Biosciences Pharma and biotech; Business Development and Operations
Lou Walcer Former Director, Center for Life Science Ventures Therapeutics and medical Device; new product development
Melissa Musiker Six Mile Creek Strategy Communication Strategy
Michel Kliot Neurosurgeon and Clinical Professor; startup co-founder  Neurology; Early-stage investment
Pam Silverstein Entrepreneur in Residence and Board Member, Life Changing Labs Technology; new ventures
Paul Martin Bluewater Technical Leadership Healthcare technology; entrepreneurship
Rob Canizares Ex-President, MSA International Entrepreneurship; General Management
Robert Honneffer Former Executive Vice President, Global Operations of Osteotech Medical devices; operations
Sheila Hemami Senior Director, Triple Rings Early stage prototyping and engineering