Advisors, Coaches, and Clinical Partners
Harvard Medical School HealthTech Fellowship
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 the team, advisors, coaches, and clinical partners who help support this program.
The team
| Paola Abello Program Director Director of Innovation, Harvard Medical School^Therapeutics Initiative View LinkedIn Profile |
| Nancy Tam Assistant Director of Innovation, Harvard Medical School^Therapeutics Initiative View LinkedIn Profile |
| Marilu Santacruz Program Manager of Innovation, Harvard Medical School^Therapeutics Initiative View LinkedIn Profile |
Advisors
| Imran Eba Program Advisor Partner, Action Potential Venture Capital View LinkedIn Profile |
| Vanessa Gurie Program Advisor Head of Digital Urology APAC, Boston Scientific View LinkedIn Profile |
| Zach Malchano Program Advisor & Coach Founder and CEO, Gap Junction Labs View LinkedIn Profile |
| Benjamin Pless Program Advisor CEO, Pivotal Design Labs View LinkedIn Profile |
| Aaron Sandoski Program Advisor Managing Director, Norwich Ventures View LinkedIn Profile |
| Chris Stivers Program Advisor Vice President of Operations, inQB8 Medical Technologies View LinkedIn Profile |
| Conor Walsh, Ph.D. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| Krishna Yeshwant, MD Program Advisor Managing Partner, Google Ventures View LinkedIn Profile |
Coaches
| Annie Garofalo Team Development Leader Founder and CEO, Confidante View LinkedIn Profile |
| Zach Malchano Program Advisor & Coach Founder and CEO, Gap Junction Labs View LinkedIn Profile |
| Racquel Redwood Coach Staff Human Factors Engineer, Johnson & Johnson View LinkedIn Profile |
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 six weeks 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.
2025-2026 |
Center for Aging & Serious Illness at Massachusetts General Hospital |
2024-2025 |
Department of Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital |
2022-2023 |
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Mass Eye and Ear |
2021-2022 |
Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
2020-2021 |
Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at Massachusetts General Hospital |