About Healthbox
Healthbox, a HIMSS Innovation Company and healthcare advisory firm, drives innovation from the inside and out, helping organizations build internal innovation programs, assess the potential of employee-led projects, and look to the market to find solutions to implement or invest in.
Our History
Healthbox launched in 2010 as one of the world’s first healthcare-focused accelerators. In partnership with leading healthcare organizations, we set out with the goal of supporting entrepreneurial innovation to drive the industry forward. Through our work, we recognized that innovation must be embraced on a larger scale across the industry to truly empower the reinvention of healthcare. In 2014, Healthbox launched advisory services to help organizations develop their own innovative strategies and programs to support exponential improvements in the service and delivery of care. Healthbox advisement has enabled transformative results, including the commercial launches of caregiver-led projects, pioneering the first sustainable and longest-running innovation program partnership, and delivering actionable strategies that continue to produce lasting impact. Since March 2018, Healthbox has been a part of HIMSS, the worldwide leader enabling the promise of better health through information and technology. Together, we are empowering the reinvention of healthcare on a global scale.Our Team
Neil Patel
Neil Patel | President, Healthbox & EVP, HIMSS | neil@healthbox.com
Neil is responsible for leading the Healthbox mission to empower the reinvention of healthcare through innovation consulting and fund management services. Neil was named President of Healthbox in 2016 and led the company to an acquisition by HIMSS, the global leader in transforming health through information and technology, in 2018. Prior to joining Healthbox, Neil worked at The Chartis Group, where he developed long-range strategic plans for children’s hospitals, integrated delivery networks, and academic medical centers. Neil started his career at Sg2 in a technology evaluation and consulting role, focusing on surgical services, operations, and enterprise strategic planning. Neil holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA with concentrations in finance, healthcare, and entrepreneurship from The Kellogg School of Management.
Neil Patel
President, Healthbox & EVP, HIMSS
Jessica Baker
Jessica Baker | Associate, Innovation Consulting | jbaker@healthbox.com
Jessica supports Healthbox’s innovation consulting engagements. Prior to Healthbox, Jessica worked with the Midwest Chapter for the American College of Healthcare Executives (MCACHE) while completing her degree. She served as social media coordinator as well as communication liaison for the MCACHE Emerging Leaders committee. Previously, she worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, where she supported process mapping, research, and brand management for the organization. Jessica holds a BS in Psychology and Management from the University of Minnesota and a Masters of Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan. Jessica Baker
Associate, Innovation Consulting
Kate Berman
Kate Berman | Analyst, Innovation Consulting | kate@healthbox.com
Kate supports Healthbox’s innovation consulting engagements and provides operational support across the organization. Prior to Healthbox, Kate worked at FarmLogix where she served as the Farm to School Account Manager, helping school districts run local food programs and providing nutrition education to students. Previously, she worked at Transtria, an evidence-based public health and consulting firm, where she conducted research on an Environmental and Policy Intervention for Childhood Obesity Prevention. Kate holds a BS in Public Health and a BA in French from Saint Louis University.
Kate Berman
Analyst, Innovation Consulting
Julie Campbell
Julie Campbell | Director, Innovation Consulting | julie@healthbox.com
Julie leads client engagements across Healthbox’s consulting services. Julie comes from an extensive background in health system consulting with the Huron Consulting Group. As a liaison to executive teams, she has implemented lean process improvement solutions across clinical, quality, workforce, and supply chain engagements, lead Population Health Management strategic assessments, and supported internal strategic development. Julie graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Business Administration, and holds her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Julie Campbell
Director, Innovation Consulting
Evan Cohen
Evan Cohen | Associate Principal, Strategic Investing | evan@healthbox.com
Evan is part of the investment team for the DaVita Venture Fund.
Previously, he led M&A and strategic payer activities at Genoa
Healthcare (OptumRx division), the country’s leading behavioral health
pharmacy, telepsychiatry and medication management services company.
Evan joined Genoa Healthcare through the acquisition of 1DocWay, where
he managed clinic-based telepsychiatry sales. He was formerly a
healthcare investment banker at Piper Jaffray, where he advised
biopharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare services companies
on capital raising and M&A transactions. Evan began his career at
BlackRock, where he served as a fixed income product specialist
managing institutional client business totaling nearly $100B AUM. Evan
resides in New York City and received his BA in Economics from
Northwestern University and his MBA from Columbia Business School.
Evan Cohen
Associate Principal, Strategic Investing
Drew Corbett
Drew Corbett | Director, Innovation Consulting | drew@healthbox.com
Drew leads client engagements across Healthbox’s consulting services. Prior to Healthbox, Drew spent 6 years with Welltok Inc. advancing the consumer health platform startup though multiple high growth phases in both executive client management and strategic product management leadership roles. His healthcare consulting experience at Huron Consulting Group and Sg2 Healthcare Intelligence ranges from revenue cycle management to strategic growth planning. Drew holds a BA in Entrepreneurial Management from Texas Christian University. Drew Corbett
Director, Innovation Consulting
Jess Debakey
Jess Debakey | Associate, Innovation Consulting | jdebakey@healthbox.com
Jess supports Healthbox’s innovation consulting engagements. Prior to Healthbox, she supported healthcare consulting engagements at The Advisory Board Company. Her time there was largely spent on the design and implementation of innovative electronic medical record solutions for pharmaceutical market access initiatives. Jess holds a BA in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University and MPH in Public Health Communication and Marketing from George Washington University. Jess Debakey
Associate, Innovation Consulting
Matty Francis
Matty Francis | Principal, Strategic Investing | matty@healthbox.com
Matty is part of the investment team for the DaVita Venture Fund.
Matty Francis
Principal, Strategic Investing
Justin Gernot
Justin Gernot | Vice President | justin@healthbox.com
Justin leads business development for Healthbox and shares responsibilities for general management and services delivery. Prior to joining Healthbox, Justin held sales and management roles with GE Healthcare, Sg2, Intuitive Surgical, and Dell EMC, where he introduced new clinical technologies, engaged provider leaders to create new service lines, and led the commercial efforts around new clinical, business and IT strategies. Justin holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and MBA from the Kellogg School of Management with concentrations in Finance and Marketing. Justin Gernot
Vice President
Chris Gibson
Chris Gibson | Operations Coordinator | chris@healthbox.com
Chris supports Healthbox’s operational initiatives and provides executive administrative support. Prior to joining Healthbox, Chris spent two years with Restoration Hardware as Project Coordinator, owning key phases of design project lifecycles, where he built and measured overall success across the organization. Prior to that he worked as Store Manager for Housing Works in New York City, developing and implementing logistical and sales strategies for a full calendar of retail-based fundraising advocacy events, raising over $1.5 million annually for a major non-profit organization with a mission to end the dual crises of HIV/AIDS and homelessness. Chris studied Education at Eastern Illinois University and Humanities at Moraine Valley Community College. Chris Gibson
Operations Coordinator
Reed Goldberg
Reed Goldberg | Analyst, Innovation Consulting | reed@healthbox.com
Reed supports Healthbox’s innovation consulting engagements. Prior to joining Healthbox Reed worked at The Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, assisting with the development and planning of an International Surgical and Ambulatory Facility. He has researched and written reports on more than 60 companies in the digital health space. Reed holds a BA in Economics and Global Health from Northwestern University. Reed Goldberg
Analyst, Innovation Consulting
Kristen Lux
Kristen Lux | Manager, Marketing and Strategy | kristen@healthbox.com
Kristen leads Healthbox marketing initiatives, including the Healthbox Forum and Studio programs, and directs external thought leadership strategies. Prior to joining Healthbox, Kristen spent three years within the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Student Affairs department where she managed operations of the recreation membership program for over 20,000 members, coordinated student employee development initiatives, and supported departmental events and marketing. She was awarded the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Outstanding New Staff Award in 2013. Kristen graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Kristen Lux
Manager, Marketing & Strategy
Callie Patel
Callie Patel | Director, Innovation Consulting | callie@healthbox.com
Callie leads client engagements across Healthbox’s consulting services. Prior to Healthbox, Callie managed healthcare engagements at Huron Consulting Group. Callie’s professional experience spans community-based hospitals, children’s hospitals, academic medical centers, and regional/national delivery systems, focusing on operational excellence, clinical transformation, technology implementations, and change management. Callie holds a BS in Industrial & Systems Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as an MBA from Chicago Booth. Callie Patel
Director, Innovation Consulting
Jeff Ries
Jeff Ries | Managing Director, Strategic Investing | jeff@healthbox.com
Jeff manages the DaVita Venture Fund. Previously, he led the Intermountain Healthcare Innovation Fund where he led investments in Zebra Medical Vision, Syapse, Sera Prognostics and Collective Medical Technologies. Jeff was formerly at Oxeon Partners where he focused on building and investing in healthcare companies. He was also an investor at Sandbox Industries where he helped manage BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, a $600M healthcare fund. While at Sandbox, Jeff started several tech-enabled startups and helped raise capital for Cultivian Sandbox, an agriculture-technology venture fund. He began his career at LaSalle Investment Management, a private equity firm with $50B AUM. Jeff resides in New York City and received his BA in Economics from Northwestern University and his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Jeff Ries
Managing Director, Strategic Investing
Glenn Winokur
Glenn Winokur | Managing Director | glenn@healthbox.com
Glenn is a Managing Director with Healthbox, supporting the organization’s growth. He is a 30+ year veteran of the software industry and has been instrumental in the building of several successful enterprise software companies. He is now focused on improving the productivity and quality of healthcare by connecting early stage technology and service companies with health systems who are committed to identifying, adopting, and investing in innovative solutions. Prior to joining Healthbox, Glenn co-founded, seed funded, and served as CEO of Syapse. Under Glenn’s leadership, six of the top 15 non-profit health systems in the US made significant commitments in choosing Syapse to enable their precision medicine programs. Earlier in his career he spent many years bringing software solutions to market in highly regulated industries including healthcare. Glenn received a B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is a frequent guest lecturer, mentor, and advisor at both the University of Illinois and Stanford University. He is also a member of UCSF’s Med Center’s Technology Advisory Group. Glenn Winokur
Managing Director
Leland Brewster
Leland Brewster | Director, Strategic Investing | leland@healthbox.com
Leland supports Intermountain Innovation Fund-related activities and heads Healthbox’s seed investments in addition to supporting portfolio management efforts across all of its investment vehicles. Prior to joining Healthbox, Leland worked for Clarion Healthcare, a boutique life sciences consultancy in Boston. At Clarion, he was involved in multiple product commercialization and launch readiness projects, as well as the design and launch of a one-of-a-kind patient and physician support program. Leland received his BA in Economics and Chemistry from Williams College and received his MBA from Chicago Booth.
Advisory Board
Devin Gross
Devin Gross
Devin Gross is the Head of Portfolio Management at Primus Capital, having joined in 2017. Devin joined Primus after serving as Chief Executive Officer of Emmi Solutions, LLC, a Primus portfolio company that was acquired by Wolters Kluwer in 2016. Prior to serving as CEO, Devin held leadership positions in both sales and business development at Emmi and spent 10 years with First Consulting Group leading strategy and operations improvement projects with hospitals, health systems and payer organizations. Devin earned a BA in International Business from Lehigh University, an MBA with a concentration in Healthcare Administration from Temple University and completed a fellowship in Hospital Administration at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. Devin Gross
Larry Leisure
Larry Leisure
Lawrence Leisure is the Founder & Managing Partner of Chicago Pacific Founders. He has over 30 years of experience in the health and managed care industry. Lawrence serves as the Chairman of ADVI, one of the nation’s premier health services consulting firms, and previously served as an operating partner of, and currently serves as a senior advisor to, the leading venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & Byers. He is also on the board of directors of several Silicon Valley health information and bioscience companies including Crescendo Bioscience, Jiff, Seriosity and Redbrick Health. Over the past four decades Lawrence has built a strong track record in the healthcare arena, including helping to build two of the most successful health management consultancies, Towers Watson and Accenture. Larry Leisure
Sumit Nagpal
Sumit Nagpal
Sumit Nagpal is a life-long health and social care innovator, a relentless entrepreneur and leader, and a hands-on technologist committed to applying his skills to help transform healthcare. Sumit’s career launched while working with Steve Jobs and NeXT, Inc., lending way to his first company, Wellogic, which brought interoperability and telehealth solutions into real-world patient care. Sumit then served as President & CEO of Alere Accountable Care Solutions, Inc. where he worked to implement Alere’s vision of utilizing diagnostics to achieve better outcomes. Then as Co-Founder and Chief Architect of LumiraDx, Sumit drove practical adoption of information technology across the US and European markets to support new models of care that better align and engage individuals, their care teams, and payors. Sumit’s professional accomplishments include being named in 2017 by ComputerWorld as a Top 100 Technology Leader, a HIMSS Fellow, and election to the Board of HIMSS North America. Sumit Nagpal
Eve Kurtin
Eve Kurtin
Eve is a Senior Advisor with Healthbox, supporting the organization’s growth. She is the Founding Managing Director at Pacific Venture Group (PVG) and currently a Senior Advisor at VantagePoint Capital Partners (VPVP). Additionally, Eve was the founder and CEO of Physician Venture Management, a joint venture of UniHealth and Columbia/HCA, which developed and operated physician networks nationwide. Eve is a founding member of the RAND Health Board of Advisors and serves on the Board of Partners in Care Foundation as Chairman. She is a board-certified pharmacist, receiving her Pharm.D. from the University of the Pacific and her MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles. Eve Kurtin
Careers
Join our team. Healthbox is currently seeking driven team players to help us empower the reinvention of healthcare. We offer a competitive salary, medical benefits, and 401k with matching within an exciting environment committed to healthcare innovation.
Current Openings:
Manager, Innovation Consulting
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