Meet the Experts

Adeyoola "Yoola" Adeniji

Senior Associate, LRVHealth | LinkedIn ↗

Adeyoola Adeniji brings experience from both the healthcare provider and digital health startup world to LRVHealth’s investment team. She worked in operations at Cohere Health, a digital health startup automating administrative transactions within healthcare, and held roles at Mass General Brigham (formerly Partners Healthcare). As a senior associate at LRVHealth, Yoola helps source and support all aspects of the firm’s investments, from due diligence through execution. Yoola earned her MBA at Yale School of Management. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida with a BS in Health Education and minor in Communication Studies.

Jonas Clark

Partner | Elm Street Ventures | LinkedIn ↗

Jonas Clark an investor at Elm Street Ventures, where we turn world-class research into high impact ventures. We focus primarily on spinning companies out of Yale University, and have been active in the life sciences, in advanced systems and materials, and software. Prior to joining Elm Street, he taught entrepreneurship at Brown University, where I worked with hundreds of startup teams across a range of industries. More >

Jodie Gillon

President and CEO | BioCT  LinkedIn ↗

Jodie Gillon is the President & CEO of BioCT the Trade organization for the Life Sciences industry for the State of Connecticut. BioCT’s mission is to catalyze and market the growth of Connecticut’s life sciences industry; fostering and promoting the state as nationally recognized for innovation and improving patient lives. Jodie started her career in Advocacy, Hospitals and Government and transitioned to industry over three decades ago holding various roles across Development, Patient, Medical & Corporate Affairs. More >

Adam Landman, MD

CIO and Emergency Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital| LinkedIn ↗

Adam Landman, MD, is an emergency physician and chief medical information officer for health information innovation and integration at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Landman holds degrees in information systems and health care policy from Carnegie Mellon University and a medical degree from UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. After medical school, he trained in emergency medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed the RWJ Foundation Clinical Scholars fellowship in health services research. More >

Kathleen McGrow, DNP ...

Global Chief Nursing Innovation Officer at Microsoft | LinkedIn ↗

Kathleen McGrow, DNP, MS, RN, PMP, FHIMSS, FAAN, serves as the Global Chief Nursing Innovation Officer at Microsoft. She provides guidance on digital transformation issues, including workforce challenges, consumer and patient engagement, and cognitive computing for a learning health system. Dr. McGrow holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. With experience in trauma critical care and IT, she specializes in the intersection of clinical care and technology. Her work includes publications on AI in healthcare, such as “Foundation Models, Generative AI, and Large Language Models: Essentials for Nursing” and “Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Nurse Managers.” More >

Tamar Rudnick

Head of Partnerships, Define Ventures | LinkedIn ↗

Tamar Rudnick is a healthcare executive who has spent 10+ years in leadership roles across early stage, public company, and PE backed businesses. She is currently an Operating Partner at Define Ventures, one of the largest early-stage digital health VCs with ~$800M under management and $22B in exited value. At Define Ventures, Tamar leads strategic growth initiatives. Based in Silicon Valley, Define invests in early stage companies from Seed stage to Series B, and has backed and built some of the category leading companies such as Livongo, HIMS and Evolent. Define differentiates itself by providing unparalleled expertise in go-to-market and commercialization. Tamar leads this work – developing relationships with a coalition of industry leading Payers, Health Systems and Life Sciences companies. More >

CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Christine Finck, MD, FACS

Christine Finck, MD, FACS, is Connecticut Children’s first woman surgeon-in-chief and one of six women surgeon-in-chiefs at 45 children’s hospitals across the country. She is the Peter J. Deckers Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery. Her clinical interests include neonatal surgery, diseases of premature newborns, lung abnormalities, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), bariatric surgery for adolescents, and minimally invasive surgery. More >

GAYLORD SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE

Pete Grevelding, MSPT, MBA

Pete Grevelding, MSPT, MBA is the Chief Operating Officer for Gaylord Specialty Healthcare and the Executive Director of the Milne Institution for Healthcare Innovation.  He is responsible for the oversight of the clinical and operations areas. As Executive Director of the Milne Institute for Healthcare Innovation, he has spearheaded the growth of Gaylord’s existing research and product development program. Pete is a Board-Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist Emeritus. More >

HARTFORD HEALTHCARE

Barry Stein, MD ...

Barry Stein, MD, MBA, FSIR, FACR, RPVI, Barry is the Chief Clinical Innovation Officer and Chief Medical Informatics Officer for Hartford HealthCare (HHC) as well as leader of “HHC’s Center for AI Innovation in Healthcare,” where he also practices as a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. More >

NUVANCE HEALTH

Jasper Edwin Tolarba, RN ...

Jasper Edwin Tolarba, RN, CGNC, CNE, FACHE, FFNMRCSI, FAAN, is a United Nations Liaison, Endowed Chair, Global Health Practitioner, Fulbright Research Scholar and international nursing expert and consultant. He received his Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Yale, where he concentrated in Systems Policy, Management, and Executive Leadership. Dr. Tolarba is pursuing a second doctorate in Nursing Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. More >

UCONN

Vivek Ramakrishnan, PhD

Vivek Ramakrishnan, PhD, spent the early part of his career working for Intellectual Ventures, a $6 billion private equity fund started by the CTO of Microsoft, and then as the CEO of a medical device startup AxioSonic, focused on treating chronic sinus infections. In his current role he works with faculty startups in med-tech, AI/ML, LLMs and quantum computing. He also works with the UConn incubator based in Farmington CT, and manages a seed-fund focused on technology commercialization. More >

YALE

Lee H. Schwamm, MD

Lee H. Schwamm, MD, is Associate Dean for Digital Strategy and Transformation for Yale School of Medicine, and Senior Vice President + Chief Digital Health Officer for Yale New Haven Health. In this role, he is leading the development of a new digital health strategy for the school and the health system, and serves as an influential physician leader and an agent of change to catalyze the equitable adoption of virtual care and digital enablement throughout the enterprise. More >