HILLSDALE COLLEGE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Director of Communications for the Hill
Alex Rosenwald is the Senior Director of Communications for The Hill, and was most recently the Director of Media Relations for the Hudson Institute. He is also a consultant for Ricochet, a center-right podcast network and membership community.
Previously, Rosenwald was Senior Director of Strategic Communications and Branding for MediaDC, where he led public relations efforts for the Washington Examiner, and formerly, the Weekly Standard and Red Alert Politics. At MediaDC, Rosenwald also helped develop and launch Examining Politics, the Washington Examiner's first flagship podcast.
Rosenwald received a Bachelor's of Science in conflict analysis and resolution, focusing on Middle East history and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, from George Mason University. He currently lives in Fairfax with his wife Maddie and their rescue dog Stella Rose.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Executive Director of the Senate Pro - Life Caucus under the Chairmanship of Senator Cindy Hyde - Smith
Andrew Guernsey serves as the Executive Director of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus under the chairmanship of Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), continuing in the role he held under the Caucus's founding chairman Senator Steve Daines (R-MT).
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- Executive Director of Washington Operations
Andrew Heim is the Executive Director of Washington Operations for Hillsdale College in our nation's capital where he leads and manages the staff, facilities, budget, and operations for the campus. Prior to rejoining Hillsdale, Andrew worked with a variety of organizations, from early-stage startups to global brands, building their fundraising capabilities and communications strategies.
During his first tenure at Hillsdale College, Andrew led interdepartmental teams to launch the inaugural master's degree program offered by Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C. In addition to launching the School of Government, Andrew managed the re-formatting and launch of the James Madison Fellowship program and several other operations and research projects.
He received his B.A. from Ave Maria University and his M.A. from Hillsdale College in Michigan. Additionally, Andrew is earning his wine certifications through the Wine & Spirits Education Trust, enjoys both domestic and international travel, and believes in the power of lifelong learning.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Executive Assistant for Hillsdale College 's Washington
Anne Scherer serves as the Executive Assistant for Hillsdale College's Washington, D.C. Campus, where she manages operations for the Van Andel Graduate School of Government on behalf of the Dean and Vice President for Washington Operations, Dr. Matthew Spalding. Previously, Anne interned with The Trinity Forum after graduating from Wheaton College with a master's degree in the history of Christianity. Prior to graduate school, Anne worked at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Wake Forest University with a bachelor's degree in psychology and religion and is originally from Louisville, Kentucky.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Government
Bradley C. S. Watson joined the regular faculty of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government in 2022, having served as Distinguished Fellow in Jurisprudence in 2020 and 2021. Prior to joining Hillsdale, he was the Professor of Politics at Saint Vincent College in Pennsylvania, where he held the Philip M. McKenna Chair in American and Western Political Thought, and was Co-Director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought, a research and public affairs institute dedicated to the scholarly exposition of freedom, Western civilization, and the American experience. He is also a Senior Scholar of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute.
He serves on the boards of directors of several organizations, including The Philadelphia Society and the National Association of Scholars. He has held visiting faculty appointments at Claremont McKenna College and Princeton University, where he was a visiting fellow in the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. He has also been Visiting Scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University, and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is also a member of the James Madison Society at Princeton.
He has authored or edited many books, including Progressivism: The Strange History of a Radical Idea, Living Constitution, Dying Faith: Progressivism and the New Science of Jurisprudence, Progressive Challenges to the American Constitution: A New Republic, Civil Rights and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy, Ourselves and Our Posterity: Essays in Constitutional Originalism, and The Idea of the American University. He was educated in Canada, Belgium, and the United States, and holds advanced degrees in law, philosophy, and political science.
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Lecturer
- President of the S Corporation Association
Brian Reardon is the President of the S Corporation Association and the Principal at Reardon Consulting, LLC. He has over twenty-five years of experience working at the highest levels of public policy within the Congress, the Executive Branch, and the private sector.
Prior to his current roles, Brian worked at the White House as a Special Assistant to President George W. Bush at the National Economic Council. While at the White House, Brian was responsible for helping to develop and implement some of the President's most significant legislative accomplishments, including the 2003 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Act and the Medicare Modernization Act.
Mr. Reardon was Staff Director and Chief Economist for the Senate Republican Policy Committee. Mr. Reardon was also the tax lobbyist with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and a budget aide to Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI). His first job in DC was working for Senator Bill Armstrong from his home state of Colorado. Brian has a BS from Hillsdale College and a Master's Degree in Economics from George Mason University.
Job Titles:
- Manager of Graduate Programs
Caleb Pascoe is the Manager of Graduate Programs for Hillsdale College in Washington D.C. Moving from the sunshine state of Florida, he has lived in the D.C. area since 2018, gaining experience working on Capitol Hill as well as in the conservative nonprofit realm.
Caleb started with Hillsdale in a staff capacity in the fall of 2022. However, since the fall of 2020 he has been a student at Hillsdale College in D.C., working toward earning his Master's in Government degree. As a current student, Caleb helps to recruit new students for the grad program, as well as helping to grow and strengthen the student life and community.
He now lives in Burke, Virginia, and enjoys spending his time traveling to different parts of the DMV and mid-Atlantic area with his wife and daughter.
Job Titles:
- Contributing Editor
- Contributing Editor for New Oxford Review
Casey Chalk is contributing editor for New Oxford Review, senior contributor at The Federalist, a regular contributor at The American Conservative and Crisis Magazine. He has been published in First Things, Public Discourse, The American Mind, The Catholic Herald, and Touchstone Magazine, among other publications. He has appeared on EWTN and many radio programs and podcasts across the country. His book The Persecuted: True Stories of Courageous Christians Living Their Faith in Muslim Lands, is due out with Sophia Institute Press in November 2021.
Casey has a B.A. in History and Masters in Teaching from the University of Virginia, and a Masters in Theological Studies from Christendom College. He was a Spring 2021 fellow of the The American Conservative's and Catholic University Center for the Study of Statesmanship's Constitutional Fellows Program. He lives with his wife and four children in his native Northern Virginia.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Executive Director of Speech First
Cherise Trump is the Executive Director of Speech First, an organization that files litigation on behalf of its student members against universities that violate their free speech rights. Cherise is also the host of Speech First's podcast, Well Said, where she interviews guests on free speech, higher education, and American culture.
Before joining Speech First Cherise worked at The Heritage Foundation as the Associate Director of Coalition Relations focusing on defense and foreign policy, and immigration reform. Previously, Cherise worked at The Alexander Hamilton Society as the Program Manager.
While completing her MA at Georgetown's Walsh School of Foreign Services she was a 2019 Rumsfeld Graduate Fellow. She is a 2018 George C. Marshall Fellow of The Heritage Foundation, a 2017 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow, and an alumna of the Hertog Foundation's War Studies program. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Examiner, Newsweek, and Townhall and she's has appeared on numerous radio, podcast, and TV shows to discuss the state of free speech on college campuses.
Job Titles:
- Senior Editor
- Senior Editor at the Federalist
Christopher Bedford is a senior editor at The Federalist, the vice chairman of Young Americans for Freedom, a board member at the National Journalism Center, and the author of The Art of the Donald.
He's a Hillsdale Pulliam fellow, a Claremont Lincoln fellow, and his work has been featured in The American Mind, National Review, the New York Post and The Daily Caller, where he led the Daily Caller News Foundation and spent 10 years. A frequent guest on Fox News and Fox Business, he was raised in Massachusetts and lives on Capitol Hill.
Job Titles:
- Co - Chair of the Conservative
- Executive Director of Outreach for Hillsdale College 's Washington
Christopher Malagisi serves as Executive Director of Outreach for Hillsdale College's Washington, D.C. Campus - located on Capitol Hill. As their chief engagement liaison, he leads and directs all external relations, marketing, and communications teams and initiatives, and played an integral role in the successful launch of their prominent Van Andel Graduate School of Government.
For the last half decade, Malagisi has been responsible for increasing their overall profile and brand awareness in our nation's capital and beyond among allied stakeholders, targeted program participants, and their enthusiastic supporters - utilizing innovative and robust outreach initiatives, and a creative combination of marketing strategies, tactics, and platforms.
Malagisi also serves as Co-Chair of the Conservative External Relations Professionals (CERP) group whose mission is to "Connect the Connectors," and currently has over 200 members representing over 150 influential organizations and entities in our nation's capital. Malagisi has also consulted for leading nonprofit, educational, and private sector companies - helping them develop strategic outreach and marketing campaigns, and online courses.
Malagisi is also a subject matter expert in the political and philosophical history of the conservative movement and taught History of the Conservative Movement as an Adjunct Instructor at American University, and was previously the Education Director of Conservatism 101 at The Leadership Institute. He regularly presents on the topic to prominent organizations and conferences, and most recently recorded a special presentation for The Heritage Foundation's 2025 Presidential Transition Project.
He previously worked at the American Conservative Union as their CPAC Director & Director of External Relations, was Editor in Chief of the national Conservative Book Club - a division of Salem Media and Regnery Publishing, and was Director of Political & New Media Training at The Leadership Institute. He's worked on five presidential campaign efforts in coalition leadership positions, in democracy development at the International Republican Institute (Afghanistan), and was Founder and President of the Young Conservatives Coalition.
Malagisi has an executive track record of success and his work has been recognized and awarded. Maverick PAC awarded him their Future40 Award, stating that "in nearly two decades of work in the conservative movement and Republican politics, he has distinguished himself as an industry leader and one of the country's most valuable and go-to external relations experts and coalition leaders." He also received the Greek America Foundation 40 Under 40 Award for being "one of the most influential Greeks in American politics today, having been recognized for his prominent work in politics, education, media, and business." He also received the William F. Buckley Jr. Leadership Award from America's Future, and Campaigns & Elections Magazine profiled him as a "D.C. Mover & Shaker."
He has been interviewed on Fox News, Fox Business, and C-SPAN, The Dennis Prager Show, The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Brian Kilmeade Show, The Larry O'Connor Show, and was a weekly reoccurring analyst on The Mike Gallagher Radio Show for three years. He's also been published in over a dozen publications, including The Federalist, Washington Examiner, Townhall, and NPR.
He has a Master's of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a dual B.A. from American University. He has completed numerous fellowships, including as a Lincoln Fellow at The Claremont Institute, Media Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, James Madison Fellow at Hillsdale College, Constitutional Fellow at The American Conservative, Political Studies Fellow at the Hertog Foundation, and at Liberty Fund. He previously served on the Board of Trustees for The Philadelphia Society, is originally from Buffalo, NY, has travelled to 44 countries, sailed around the world, and recorded two piano albums.
Job Titles:
- Policy Advisor
- Policy Advisor With the Senate Steering Committee
Clare Basil is a Policy Advisor with the Senate Steering Committee, a caucus of conservative senators chaired by Senator Mike Lee.
Previously, she served as a Legislative Assistant for Senator Tom Cotton and a Public Interest Fellow at the R Street Institute.
She studied political philosophy at the University of Dallas, where she graduated magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and received the Willmoore Kendall Award for Excellence in Political Philosophy.
Job Titles:
- Policy Analyst
- Policy Analyst at the Ethics and Public Policy Center
Clare Morell is a Policy Analyst at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), where she heads up EPPC's Big Tech Project. Prior to joining EPPC, Ms. Morell worked in both the White House Counsel's Office and the Department of Justice, as well as in the private and nonprofit sectors. At the Department of Justice, Ms. Morell worked as an Advisor to Attorney General Bill Barr. Prior to her role with the Office of the Attorney General, Ms. Morell worked on judicial nominations for the White House Counsel's office.
Ms. Morell has had opinion pieces published in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, the Washington Examiner, National Review, The Federalist, and The Daily Signal. Ms. Morell holds a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service, where she majored in Science, Technology, and International Affairs. Ms. Morell lives with her husband and son in Washington, D.C.
Job Titles:
- Digital Communications Coordinator
Danielle Lance serves as the Digital Communications Coordinator for Hillsdale College in D.C. Previously, Danielle worked for Regnery Publishing as a publicist for conservative books. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in marketing. Danielle has lived in D.C. for over three years and enjoys being outdoors, trying new restaurants, and spending time with her church community.
Job Titles:
- Foreign Service Officer
- Service Officer
David Baker is a Foreign Service Officer working on Chinese affairs at the U.S. State Department. He previously served at the U.S. Embassies in Jakarta, Indonesia and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. His previous Washington assignments include political-military affairs advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, special assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and South Asia advisor at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Prior to joining the State Department, David worked at the House Committee on Armed Services and served as an active duty army officer in Afghanistan and Iraq.
David holds a BA from Georgetown University and a MLitt from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He was a 2018 Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute. Originally from Wisconsin, David now resides in Northern Virginia.
Job Titles:
- Senior Fellow
- Founder and Former President of the Heritage Foundation
Edwin Feulner is the founder and former president of the Heritage Foundation (1977-2013). Dr. Feulner received a B.A. from Regis University, an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Edinburgh. He was also a Richard M. Weaver Fellow at the London School of Economics. Prior to his time at the Heritage Foundation, Dr. Feulner was the executive director of the Republican Study Committee, a caucus in the House of Representatives. He served as a member of the Gingrich-Mitchell Congressional U.N. Reform Task Force (2005) and the Congressional Commission on International Financial Institutions ("Meltzer Commission") from 1999-2000, and was Chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (1982-91) and Vice Chairman of the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform ("Kemp Commission") from 1995-1996. In 2009, Dr. Feulner received the Charles Hoeflich Lifetime Achievement Award from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and in 2012 he received the Bradley Prize from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. Feulner is the author or editor of nine books: The American Spirit (2012), Getting America Right (2006), Leadership for America (2000), Intellectual Pilgrims (1999), The March of Freedom (1998), Conservatives Stalk the House (1983), Looking Back (1981), Congress and the New International Economic Order (1976), and Trading with the Communists (1968).
Job Titles:
- Visiting Fellow, Graduate School of Government
A lifelong educator and frequent public speaker, Elizabeth Edwards Spalding is a Visiting Fellow at Hillsdale College's Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C. She is a Senior Fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, and she serves as the Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC), where she is also Founding Director of the Victims of Communism Museum.
Spalding is the author of The First Cold Warrior: Harry Truman, Containment, and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism and the co-author of A Brief History of the Cold War. Her scholarly and popular articles have been published widely, including in Journal of Church and State, Orbis, Wilson Quarterly, Providence, The American Spectator, Law & Liberty, H-Diplo, and Claremont Review of Books.
Spalding has taught on subjects ranging from the American presidency, religion and politics, and comparative ideologies to U.S. foreign policy, national security, and international relations at Pepperdine University, Claremont McKenna College, George Mason University, and Catholic University of America. Her expertise is regularly sought for documentaries, podcasts, and other media outlets. She also serves on the Board of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD).
Spalding holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in international politics and political theory from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in politics from Hillsdale College. She lives with her family in Arlington, Virginia.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Executive Director of the American Conservative
Emile Doak is the executive director of The American Conservative. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he studied political philosophy and theology, and previously worked in education before returning to the field of his studies.
He is a 2021 Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and his writing has appeared in The American Conservative, First Things, Front Porch Republic, Crisis Magazine, and elsewhere. A proud native of Herndon, Virginia, Emile lives in the historic district of his hometown.
Emma Waters is a Research Associate in the DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at The Heritage Foundation. She is also a visiting fellow with Independent Women's Forum and a contributing author with World magazine.
In her role with Heritage, Emma leads the Bioethics and Assisted Reproductive Technology policy platform. She regularly writes and speaks on these issues from a political, cultural, and religious standpoint. And she previously served as the Coalitions Manager of American Moment.
Emma is the 2023 winner of the Intercollegiate Studies Institutes "20 Under 30" award and was selected for the 2023 Publius Fellowship. Her work may be found in Fox News, Newsweek, RealClear Policy, The Federalist, Institute for Family Studies, The Daily Signal, and more. Emma lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and their daughter.
Job Titles:
- Director of Communications
- Director of Communications for the House Select Committee
Harry Fones is currently the Director of Communications for the House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, also known as the Select Committee on the Economy. He has worked in several communications positions, including the Office of U.S. Representative Matt Rosendale (R-MT), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and the Republican National Committee.
Harry is from Damascus, Maryland and lives in Washington DC. He graduated from Gettysburg College in 2015 with degrees in both History and Political Science and is currently on its BOLD council. He serves as the Communications Director for Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department and is active with the Republican Communications Association.
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Lecturer in Government, Graduate School of Government
Henry Olsen is an Adjunct Lecturer in Politics at Hillsdale College's Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C. He is an elections analyst and American political commentator, and he currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Previously, Olsen was President of the Commonwealth Foundation, Vice President at the American Enterprise Institute, and Vice President at the Manhattan Institute. He has also had publications featured in The National Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian. He is the author of The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism, and co-authored Four Faces of the Republican Party: The Fight for the 2016 Presidential Nomination with Dante Scala. He received his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago.
Job Titles:
- Senior Communications Manager
Mason is a Northern Virginia-based political communications consultant and ghostwriter and a non-practicing attorney. In 2017 and 2018, he covered the federal courts and the Department of Justice for Breitbart News in Washington, DC.
In a previous life, before practicing law, Ian was a ski bum and still identifies as such. He was born and raised in Chicagoland, where the pizza is better than in New York, and is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and Georgetown University Law Center.
Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine in the Department of Health Policy (formerly in the Department of Medicine) and a fellow at Hillsdale College's Academy for Science and Freedom. He directs the Center for Economics and Demography of Health and Aging at Stanford University. Dr. Bhattacharya's research currently focuses on the epidemiology of COVID-19, including the lethality of COVID-19 infection and effects of lockdown policies. He is the coauthor of the Great Barrington Declaration, which outlines a return to traditional public health principles for managing pandemics. This approach features focused protection for shielding vulnerable populations, while eschewing harmful lockdowns that cause enormous collateral public health harms.
Before COVID-19, Dr. Bhattacharya studied the health and well-being of vulnerable populations, with an emphasis on the role of government programs, biomedical innovation, and health policy. His work on science policy features the development of a new algorithm to measure the novelty of published papers within biomedical science.
Over his career, Dr. Bhattacharya has published over 150 articles in top peer-reviewed scientific journals in medicine, economics, health policy, epidemiology, statistics, law, and public health, infectious disease epidemiology, and pediatrics, among other fields. Dr. Bhattacharya is the author of a top-selling textbook, "Health Economics," which is used to teach undergraduate and graduate students worldwide. For decades, he has served as a grant reviewer for the National Institute on Health and as a contributing editor for scientific journals, including (currently) the Journal of Human Capital. He holds an M.D. and Ph.D. in economics, both earned at Stanford University.
Job Titles:
- Communications Director
- Communications Director for the House Permanent Select Committee
Jeff Naft is the communications director for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where he serves as the official spokesman for Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10), and is responsible for managing all press and messaging operations for the Committee.
Before joining the House Intelligence Committee, Jeff was the communications advisor for Majority Leader and House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01).
A native New Yorker, Jeff graduated from Georgetown University.
Job Titles:
- Communications Director
- Communications Director to Congressman Michael Cloud of South Texas
Jeremy Crane serves as Communications Director to Congressman Michael Cloud of South Texas. Prior to joining Congressman Cloud's office, Crane served in Congressman Matt Rosendale's office as a Press Secretary and in the nonprofit sector with the Conservative Partnership Institute.
A Texas Native, Crane holds a degree from Texas Wesleyan University where he was a member of the men's basketball team and wrote for the school newspaper. Crane now resides on Capitol Hill where he spends his free-time working out and playing blitz chess.
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- Manager of Professional Development
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- Undergraduate Program Coordinator
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- Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Government, Graduate School of Government
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- Vice President for Washington Operations & Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government
Scott W. Atlas, M.D., is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health care policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and a fellow at Hillsdale College's Academy for Science and Freedom. Dr. Atlas investigates the impact of government and the private sector on access, quality, and pricing in health care, global trends in health care innovation, and key economic issues related to the future of technology-based medical advances. He is a frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials in the United States and in other countries. He has served as Senior Advisor for Health Care to several numerous candidates for President, as well as having counselled members of the U.S. Congress on health care, testified before Congress, and briefed directors of key federal agencies. From July to December 2020, he served as a Special Advisor to the President and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
Before his appointment at Hoover Institution, he was Professor and Chief of Neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center for 14 years. His publications and interviews have appeared worldwide. Dr. Atlas is the author of numerous books, most recently "A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America" (Post Hill Press). His other books include "In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight On America's Health Care" (Hoover Press), and "Restoring Quality Health Care: A Six-Point Plan for Comprehensive Reform at Lower Cost" (Hoover Press). He is also the editor of "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine" - the leading textbook in the field that has been translated into several languages, now in its fifth edition.
Dr. Atlas has received many awards and accolades from leading institutions and societies all over the world in recognition of his leadership in policy and medicine. He was awarded the 2021 Freedom Leadership Award, Hillsdale College's highest honor "in recognition of his dedication to individual freedom and the free society." He also received the 2011 Alumni Achievement Award, the highest career achievement honor for a distinguished alumnus from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. In the private sector, Atlas is a frequent advisor to start-up entrepreneurs and companies in life sciences and medical technology. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Chicago School of Medicine.
Job Titles:
- Director of Educational Programs and Teaching Fellow