Shannon Lantzy

Dr. Robert Califf is one of the most experienced regulatory leaders in American healthcare history. A cardiologist by training, he built the world's largest clinical research coordinating center at Duke, served two separate terms as FDA Commissioner, making him one of the few people to lead the agency twice, spent time at Google's Alphabet, and now publishes widely on Substack and elsewhere on the state of healthcare in the United States and globally. What makes him worth listening to isn't...

Dr. William Brody has had at least four careers. He earned an MD and a PhD in electrical engineering simultaneously at Stanford — enrolling in both programs without formally applying to the engineering school, simply sitting the qualifying exams. He made foundational contributions to CT and MRI technology, holds more than 300 patents, and co-founded three medical device companies, two of which were acquired by GE and Johnson & Johnson. He served as president of Johns Hopkins University for 13...

Dr. Josh Makower's career reads like a masterclass in turning clinical frustration into durable, scalable healthcare technology. A physician and mechanical engineer by training, NYU Med, MIT, Columbia MBA, he spent decades not just building companies but building the infrastructure that helps others build companies. As co-founder and director of the Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign, he created what's now known as the Biodesign Process: a methodology that has fundamentally changed how...