Most people see a broken healthcare system. Farzad sees the next category-defining healthcare company. A practicing ER physician, he has spent over 20 years turning clinical failures and system gaps into real ventures across pharma, medtech, and digital health — including founding one of the first U.S. telemedicine platforms. As an operator, he has built from concept to regulatory approval to commercialization, and trained the next generation of entrepreneurs as founding director of the Texas Medical Center Biodesign Fellowship Program and former co-director of the Rice Business School Program in Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
He started his investing career at Mohr Davidow Ventures, sharpened his entrepreneurial instincts working closely with Fred Moll, and studied healthcare finance under Alain Enthoven and Alan Garber. Farzad is an associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine, where he trained, and holds an MD, MBA, MS, and BS from Stanford.