Panel Discussion: How To Be a Successful Healthcare Entrepreneur

This panel will equip healthcare professionals with the mindset, strategies, and leadership insights needed to successfully launch and grow entrepreneurial ventures in medicine.
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ABOUT THIS LECTURE

Target Audience: This panel is for anyone that wants to success as an entrepreneur in healthcare

Learning Objectives:

  1. Explore the mindset and skill set required to transition from clinician to entrepreneur
  2. Attendees will learn how to recognize opportunities, take calculated risks, and build resilience while balancing professional identity with entrepreneurial ambition.
  3. Identify practical strategies for building and scaling healthcare ventures
  4. Panelists will share real-world lessons on securing funding, forming partnerships, navigating regulations, and developing sustainable business models tailored to healthcare.
  5. Highlight the role of innovation and leadership in shaping the future of healthcare entrepreneurship:

The discussion will emphasize how to lead teams, leverage technology, and create solutions that improve both patient outcomes and physician independence.

The Speaker

Panel Discussion: How To Be a Successful Healthcare Entrepreneur
Dana Corriel, MD (moderator) is the founder/CEO of SoMeDocs (doctorsonsocialmedia.com), a healthcare innovation hub that promotes the autonomy of individuals in healthcare. Corriel serves as an advisor to many health brands and has helped shape many of today’s digital projects, especially those tackled by physicians. She has spoken at events such as Harvard’s Writing, Publishing, & Social Media for Healthcare Professionals (3 years in a row), PR Week, Women in Medicine, Women Physician Wellness, InnovatorMD, Leverage & Growth Summit, UN Commission for the Status of Women/AMWA, and more.

Arlen Myers, MD, MBA is the President and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs.

Alan S. Young MD MBA is a physician executive and healthcare innovator with 16+ years spanning clinical practice, management consulting, and digital health entrepreneurship. He has led transformation across health systems, payors, and startups. Alan holds an MD/MBA from USC's Keck School of Medicine and mentors founders through leading accelerators, reflecting his commitment to advancing data-driven, patient-centered care through the thoughtful implementation of appropriate technology. Previously an Expert in Clinical & Risk Excellence at McKinsey, Alan led enterprise diagnostics and operations work identifying $30M+ in digital transformation opportunities, driving $40M in clinical operating revenue improvement, and achieving $5M in annualized supply chain savings. In industry, he has served as Chief Medical Officer at GYANT(now Fabric), SAFE Health Systems and PeriOptima.ai.

Mercedes Castiel, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, MSCP began at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, serving as an Assistant Professor at UCLA, before moving to New York to work at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and later securing what she considered a “lottery position” at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), where, under the mentorship of Dr. Bill Hoskins, she discovered her niche in cancer survivorship and built one of the earliest women’s cancer survivorship programs in the nation. During her 17 years at MSKCC, she developed and directed a multidisciplinary survivorship program, founded the first fellowship in Women’s Cancer Survivorship, and helped shape the field through education, scholarship, and mentorship. Later, she led survivorship programs at NYU and the University of Chicago, directed national CME courses, contributed to research and publications, and presented widely on gynecology and survivorship. Beyond clinical practice, she has contributed nationally through service on The Menopause Society, the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Health Equity and Outcomes Committee, and its Cancer Survivorship Task Force.

The Speaker(s)

Panel Discussion: How To Be a Successful Healthcare Entrepreneur
Dana Corriel, MD (moderator) is the founder/CEO of SoMeDocs (doctorsonsocialmedia.com), a healthcare innovation hub that promotes the autonomy of individuals in healthcare. Corriel serves as an advisor to many health brands and has helped shape many of today’s digital projects, especially those tackled by physicians. She has spoken at events such as Harvard’s Writing, Publishing, & Social Media for Healthcare Professionals (3 years in a row), PR Week, Women in Medicine, Women Physician Wellness, InnovatorMD, Leverage & Growth Summit, UN Commission for the Status of Women/AMWA, and more.

Arlen Myers, MD, MBA is the President and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs.

Alan S. Young MD MBA is a physician executive and healthcare innovator with 16+ years spanning clinical practice, management consulting, and digital health entrepreneurship. He has led transformation across health systems, payors, and startups. Alan holds an MD/MBA from USC's Keck School of Medicine and mentors founders through leading accelerators, reflecting his commitment to advancing data-driven, patient-centered care through the thoughtful implementation of appropriate technology. Previously an Expert in Clinical & Risk Excellence at McKinsey, Alan led enterprise diagnostics and operations work identifying $30M+ in digital transformation opportunities, driving $40M in clinical operating revenue improvement, and achieving $5M in annualized supply chain savings. In industry, he has served as Chief Medical Officer at GYANT(now Fabric), SAFE Health Systems and PeriOptima.ai.

Mercedes Castiel, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, MSCP began at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, serving as an Assistant Professor at UCLA, before moving to New York to work at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and later securing what she considered a “lottery position” at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), where, under the mentorship of Dr. Bill Hoskins, she discovered her niche in cancer survivorship and built one of the earliest women’s cancer survivorship programs in the nation. During her 17 years at MSKCC, she developed and directed a multidisciplinary survivorship program, founded the first fellowship in Women’s Cancer Survivorship, and helped shape the field through education, scholarship, and mentorship. Later, she led survivorship programs at NYU and the University of Chicago, directed national CME courses, contributed to research and publications, and presented widely on gynecology and survivorship. Beyond clinical practice, she has contributed nationally through service on The Menopause Society, the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Health Equity and Outcomes Committee, and its Cancer Survivorship Task Force.

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