Susan Stone

Griffin Health Services Corp. provides healthcare services. It offers bariatric surgery, breast care, cancer care, cardiology and heart health, diagnostic imaging, emergency care, gastroenterology and digestive health, geriatric health, inpatient care, interventional radiology, joint health, laboratory and pathology, maternity and childbirth, occupational health and workplace safety, physical rehabilitation, psychiatry and mental health, sleep health, surgery, urology and pelvic health, weight loss and management, and wound care. The company was founded on September 20, 1984 and is headquartered in Derby, CT.

Griffin Hospital provides health care services. It have a 160-bed acute care community hospital serving more than 130,000 residents of the Lower Naugatuck Valley Region. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Derby, CT.

Part of Griffin Health Services Corp., Planetree, Inc. operates hospitals. The company is based in Derby, CT. The company was founded by Ryan Phelan.

Novartis Venture Fund provides early stage venture capital to companies in Europe, North America and Asia. The fund's focus is on the development of novel therapeutics and platforms, therefore it focuses on such sectors as Biotechnology and Biopharma. The fund makes seed and early stage investments ranging up to USD 30 million per company over its life. The fund makes follow-on and co-investments.

Aerpio Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative therapies for vascular diseases. The firm develops small molecules and monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of vascular disease and enhancement of wound healing. Its two lead programs include a tie-2 activator for diabetic macular edema and vascular leak, and a hypoxia-inducible factor 1-a stabilizer for wound healing and the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. The company was founded by Joseph H. Gardner and Robert Shalwitz in 2011 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Viamet Pharmaceuticals Corp. engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel pharmaceuticals based on its proprietary metalloenzyme chemistry and biology technology platform. Its clinical portfolio includes novel agents to treat chronic and life threatening fungal infections. Its products include VT-1161, an oral agent that treats onychomycosis; VT-1129, which treats cryptococcal meningitis; and VT-1598, that treats coccidioidomycosis. The company was founded by Herbert Holden Thorp and Thomas V. O'Halloran in December 2011 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Founded in 1996, Novartis Venture Funds (USA) is a venture capital firm located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm is a subsidiary of Switzerland-based Novartis Venture Funds and their ultimate parent is Novartis AG, a Switzerland-based company that engages in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of healthcare products. Novartis Venture Funds manages the Bermuda domiciled biotechnology venture fund, Novartis BioVentures Ltd

Pulmatrix Operating Co., Inc. develops pharmaceutical products for respiratory infectious diseases. Its iSPERSE powders can be used with an array of dry powder inhaler technologies and can be formulated with virtually any drug substance. The company was founded by David Alan Edwards, Mark J. Gabrielson, Alexander M. Klibanov and Robert S. Langer in 2003 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center operates as a private cancer center. It offers cancer care services to adult; and child and teen patients. Its services include risk assessment and screening; diagnosis and treatment; clinical trials; patient and caregiver education; and pediatric clinical trials. The company was founded by John J. Astor and Charlotte Astor in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cequent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. developed therapeutics and pharmaceuticals. The company was founded in 2006 and was headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Viamet Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops inhibitors of validated metalloenzymes. The firm's clinical portfolio includes novel agents to treat both chronic and life threatening fungal infections. It also leverage our metalloenzyme expertise in other therapeutic areas including oncology and orphan diseases. The company was founded by Thomas V. O’Halloran and Holden H. Thorp on August 18, 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Anchor Therapeutics, Inc. designs and develops peptide modulators of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The firm engages in developing and licensing pepducin technology as a research tool for drug development; and pepducin drug candidates and novel molecules that are intended for targeting GPCR to allosterically modulate GPCR signaling. Its pepducin lipopeptides are designed to allosterically modulate internal cell signaling via specific interactions with intracellular GPCR domains. The company also focuses on developing its pepducin technology for creating new treatment options for regenerative medicine, diabetes, inflammation, and cancer. Anchor Therapeutics was founded by Thomas J. McMurry and Athan Kuliopulos in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Joint Commission Resources, Inc. provides solutions which designs to help health care organizations. It offers medication reconciliation, infection control and prevention, including multi-drug-resistant organisms. The company was founded in 19998 and is headquartered in Oak Brook, IL.

Healthline Media UK Ltd. provides health and medical news and medical information. The company also operates MediLexicon, Website that provides online database of medical abbreviations; and contains searchable databases of ICD9 codes, pharmaceutical companies, medical associations, and hospitals. The firm offers it partners on advertising campaigns with pharmaceutical companies, biotech organizations, healthcare providers, healthcare industry, technology and medical device manufacturers, insurance and legal services, and advertising networks and agencies. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Bexhill-on-Sea, the United Kingdom.

GeneOhm Sciences, Inc. develops molecular diagnostic products. It offers methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Assay an in vitro diagnostic test for the direct detection of MRSA from a nasal specimen. The company was founded on 2001 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

Johns Manville Corp. manufactures building and mechanical insulation, commercial roofing, glass fibers, and nonwoven materials for commercial, industrial, and residential applications. The firm?s products are also used in various industries including building products, aerospace, automotive and transportation, filtration, commercial interiors, waterproofing, and wind energy. The company was founded by Henry Ward Johns in 1858 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Capsule Technologies, Inc. provides medical device integration for hospitals and healthcare organizations. Its platform captures streaming data from virtually any medical device and transforms context rich information to any clinical documentation, alarm management, patient surveillance, decision support and research system. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Part of Danaher Corp., KaVo Kerr Group is a company that manufactures dental equipment. The company is based in Charlotte, NC.

San Diego Humane Society & SPCA is a non-profit animal welfare organization, which engages in saving animal lives. Its services include behavior training resources, human law enforcement, pet-assisted therapy, pet loss support, euthanasia services, pet licensing, and pet vaccination and microchip clinics. The company was founded by George W. Marston and George W. Hazzard on March 10, 1880 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Arcis Biotechnology Ltd. develops and researches surface protection technology. It is an R&D company developing new technologies for durable antimicrobial applications across multiple sectors. The firm develops a surface protection technology that is designed to kill a spectrum of micro-organisms, including bacteria, virus, germinating spores, fungi, mould, algae, and moss. The company was founded by Adam Garner in 2010 and is headquartered in Daresbury, the United Kingdom.

Biomatrica, Inc. produces reagents and devices used for sample collection and analysis in diagnostics systems, nucleic acid analysis, and bio banking. Its technology is used to protect analyst in samples at the molecular and cellular level, chemically position laboratory workflows on microfluidics chips. The firm’s products include DNAstable, DNAgard, RNAstable and RNAgard. The company was founded by Judy L. Müller-Cohn and Rolf Müller in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a consensus-driven organization that works to improve the quality of American healthcare. The company is based in Washington. NQF's expert committee members represent diverse interests from every healthcare sector, and measures are endorsed only after thoughtful discussion and debate from across the healthcare community. NQF sets national priorities for performance improvement, endorses consensus standards for measuring and reporting performance, and provides education and outreach. Dana Gelb Safran has been the CEO of the American company since 2021. The National Quality Forum was acquired by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations on August 16, 2023.

The Foundation For The Benefit of Ramaz School engages in the provision of educational services. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

FemTec Health, Inc. operates as a health and beauty sciences company. The firm provides healthcare services for women. The company was founded by Dr. Kimon Angelides in 2020 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

American Association for Physician Leadership, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides leadership education, management training, and career development for physicians. The company was founded by Roger Schenke in 1975 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.