Perspectives from a Policy Maker, Venture Capitalist, and Physician: How We Can Make Our Crazy, Fascinating, Uneven, and Amazing Healthcare System Better Faster

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SPEAKER:

Robert Kocher, MD
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Senior Fellow, Schaeffer Center for Healthcare Policy, University of Southern California

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
*Gain an understanding about how Medicare policy is likely to evolve over the next 3 years
*Learn about areas of venture capital investor interest in healthcare services and information technology
*Learn about implications of new payment models on primary care and specialist physicians

BIOGRAPHY:
Bob Kocher, MD is a Partner at Venrock and focuses on healthcare IT investments. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and Senior Fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy.  He currently serves on the Boards of Devoted Health, Virta, Aledade, Lyra Health, where he is also a co-founder, and Premera.  He is a Board Observer at Grand Rounds, Stride, Renew and Doctor on Demand. He is a former Director at Castlight Health (CSLT).

Prior to Venrock, Bob served in the Obama Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Healthcare and Economic Policy on the National Economic Council. 

Bob received undergraduate degrees from the University of Washington and a medical degree from George Washington University. He completed a research fellowship with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Institutes of Health, and went on to complete his internal medicine residency training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Harvard Medical School.