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Sameer Andani
Pathology Resident, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Fellowship Class: 2024
Gali Baler PhD
Managing Director of Strategy & Operations
Gali Baler joined the CU Anschutz Innovations office in 2016 and serves as the “operational octopus” behind the $110M CU Healthcare Innovation Funds, the Healthcare Innovation & Entrepreneurship (HIE) Initiative, and numerous grant funding programs. His work spans the intersection of external innovation partnership opportunities and the development of internal ventures that have collectively raised over $200M in institutional capital. Previously, Gali was an innovation fellow at Northwestern University’s Innovation and New Ventures Office where he invented technology for monitoring and tracking dermatological diseases. He was also the co-founder and Chief Operations Officer at Sintact Medical Systems and Assistant Director of Venture Capital Analytics with the Rockies Venture Club. Gali has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University, a Bachelors in Materials Science Engineering from Cornell University, and a certificate in Management for Engineers and Scientists from the Kellogg School of Management.
Maria Bortot
InnovationManager, Leica
Fellowship Class: 2020
Bill Buchta
Senior Medical Writer and Consultant, Whitsell Innovations, Inc.
Fellowship Class: 2019
Phoebe Cao
Senior Gates Fellow
Fellowship Class: 2024
Lena Cedrone
Venture Fellow
Fellowship Class: Current
Nk Egbukichi
Venture Fellow
Fellowship Class: 2024
Nina Elder
JD Candidate, University of Minnesota Law School
Fellowship Class: 2020