Healthcare company-building profile
Jefferson Innovation
Jefferson Health / Thomas Jefferson University
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Health system accelerator
- Organization
- Jefferson Health / Thomas Jefferson University
- Organization type
- Hospital or health system
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Not publicly documented
- Investment or funding offered
- Not publicly documented
- Published investment terms
- Not publicly documented
- Equity or fee model
- Not publicly documented
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Yes
- Application status
- Active
Public description
About the program
Jefferson Innovation is the entrepreneurial and commercialization organization spanning Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University. It manages invention disclosures, patent protection, licensing and startup formation for the Jefferson community, and provides mentorship and education to clinician and faculty inventors. Its programs include the Jefferson Accelerator Zone for startup development, the Health Design Lab, the JeffSolves product-development competitions, and Jefferson Health Hack. Leadership includes a chief innovation officer at the executive vice president level and a dedicated vice president for licensing and startups. It is a builder and licensor of internal innovation rather than an external venture fund.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
- Category: Health system accelerator
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Program leader
- Rakesh Suri, PhD, MD — Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer
- Notable alumni named in public materials
- Operates the Jefferson Accelerator Zone, Health Design Lab, JeffSolves and Jefferson Health Hack programs; dedicated licensing and startup function led by a vice president; offices at 925 Chestnut Street, Suite 110, Philadelphia
Sources
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