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Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Program, Enterprise Innovation

Weill Cornell Medicine / NewYork-Presbyterian

Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026

Intelligence summary

Program at a Glance

Program mandate
Weill Cornell Medicine's Entrepreneur-in-Residence program embeds experienced entrepreneurs and executives inside the institution to guide Weill Cornell inventors and startup teams through the commercialization process. EiRs are recruited from therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and finance, and they work across the components of Weill Cornell Enterprise Innovation.
Organizational model
Nonprofit
Location
New York, New York
Program types
Physician innovationEntrepreneurshipVenture studioTechnology transfer
Commercialization pathways
LicenseSpinout
Focus areas
ClinicalMedical deviceTherapeuticsDiagnosticsDigitalOperational
Public scale or maturity signals

Weill Cornell Medicine's Entrepreneur-in-Residence program embeds experienced entrepreneurs and executives inside the institution to guide Weill Cornell inventors and startup teams through the commercialization process. EiRs are recruited from therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and finance, and they work across the components of Weill Cornell Enterprise Innovation. Their services include one-on-one mentoring on business strategy and business model design, help structuring capitalization, and in some cases stepping into operating roles in the resulting startups. Faculty physicians and scientists with commercializable inventions are the primary users of the program, which sits alongside Enterprise Innovation's licensing and venture activities.

Documented successes: EiRs are recruited across therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and finance and can take on startup management roles; program operates as part of Weill Cornell Enterprise Innovation at 1155 York Avenue, New York

Official engagement route
Program website ↗Health system website ↗
Last reviewed
August 30, 2026

Mandate and remit

What This Program Does

Weill Cornell Medicine's Entrepreneur-in-Residence program embeds experienced entrepreneurs and executives inside the institution to guide Weill Cornell inventors and startup teams through the commercialization process. EiRs are recruited from therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and finance, and they work across the components of Weill Cornell Enterprise Innovation. Their services include one-on-one mentoring on business strategy and business model design, help structuring capitalization, and in some cases stepping into operating roles in the resulting startups. Faculty physicians and scientists with commercializable inventions are the primary users of the program, which sits alongside Enterprise Innovation's licensing and venture activities.

Areas of Focus

ClinicalMedical deviceTherapeuticsDiagnosticsDigitalOperational

Commercialization Pathways

These routes appear in the program's sourced public record.

Venture Investment and Company Creation

Fund or office: Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Program, Enterprise Innovation

Weill Cornell Medicine's Entrepreneur-in-Residence program embeds experienced entrepreneurs and executives inside the institution to guide Weill Cornell inventors and startup teams through the commercialization process. EiRs are recruited from therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and finance, and they work across the components of Weill Cornell Enterprise Innovation. Their services include one-on-one mentoring on business strategy and business model design, help structuring capitalization, and in some cases stepping into operating roles in the resulting startups. Faculty physicians and scientists with commercializable inventions are the primary users of the program, which sits alongside Enterprise Innovation's licensing and venture activities.

Publicly Reported Outcomes

  • Documented successes

    EiRs are recruited across therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and finance and can take on startup management roles; program operates as part of Weill Cornell Enterprise Innovation at 1155 York Avenue, New York

Leadership and Structure

Organizational home: Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Program, Enterprise Innovation, Weill Cornell Medicine / NewYork-Presbyterian

  • Lisa Placanica, Ph.D., CLPSenior Managing Director, Center for Technology Licensing at Weill Cornell Medicine

Contact the Program

Use the program's published contact route for partnership, licensing, innovation, or program inquiries.

Program phone
(646) 849-4194
Official contact page
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Sources and Updates

Reviewed August 30, 2026. External source links open in a new tab.

  1. Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Program, Enterprise Innovation official source innovation.weill.cornell.edu. Accessed August 30, 2026.
  2. Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Program, Enterprise Innovation source 2 innovation.weill.cornell.edu. Accessed August 30, 2026.
  3. Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Program, Enterprise Innovation source 3 innovation.weill.cornell.edu. Accessed August 30, 2026.

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