David King

President & Chief Operating Officer

As a healthcare executive for 18 years, David has served in a number of roles with large academic medical centers as well as venture-backed startups - with expertise in new venture creation, corporate venture capital, technology licensing, strategic partnerships, and buy and sell-side M&A transactions. David has held executive roles with Catholic Health Initiatives, St. Luke’s Health System (TX), and Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS).

Prior to returning to HSS to join the HSS Health leadership team, David served as head of new ventures for Optum in their population health business. David has also held executive roles within early-stage, venture-backed, startups including MedMined (Acq. Cardinal Health & BD), and Imagen Technologies.

David holds a Masters of Healthcare Administration from UAB, ranked #1 by US News & World Report, where he graduated first in his class.