Accelerators

Techstars Healthcare Accelerator powered by Permanente Medicine Mid-Atlantic States

This program is designed for visionary entrepreneurs who are meaningfully transforming healthcare delivery, making it more accessible, personalized, and efficient. We seek solutions that enhance patient outcomes, reduce costs, and improve care experiences across diverse populations.

Washington D.C.

About the Program

As healthcare continues to evolve rapidly, there is a growing need to address emerging challenges, improve patient outcomes, streamline operations, and enhance the overall healthcare ecosystem. This can be achieved by fostering increased innovation and supporting the development of scalable solutions that drive meaningful change.

This program provides a unique opportunity for founders to get support and mentorship from both Techstars and Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (MAPMG), the award-winning group of 1800 physicians, and exclusive care provider of Kaiser Permanente in the Washington D.C., Virginia, and Maryland region.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, solutions addressing: next-generation diagnostics and decision support, hybrid and virtual care models, longevity and preventive health, chronic disease management, patient safety, women’s health, personalized and precision medicine, predictive analytics, advanced home-based care, supportive and palliative care, predictive analytics, support of shared decision-making, neurological and cognitive health, mental and behavioral health integration, mobility, physical function, and fall prevention, social and financial determinants of aging, surgical and perioperative care, clinical workforce enablement, upskilling, operations and workflow automation, and more.

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"We look for founders who are addressing the big challenges in the category and are passionately motivated to solve them."

Keith Camhi, Managing Director

Techstars Team

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Keith Camhi
Managing Director

Permanente Medicine Team

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Richard McCarthy, MD
Executive Medical Director
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Richard McCarthy, MD
Executive Medical Director
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Jessica Locke
Chief of Staff and Strategic Innovations
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Mary Chasko, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, Board-Certified Anesthesiologist
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Rebecca Fitch, MD
Associate Medical Director - Quality, Board-Certified Internal Medicine Physician

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Ameya Kulkarni, MD
Associate Medical Director - Medical Subspecialty Operational Excellence and Emerging Market Enterprises, Board-Certified Cardiologist
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Joe Martinez
Chief Financial Officer
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Michael Stone, MD
Assistant Regional Medical Director for Interventional Radiology, Regional Co-Chair - Strategic Innovations, Physician Builder - Technology Integration