Meet our mentors: Piyush Mahapatra

Piyush Mahapatra is a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, Chief Innovation Officer at Open Medical, and mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Name: Piyush Mahapatra Occupation: Trauma and orthopaedic surgeon & Chief Innovation Officer at Open Medical “I have a passion for fixing things that are broken. It is what drove me to pursue aContinue reading “Meet our mentors: Piyush Mahapatra”

Meet our mentors: Chris Whittle

Chris Whittle is an NHS doctor in Anaesthetics, Founder of Q Doctor and Chief Medical Officer at eConsult. As a cohort 1 clinical entrepreneur who had progressed successfully through the programme, Chris became a mentor to support the next generation of innovators. Name: Chris Whittle Occupation: Doctor, Founder of Q Doctor and Chief Medical OfficerContinue reading “Meet our mentors: Chris Whittle”

Meet our mentors: Marcus Stow

Marcus Stow is an experienced nursing officer, clinical leader, and innovation adviser, who joined the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme as a mentor in 2019. Name: Marcus Stow, OBE, MStJ, RN Occupation: Nurse, clinical leader and innovation adviser. With 20 years’ experience within the Royal Air Force, Marcus has delivered 29 new and unique products intoContinue reading “Meet our mentors: Marcus Stow”

Meet our mentors: Cosmin Mihaiu

Cosmin Mihaiu is an entrepreneur, business developer and mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Name: Cosmin Mihaiu Occupation: Entrepreneur and Business Developer I have previously run my own health-tech start-up, selling a digital product to both private and NHS organisations in the UK. I have participated in several start-up accelerators, managed several R&D (grantContinue reading “Meet our mentors: Cosmin Mihaiu”

Meet our mentors: Lore Lippmann

Lore Lippmann is a Cambridge University PhD graduate with over 15 years’ experience in corporate finance, specialising in investment, business valuation and NHS Finance. This year, Lore joins us as a mentor to support cohort 7 of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme. Name: Lore Lippmann Occupation: NHS Senior Finance Leader I am a chartered accountantContinue reading “Meet our mentors: Lore Lippmann”

Meet our mentors: Tim Allardyce

With 23-years’ experience working as a physiotherapist, Tim has a passion for innovation and business. Having personally founded a number of successful businesses, including physiotherapy clinics, apps and two software platforms, Tim enrolled as a mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur programme in 2020. Name: Tim Allardyce Occupation: Physiotherapist and founder of Surrey Physio andContinue reading “Meet our mentors: Tim Allardyce”

Meet our mentors: Smriti Kirubanandan

Smriti Kirubanandan is the Global Consulting Director, healthcare and Lifesciences and Head, Strategic Marketing at TATA Consultancy Services and a mentor on the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme.  Name: Smriti Kirubanandan Occupation: Global Consulting Director, healthcare and Lifesciences and Head, Strategic Marketing at TATA Consultancy Services As the Director & Head of Strategic Marketing, Healthcare andContinue reading “Meet our mentors: Smriti Kirubanandan”