Bridging Medicine and Business Knowledge for Academic Excellence

Richard G.

One of the most exciting moments in tutoring and teaching is to witness the spark of learning ignite in someone else. With my academic background, I’ve experienced this in many different ways.

During my years in college and medical school, I was a teaching assistant in several undergraduate courses. As a senior resident, I mentored medical interns in their core concepts as well as helping them learn the practical side of providing clinical care. I was a primary care physician for 17 years and treated patients ages 14 and older. The most important part of my job was to distill complex clinical concepts into points of understanding that enabled patients to become healthier and achieve their clinical goals.

I served as a medical director in my clinical organization for much of my time in active practice; helping doctors learn and adapt to the many changes in medicine that were occurring. After I became a Chief Medical Officer, I pursued a MBA to broaden my skills and understanding of the business side of healthcare. These new skills enabled me to transition to a career as a venture capitalist, where a significant amount of time is devoted to coaching startups and mentoring founders to position them for success.

I aim to swiftly identify a person's pain points in a specific concept, breaking it into manageable steps and exploring where and why a connection might be overlooked. This avoids the temptation to simply memorize the information and helps build the foundation to apply new knowledge more broadly. Helping someone realize a crucial connection that unlocks new foundational knowledge has always been source of great joy. I look forward to getting started.