Evan Melrose

About Evan Melrose

With 25 years of experience in the Healthcare industry, Dr. Melrose possesses extensive operating, clinical, and investment experience in many aspects of healthcare investments (both public and private), research, clinical practice, education, and health policy. He has significant public board of directors, corporate governance, and operating experience. Recently he became a National Association of Corporate Directors Board Leadership Fellow, the highest level of credentialing for corporate directors and corporate governance professionals.*Founding Managing Director of Spindletop Capital,(expansion capital for healthcare)*Founding Managing Director of PTV Sciences (VC)*Director with Burrill & Company (PE/VC)*Board experience: Audit, Compensation, Nom/Gov and Chair (Lead Director)*Faculty appointments: UCSF, UPENN, Baylor *Primary care practice: obstetrics, pediatrics, ER *Initiated Project Magic at Childrens Hosp (Philly), magicians & PT aid in rehab of children by teaching them the art of magic *After Hurricane Katrina, cared for patients in Astrodome Dr. Melrose has been instrumental in healthcare and life science across the region Leadership: BayBIO-BayBioNest, BioHouston, MD Anderson Technology Review Committee, BIO Investor Forum, MedTech Insight IN3, Texas Life Science Conference, Rice Alliance, and the $3B Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas *Center for Houston\'s Future Leadership forum *Elected to Texas Lyceum (Director, Exec Comm and co-chair 2012 Public Conf on Healthcare Innovation)*Board of Directors Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation (Selection and Executive Comm, VP Endowment and Scholarships)*Member of YPO International Education: BA University of Pennsylvania, MD Indiana University SOM, MBA The Wharton School *Post graduate studies:Tufts Center for Study of Drug Development, U Penn Engineering, Harvard Med & Law, Stanford GSB *Certified as Public Company Director by ISS/UCLA Business *NACD Board Leadership Fellow Specialties: growth equity, private equity, PIPES, venture capital, public company boards, hedge fund, public investing in healthcare, private investing in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, generics, medical devices, medical technology, business development transactions, strategic planning, physician research, market modeling, proprietary due diligence

Experience

1. Aspen Institute Leadership Fellow- Health Innovator

   The Aspen Institute

   Jul 2017 — Present · US

   Evan S. Melrose MD, MBA, founder and managing director of Spindletop Capital, has been named a Health Innovators Fellow by The Aspen Institute. Modeled after the Henry Crown Fellowship, the Health Innovators Fellowship was created in 2015 to strengthen the leadership of innovators across the US health care ecosystem and to connect, inspire, and challenge them to create new approaches that will improve the health and well-being of all Americans. Fellows are also admitted into the Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN), a worldwide community of entrepreneurial leaders from business, government and the nonprofit sector—currently, more than 2,400 Fellows from over 50 countries—who share a commitment to enlightened leadership and to using their extraordinary creativity, energy and resources to tackle the foremost societal challenges of our times.

Education

• Indiana University School of Medicine

  Doctor, Medicine

  1992 — 1996

• University of Pennsylvania

  B.A, Biological Basis of Behavior

  1988 — 1992

• University of Pennsylvania

  Family Medicine

  1999 — 2001

• The Wharton School

  Master of Business Administration

  1999 — 2001