Richard Vazquez - Founder & CEO/CMO
MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery Emeritus at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, is a general surgeon, and serial entrepreneur. Dr. Vazquez practiced general surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois for 38 years. Dr. Vazquez is the creator of the SafeStart surgical care planner mobile iOS application suite and is the Founder-CMO/CEO/of SafeStart Medical. Dr. Vazquez is a member at MATTER Chicago HIT incubator and frequently gives sessions on surgical safety. Dr. Vazquez sits on the advisory boards of several HIT startups including TapCloud, LLC, Mondopoint, LLC., and Valhalla HealthCare, Surgical Innovation Assoicates, and Innoblative in Chicago. He is currently the Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Medical Informatics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. .