David Brailer

Biography

David founded the health information technology program at The Wharton School of Business, with in the University of Pennsylvania. He also taught health management and economics in their MBA program and lectured in The Wharton Executive Education Program. David was also an active patient-care physician in general medicine and in immune deficiency at the University of Pennsylvania.  David also founded CareScience as a spin out from The Wharton School and led it through several financings, strategic partnerships, an IPO and a strategic sale. Under David’s leadership, CareScience established itself as an early leader in the use of the internet to share health information and to improve the quality of care across the United States. David was appointed the nation’s first National Coordinator for Health-Information Technology in May of 2004. In this role David was the architect of the nation’s effort to bring our health care system into the information age. David is now a managing partner and CEO at Health Evolution Partners, where he came aboard in 2007. David joined Prolacta Bioscience Board of Directors in 2014, and also sits on three other boards for CenseoHealth, Optimal Radiology and Walgreen Company.

Research Interest

Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics