Healthcare Specialist Assistant Office

Dana Welle, DO, JD

San Francisco, CA ********@*****.*** • 831-***-****

Experienced Executive Medical Director with a demonstrated history of working in the healthcare & biotech industry. Skilled in Healthcare Risk Consulting, Operations, Research, Medical Education, Strategic Planning, and Medicine. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Doctor of Law (J.D.) focused in Health Law.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tribeca Companies, San Francisco, CA August 2019 – Present Chief Medical Officer

Responsible for strategic oversight for all clinical operations for the private equity firm, Tribeca Companies, and its portfolio of medical device companies, reporting directly to the CEO. Founding executive for Senneca Diagnostics (portfolio company), leading the company to develop COVID testing programs in 30 states and three additional locations in Canada. Responsible for strategic development of several service lines, including B2C and B2B enterprise health and safety solutions. Lead human resource team to set strategy on hiring, onboarding and training. Work in conjunction with COO to develop purpose driven technology platform to manage all health and safety stakeholders. Currently lead regulatory strategy for 510(k) submissions (class I & class II devices) across the portfolio, while simultaneously developing clinical trial protocols. With a recent acquisition of an active implantable device company (AirXpanders), clinical activities will include development of a regulatory pathway, clinical trials and leading the organization of an industry appropriate scientific and clinical advisory panel. For all portfolio companies, work alongside industry experts and KOLs to bring medical device products to market both nationally and internationally. Additional responsibility includes research related to patient preference measurements on all medical device products in the portfolio. Carmel Laser Aesthetics and Spa, Carmel, CA January 2005 – Present Medical Director/Owner

Founding physician and medical director of busy aesthetic practice. The Risk Authority, Stanford, CA July 2014 – August 2019 Chief Medical Officer

Responsible for development and oversight of pro-active risk management strategies for Stanford Healthcare, Stanford Children's Health, University Healthcare Alliance, Pediatric Children's Healthcare Alliance, Stanford School of Medicine. Responsible for identifying and quantifying clinical risk trends and developing creative risk mitigation strategies incorporating all stakeholders within the Stanford University Medical Network. Developed the Stanford Risk Lexicon (SRL) to inform machine learning/artificial intelligence models to track and trend closed claim data, incident reports, patient complaints and workplace injuries to create actionable risk mitigation strategies based on return on investment metrics. Responsible for developing and training healthcare teams on difficult communication techniques. Responsible for developing and designing risk mitigation strategy to better evaluate suicide risk based on clinical research and standard of care. Designed risk mitigation strategies based on physician wellness metrics developed by Stanford WellMD Center including burnout and professional fulfillment, including return on investment metrics to evaluate most cost effective strategy. Co-founder and director of national and international physician wellness academic consortium to study effects of burnout on important healthcare metrics, including malpractice risk and patient safety. Published lecturer on physician wellness and professional fulfillment. Stanford University Medical Center February 2011 – July 2014 Physician Risk Consultant

Responsible for development and oversight of pro-active risk management strategies for Stanford Healthcare, Stanford Children's Health, Stanford School of Medicine. Responsible for identifying and quantifying clinical risk trends and developing creative risk mitigation strategies incorporating all stakeholders within the Stanford University Medical Network. Developed the Stanford Risk Lexicon

(SRL) to inform machine learning/artificial intelligence models to track and trend closed claim data, incident reports, patient complaints and workplace injuries to create actionable risk mitigation strategies based on return on investment metrics. Responsible for developing and training healthcare teams on difficult communication techniques. Responsible for developing and designing risk mitigation strategy to better evaluate suicide risk based on clinical research and standard of care. Designed risk mitigation strategies based on physician wellness metrics developed by Stanford WellMD Center including burnout and professional fulfillment, including return on investment metrics to evaluate most cost effective strategy. Co-founder and director of national and international physician wellness academic consortium to study effects of burnout on important healthcare metrics, including malpractice risk and patient safety. Published lecturer on physician wellness and professional fulfillment. Women’s Medical Group January 2006 – February 2009 Physician

Women’s healthcare specialist. Practice emphasis on complex pelvic reconstructive surgeries, female urinary incontinence, robotic and laparoscopic procedures. Harbor Medical Group January 1997 – January 2005

Physician/Partner

Women’s healthcare specialist. General and high-risk obstetrics, well-women visits and gynecologic surgery. Complex pelvic reconstructive surgeries, female urinary incontinence, laparoscopic procedures.

Edmund Chien, MD, JD January 1985 – January 1990

Clinical Therapist Assistant/Assistant Office Manager LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

California Medical License 1997-current

State Bar of California admitted 2011

Board Certified Ob-Gyn (ABOG) 1999-current

Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and

Gynecology (FACOG)

Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)

PIAA Fellow

EDUCATION

Santa Clara Law School September 2007-May 2011

Doctor of Law (J.D.) focused in Health Law

Western University of Health Sciences August 1989-May 1993 Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)

University of California Los Angeles September 1982-June 1986 BS Kinesiology

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER

Two Pore Guys, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, Advisory Board Member, Feb 2016 - Feb 2017 Sumit Holding International,, Board Member, Jul 2017 – Aug 2019 SUMIT Insurance Company, Ltd, Board Member, July 2017 – Aug 2019 PUBLICATIONS

Association of Occupational Distress and Sleep Related Impairment in Physicians with Unsolicited Patient Complaints

Mayo Clinic Proceedings. April 1, 2020

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025619619308730?dgcid=author The Art and Science of Physician Wellbeing. A Handbook for Physician and Trainees Springer. May 1, 2019

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-42135-3 A Brief Instrument to Assess Both Burnout and Professional Fulfillment in Physicians: Reliability and Validity, Including Correlation with Self-Reported Medical Errors, in a Sample of Residents and Practicing Physicians

Acad Psychiatry. December 3, 2017

https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s40596-017-0849- 3?author_access_token=omHOldX33qYjnhTx7XYe5_e4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY5NMM0ZlsFB6QhN xRkQNvGiv70Ye3gUuLCRkS764f7te_dzgG1UBGW9b7OkQLJJjphDzCU1gwnTOQnPfDM01QYtOvv hNX7VUtQeVXWm52w7Rw%3D%3D

Building Comprehensive Strategies For Obstetrics Safety: Conducting Obstetric Simulation Drills, Optimizing Communications and Utilizing Cognitive Aids and Checklists Anesthesia and Analgesia. January 1, 2014

Reframing Physician Wellness. Optimizing Professional Performance. Forging the Business Case.

TRA Stanford Website. November 1, 2011

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