George Savage
Co-founder, LifeSpeed; Associate Mentor, Creative Destruction Lab
George Savage is a physician, inventor and entrepreneur who co-founded LifeSpeed and Proteus Digital Health. He has taken medical products through development, regulatory approval and commercialization and mentors founders through Creative Destruction Lab.
Savage has taken medical and technology ideas through development, regulatory approval, commercialization and exit. He co-founded LifeSpeed and earlier co-founded Proteus Digital Health, where he served as Chief Medical Officer from 2003 to 2020.
He has served on the board of the California Life Sciences Association since 2014 and was elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2016. He is an associate mentor with Creative Destruction Lab and holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering, an MD and an MBA.
Savage can help founders consider product development, regulatory pathways and commercialization in healthcare. His experience taking medical innovations from concept toward market may be particularly relevant to life-sciences and health-technology teams.
Where George can help
- Digital health
- Medical devices
- Healthcare innovation
- Regulatory pathways
- Life sciences
Operating and investing experience
A selection of companies and roles connected to George Savage.
Ventures
LifeSpeed
co-founder
Proteus Digital Health
co-founder and former Chief Medical Officer
Creative Destruction Lab
Associate Mentor
Highlights
- Experience spans medicine, biomedical engineering and digital-health commercialisation
Questionsfounders ask aboutGeorge Savage
What is George's professional background?
Savage is a physician and entrepreneur with a background in biomedical engineering and digital health. He co-founded Proteus Digital Health and served as its Chief Medical Officer from 2003 to 2020, and has also mentored with Creative Destruction Lab.
Which founder topics connect most directly to George's experience?
Savage’s experience is relevant to decisions about developing medical products, pursuing regulatory approval, and planning commercialization. His background taking medical and technology ideas through these stages may be especially useful to healthcare and life-sciences founders.
What is George working on now?
Savage is a co-founder of LifeSpeed and an Associate Mentor with Creative Destruction Lab. His current work draws on experience spanning medical-product development, regulatory pathways and digital health.
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