Adam Glasofer, M.D.

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Dr. Adam Glasofer is a physician, healthcare innovation leader, and former health system executive with demonstrated success in leading large-scale change within and across organizations, from early-stage startups to big tech enterprises. Before founding Vertex Health, Adam was the Global Head of Healthcare for Venture Capital and Startups at Amazon Web Services. In this role, he created the AWS Healthcare Accelerator program and led a team of healthtech experts focused on driving the adoption of startups with healthcare customers around the world.

Prior to Amazon, Adam was Chief Innovation Officer and Associate Chief Medical Information Officer at Virtua Health, where he founded both Virtua’s telehealth program and Center for Innovation. A pediatric hospitalist by training, Adam practiced clinical medicine for 15 years working as part of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia at Virtua group in a pediatric emergency department. He is board certified in both Pediatrics and Clinical Informatics and has a Master of Science degree in Health Informatics.

Today, Dr. Glasofer leverages his clinical, operational, strategy, implementation, and innovation experience to create impact for a wide-reaching portfolio of clients that includes health systems, enterprises, investors, startups, nonprofits, accelerators/incubators, and government agencies.