From Startup Founder to Cleveland Clinic Innovations: Jerry Wilmink on Building Health Tech That Reaches Patients

From Startup Founder to Cleveland Clinic Innovations: Jerry Wilmink on Building Health Tech That Reaches Patients

Author: StartUp Health NOW Podcast April 21, 2026 Duration: 20:53
🔬 What does it actually take to get a health technology from the lab to the patient's hands? Gerald (Jerry) Wilmink, PhD, knows the journey firsthand. As a former startup founder, one-time Chief Business Officer at CarePredict (a StartUp Health communi...

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