Jordan Shlain

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Jordan Shlain
Born
San Francisco, California
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Georgetown University
OccupationPhysician, entrepreneur
Board member ofPrivate Medical
HealthLoop
Hope Street Group
Tincture
Hint Inc
Spouse(s)Caroline Shlain
Children4
RelativesKimberly Brooks
Leonard Shlain
Tiffany Shlain
Websitehealthloop.com

Jordan Shlain is an American physician and entrepreneur. He is a practicing primary care physician and the chairman and founder of Private Medical, a family office for health and medicine,[1] and HealthLoop,[2] a cloud-based clinical engagement platform.[3][4]

Early life and education[]

Shlain was born in San Francisco to Carole Lewis, a clinical psychologist, and author and surgeon Leonard Shlain. He attended computer classes and a computer camp while a student at Tamalpais High School, and began writing programs on an Apple IIe as a teenager.[5][6]

Shlain graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989 with a degree in anatomy and physiology. He was accepted at Harvard's Center for International Development (WorldTeach), and as a program participant, Shlain spent a year teaching high school chemistry, physics and biology in rural Western Kenya. He later said that his experience there shaped his medical career.[7]

Shlain returned to the United States in 1991 and attended Georgetown Medical School, where he focused on technology as well as medicine. He received his medical degree in 1994, and completed a residency in internal medicine at California Pacific Medical Center/UC San Francisco in 1997. While a resident, Shlain co-founded SeniorWell, a telemedicine service designed for use in nursing homes.[8]

Career[]

Shlain made house calls during his residency, and in 1997 he began working as a doctor on-call for Lufthansa and Princess Cruises. As his practice grew, he became a house doctor for hotels such as the Mandarin Oriental in San Francisco. He then founded On Call Medical Group, which by 1999 had expanded to include doctors in Southern California. In 2007, On Call shifted its business model and became Current Medical Group; it was later renamed Discover Health Medical Partners. Shlain subsequently founded Private Medical, an internal medicine, pediatric and naturopathic practice focused on prevention.[9][10]

In 2000, Shlain founded Medicineplanet, one of the first travel medicine sites. It included searchable lists of travel clinics where inoculations, prescriptions and post-travel help were available, as well as extensive country-specific information on infectious diseases. In 2008, he founded HealthLoop, a program which automates follow-up care through tracking patient progress and monitoring clinical areas of concern.[11] The company was established after Shlain treated an elderly patient with pneumonia and was unable to monitor her continuing care. HealthLoop closed a $10 million round of Series A financing led by Canvas Venture Fund in December 2013.[4][12]

Personal[]

Shlain and his wife, Dr. Caroline Shlain, have four children. His sisters are filmmaker Tiffany Shlain and Kimberly Brooks.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Schwartz, Nelson D. "The Doctor Is In. Co-Pay? $40,000". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  2. ^ Graham, John (December 10, 2013). "New Health Technology Venture Funding Announced At mHealth Summit". Forbes. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ^ Brenner, Katie (March 20, 2014). "A Doctor-Entrepreneur Takes on Digital Healthcare". The Information. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b Bermant, Yoel (December 9, 2013). "Dr. Jordan Shlain Closes $10 Million Series A Financing For HealthLoop". Jewish Business News. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. ^ Himmelman, Drew (October 30, 2014). "Final chapter: Children fulfill dad's dying wish with publication of his book". J. Weekly. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b Maugh II, Thomas H. (May 19, 2009). "Dr. Leonard Shlain dies at 71; best-selling author and pioneer of laparoscopic surgery". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  7. ^ "HIStalk Interviews Jordan Shlain MD, Founder and Medical Director, Current Health". Health IT News and Opinion. February 23, 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  8. ^ Murphy, Candace (January 29, 2007). "House Call: Believe it or not, the doctor is in". Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  9. ^ Examiner staff (January 31, 2007). "Home-care doctors are on a roll". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  10. ^ Klien, Gary (November 29, 2006). "Marin Doctors Plan 24-Hour House Call". Marin Independent Journal.
  11. ^ Wade, Betsy (May 14, 2000). "Traveling Healthy These Web Sites Provide Solid Medical Information For Trips Abroad". Chicago Tribune. New York Times News Service. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  12. ^ Dolan, Brian (December 11, 2013). "HealthLoop raises $10M to help MDs and patients between visits". MobiHealthNews. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
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