Michael McCullough (entrepreneur)

Michael McCullough is an American entrepreneur[1][2][3] and investor in healthcare and life science companies,[1][4][5] social entrepreneur,[6][7][8] and emergency room doctor.[7] He was a Rhodes Scholar.[8][9] He lives in Palo Alto, California.

Career

Entrepreneurship & Healthcare Investing

Dr. McCullough holds several concurrent positions. He is a partner at Capricorn Healthcare and Special Opportunities (CHSO).[10] He was a partner at Headwaters Capital Partners. Dr. McCullough is a co-founding angel investor and member of the Scientific/Strategic Advisory Board at Heartflow, Inc.[11] Other CHSO investments include Epic Systems and Metabiota.[12] McCullough was a founding board member at 2U Inc (NAS: TWOU),[13][14] and is a board member at the Dalai Lama Foundation.[15] Dr. McCullough serves as a consultant to venture capital funds on life sciences, impact oriented, and education focused investments at Redpoint, NanoDimension, Greylock and Venrock.[2] He is an advisor/consultant at Shmoop, Neurovigil, Declara, Zipongo, and other life science companies.[1][12] As an entrepreneur, Dr. McCullough was a founder and President of RegenMed Systems.[16][17] He was elected a venture fellow at the Kauffman Fellows Program in 2009.[5]

Social Entrepreneurship

Dr. McCullough treating an infant with an infection in Ghana, Africa while creating KaeMe.

Dr. McCullough is co-founder/President of QuestBridge,[18] a non-profit which places 2,500 talented low-income students into 39 top colleges annually.[19][20][21][22] Prior to this he was founder and/or co-founder of the Stanford Youth Environmental Science Program (SYESP),[23][24][25] the Quest Scholars Program,[19][26][27][28] and SMYSP.[29][30] Dr. McCullough is a founder/co-founder at BeAGoodDoctor.Org,[31] S.C.O.P.E.,[32][33] the Courage Project,[31] Global Leadership Incubator (GLI),[34] and Happiness Science. He is a co-founder and board member of KaeMe.Org [35] a nonprofit organization that works to reunite children living in orphanages in Ghana, West Africa with their families.[36] Dr. McCullough was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2004.[37][6]

Medical Career, Teaching & Medical Service Work

Dr. McCullough is an assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).[38] He served as an expedition physician and the emergency doctor for the Dalai Lama and entourage at the Office of Tibet.[34][5] Dr. McCullough is a founder at Dharamsala, India Clinical Internship,[39] a founder of Roatan Clinical and Public Health Internship,[40] and a founder of Nepal Clinical Internship. Dr. McCullough is a published researcher,[41][29] writer, and speaker with a current focus on the mind, professional development, compassion and leadership.[3][39][30]

Education

Teaching Neuroanatomy at the Stanford Medical School

His medical degree is from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, and his surgical residency was at Stanford Hospital's emergency unit.[1][5] He was a Rhodes scholar and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford University, and also studied diagnostic and neuro imaging at the John Radcliffe Hospital there.[37] As an undergraduate, Dr. McCullough studied Human Biology and Neuroscience at Stanford University, where he was the first undergraduate hired to teach at the Stanford Medical School (Neuroanatomy).[9]

Early Life and Medical Challenges

Raised in rural Oregon, McCullough’s family were original Oregon settlers in the 1800s. McCullough was born 8 weeks prematurely and suffered a brain hemorrhage which was missed for nine years resulting in hydrocephalus, severe headaches, and a significant speech impediment which was corrected with brain surgery at age 10.[39][9] At age 4, McCullough began playing chess, and at 6 played against chess master Arthur Dake in a public tournament.[42] At 17, McCullough served on the Oregon Board of Education where he represented the K-12 students in Oregon and helped co-author Oregon's Action Plan For Excellence in Education, state graduation requirements and other policy.[43][44]Following surgery, McCullough subsequently retrained himself to speak through high school.[2][3][45] Following his brain surgery, speaking fluently initially also required McCullough to learn and adopt biofeedback and meditation techniques at an early age.[9][3] To overcome his stuttering, McCullough also used different accents when needed to for public speaking and stand-up comedy.[39][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Crunchbase Profile - Michael McCullough, M.D.". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  2. 1 2 3 "TED.com - Michael McCullough Profile.". Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ferriss, Tim. "The Oracle of Silicon Valley, Reid Hoffman (Plus: Michael McCullough).". The Tim Ferriss Show. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  4. ↑ "Speakers List - Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2011.". Fortune. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Kauffman Fellows Society: Fellow Profiles - Michael McCullough.". Kauffman Fellows. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  6. 1 2 Leading Social Entrepreneurs. Ashoka Innovators for the Public. 2006. p. 387. ISBN 9780966675979.
  7. 1 2 Senator Bradley, Bill. "Interview with Michael McCullough, M.D. - who's dedicated his life to closing the inequality gap that many students face when applying to college.". American Voices on Sirius/XM with Bill Bradley. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  8. 1 2 "Rhodes Scholars in innovation and social change." (PDF). Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Brignolo, Don (1988-12-23). "Pathways to the Coveted Rhodes: Michael McCullough.". San Jose Mercury News.
  10. ↑ "Capricorn Healthcare & Special Opportunities - Team.". Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  11. ↑ "Heart Flow LinkSV Profile.". LinkSV. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  12. 1 2 Zuckerberg, Arielle (Sep 24, 2015). "The Daily Startup: Google Ventures Backs Metabiota to Forecast Disease Outbreaks". Wall Street Journal.
  13. ↑ "2U Board of Directors - Form D 2013 SEC Filing for 2U, Inc.". Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  14. ↑ "Bloomberg Business Executive Profile - Michael McCullough M.D., MS.c.". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  15. ↑ "The Dalai Lama Foundation: Our Board of Directors.". Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  16. ↑ "RegenMed Systems - Management Team.". Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  17. ↑ "World Stem Cell Summit 2014 Speakers & Presenters - Michael McCullough, M.D.". World Stem Cell Summit. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  18. ↑ "QuestBridge. Background of Founders. Team Profiles". QuestBridge.Org. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  19. 1 2 Carlton, Jim (2015-05-13). "Venture Capitalists Help Connect Low-Income Students With Elite Colleges.". The Wall Street Journal.
  20. ↑ Meehan, William; Keohane, Georgia. "QuestBridge: A Search for Scale.". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  21. ↑ Leonhardt, David (2014-09-16). "A National Admissions Office for Low-Income Strivers.". The New York Times.
  22. ↑ Hebel, Sara (2006-05-12). "A Matchmaker for Elite Colleges.". Chronicle of Higher Education.
  23. ↑ Sacks, Melinda (1994-08-12). "Stanford Program for Gifted Teens Gives Disadvantaged a Fresh Lease on the Future.". San Jose Mercury News.
  24. ↑ Puzzanghera, Jim (1996-08-01). "Program: Low-income, gifted teens get a taste of what it takes.". San Jose Mercury News.
  25. ↑ Rafferty, Carole (1998-07-26). "A Summer at Stanford At-Risk Youths Excel.". San Jose Mercury News.
  26. ↑ Weimers, Leigh (2000-08-20). "Doctor, Lawyer Help Kids and Teach Us All a Lesson.". San Jose Mercury News.
  27. ↑ Carlton, Jim (2007-11-15). "Matching Top Colleges, Low-Income Students". The Wall Street Journal.
  28. ↑ Carlton, Jim (29 March 2000). "Camp Offers Poor Kids A Bridge to College Life". Wall Street Journal.
  29. 1 2 Winkleby, Marilyn; McCullough, Michael (1996). "The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program". Academic Medicine 71 (5): 419. doi:10.1097/00001888-199605000-00006.
  30. 1 2 Goldsmith, Marsha (1994). "'Med Prep' College Course Helps High School Students Work Toward Dreams.". The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) 271 (19): 1467–1468. doi:10.1001/jama.271.19.1467.
  31. 1 2 "BeAGoodDoctor Organization - Founder Profile.". Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  32. ↑ Coleman, Laura (2000-10-06). "New initiative gives internships to premeds." (11). The Stanford Daily.
  33. ↑ Bartindale, Becky (17 Feb 2004). "FRONT-ROW VIEW OF MEDICINE: Students Work Alongside Doctors, Nurses at Three South Bay Hospitals". San Jose Mercury News.
  34. 1 2 "DalaiLama.com - Meeting with Silicon Valley Leaders.". Central Tibetan Administration. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  35. ↑ "KaeMe.Org: Who We Are.". Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  36. ↑ Poto, Jonathan (2010-11-11). "With KaeMe, No Orphan Left Behind." (40). The Stanford Daily.
  37. 1 2 "Ashoka.Org - Ashoka Fellow Profile - Michael McCullough.". Ashoka Innovators for the Public. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  38. ↑ "UCSF Fresno | Emergency Medicine.". UCSF. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  39. 1 2 3 4 Ehrlich, Thomas; Fu, Ernestine (2013-06-27). Civic Work, Civic Lessons. UPA. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0761861270.
  40. ↑ "BeAGoodDoctor.Org - Clinics Overview.". Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  41. ↑ Kouzminova, N; Shatney, C; Palm, E; McCullough, M; Sherck, J (February 2009). "The efficacy of a two-tiered trauma activation system at a level I trauma center". Journal of Trauma: 829–833. doi:10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b57b6d. PMID 19820592.
  42. ↑ Pintarich, Paul (28 September 1972). "Six Year Old Anxious for Chess Rematch". Oregonian.
  43. ↑ Lund, Diane (25 June 1984). "Glencoe Graduate Leaves Mark on Board". Oregonian.
  44. ↑ Lund, Diane (25 January 1984). "Survey Shows Oregon Pupils Support Graduation Changes". Oregonian.
  45. ↑ Lund, Diane (1983-08-08). "Teen Shuns Handicap Label for Stuttering.". Oregonian.
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