Marta G. Zanchi , PhD

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Dr. Zanchi is Founder and Managing Director of Medinnovo LLC, a consultancy firm established to support the entrepreneurial community of Silicon Valley, and Lecturer with Stanford University's School of Medicine in the Biodesign Program, where she participates in the planning activities of the Biodesign Leadership Group and is the Lead Director of "Biodesign for Mobile Health," an entrepreneurial course. Dr. Zanchi has worked as consultant, advisor or Board member with companies in the cardiovascular, imaging and mobile health industry, for some in acting executive positions joining the leardership teams at critical times of the company’s early growth. She is an advisor to student teams at Stanford University, a mentor at StartX, a startup accelerator, and a speaker, presenter or juror at events especially on the topics of early stage entrepreneurship and digital/mobile health. In previous years, Dr. Zanchi was the Chief Executive Officer of RenovoRx, an EIR with The Angels Forum (TAF), the co-chair of the Connected Health Safety Initiative (CHSI), a Medical Device Fellow with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and has held positions as system design and product management engineer with privately held semiconductor and wireless technology startups. Dr. Zanchi is a top graduate in biomedical engineering (BS) and electrical engineering (MS, PhD) from Politecnico Di Milano (Italy) and Stanford University. Her work at both universities focused on the development of innovative medical devices and systems for the diagnosis and staging of diseases. She was awarded the Politecnico Di Milano's highest student honor and two fellowships from Stanford University. She was trained in entrepreneurship (Ignite) and holds an award from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.