As an Internal Medicine Physician Advisor, you will provide clinical and strategic insight to help Healthcare Shares evaluate, support, and grow healthcare startups within our venture capital fund, venture studio, and broader healthcare entrepreneurship ecosystem. This is a flexible, remote advisory opportunity for internal medicine physicians who are passionate about improving adult healthcare delivery, patient outcomes, access, affordability, and innovation through entrepreneurship.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and strategic guidance on healthcare startups focused on adult primary care, chronic disease management, care coordination, hospital medicine, preventive care, telehealth, digital health, healthcare AI, population health, and related areas.
• Support Healthcare Shares in evaluating healthcare startups, founders, business models, clinical relevance, workflow fit, scalability, patient impact, and social impact potential.
• Advise portfolio companies, venture studio projects, and healthcare entrepreneurs on internal medicine workflows, clinician adoption, adult patient care needs, care delivery models, and commercialization strategy when appropriate.
• Offer relevant introductions, industry insight, and subject matter expertise across internal medicine, primary care, health systems, value-based care, healthcare technology, clinical operations, and startup ecosystems.
• Participate in periodic advisory discussions and contribute practical recommendations based on your clinical experience and area of expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• MD or DO with experience practicing internal medicine.
• Board certification or board eligibility in internal medicine preferred.
• Experience in adult primary care, hospital medicine, chronic disease management, value-based care, population health, telehealth, digital health, healthcare AI, startups, investing, advisory work, or healthcare innovation preferred.
• Strong understanding of internal medicine workflows, adult patient care, care coordination, preventive care, clinician needs, and real-world barriers to healthcare technology adoption.
• Ability to commit approximately 2–4 hours per month to advisory board participation and strategic advisory activities.

Compensation & Benefits

This Internal Medicine Physician Advisor role offers the opportunity to receive carried interest in the Healthcare Shares venture capital fund. Advisors may also have opportunities to support Healthcare Shares venture studio companies and startup clients, including potential sweat equity opportunities when applicable.

Additional benefits include networking with healthcare founders, investors, physicians, clinicians, executives, operators, and healthcare innovation leaders; early exposure to innovative healthcare startups; opportunities to support mission-driven healthcare companies; and the ability to contribute to meaningful social impact across the healthcare ecosystem.

Why Join Us

Healthcare Shares is building a physician-backed venture capital platform focused on improving healthcare through entrepreneurship. As an Internal Medicine Physician Advisor, you will have the opportunity to bring real-world adult medicine experience into the healthcare startup ecosystem and help founders build solutions that are clinically relevant, operationally practical, patient-centered, and aligned with real physician and patient needs.

This is an opportunity to contribute your internal medicine expertise, network, and perspective to a growing healthcare venture ecosystem focused on supporting practical, scalable solutions to some of healthcare’s most important challenges.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Healthcare Shares PBC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Employment decisions at Healthcare Shares PBC are based on qualifications, merit, business needs, and the ability to perform the responsibilities of the role.