Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and strategic guidance on healthcare startups focused on orthopedics, musculoskeletal care, surgical care, medical devices, rehabilitation, sports medicine, joint replacement, spine, trauma, digital health, healthcare AI, and related areas.

• Support Healthcare Shares in evaluating healthcare startups, founders, business models, clinical relevance, surgeon workflow fit, scalability, patient impact, and social impact potential.

• Advise portfolio companies, venture studio projects, and healthcare entrepreneurs on orthopedic workflows, surgeon adoption, operating room realities, patient care pathways, device commercialization, and go-to-market strategy when appropriate.

• Offer relevant introductions, industry insight, and subject matter expertise across orthopedics, health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, medical device companies, rehabilitation, healthcare technology, and startup ecosystems.

• Participate in periodic advisory discussions and contribute practical recommendations based on your clinical, surgical, and operational experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• MD or DO with experience practicing orthopedic surgery.

• Board certification or board eligibility in orthopedic surgery preferred.

• Experience in musculoskeletal care, surgical innovation, medical devices, sports medicine, joint replacement, spine, trauma, ambulatory surgery centers, rehabilitation, digital health, healthcare AI, startups, investing, advisory work, or healthcare innovation preferred.

• Strong understanding of orthopedic workflows, surgeon adoption, patient care pathways, operating room needs, device evaluation, 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 Orthopedic Surgeon 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, surgeons, 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 Orthopedic Surgeon Advisor, you will have the opportunity to bring real-world orthopedic surgery experience into the healthcare startup ecosystem and help founders build solutions that are clinically relevant, operationally practical, surgeon-informed, and aligned with real patient and physician needs.

This is an opportunity to contribute your orthopedic expertise, network, and perspective to a growing healthcare venture ecosystem focused on supporting practical, scalable solutions to some of healthcare’s most important musculoskeletal, surgical, and care delivery 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.