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MELANIE MAHTANI
PhD
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  • MIT, Stanford, University of Toronto
  • CSO & COO of Diagnostic Company for Alzheimer's, Chief Scientific Advisor at MaRS Discovery District, Chief Geneticist at CellScape Corporation, Principal at CompanionDx Consulting, Interim CEO at Telome Health Inc
  • Serial entrepreneur and human genetics/genomics expert
I am a serial entrepreneur & human genetics/genomics expert with broad expertise in diagnostics technology development and commercialization. With a large-scale genomics and industry background, I've led strategy & execution of genomic based diagnostics and businesses. My experience combines deep technical knowledge and strong business acumen with a passion for transforming healthcare through genomics. As an accomplished genomics industry leader, I have led high-performing companies & teams to a variety of technology, acquisition, and commercial successes, raised >$200M in capital, developed >36 important new genomic products, assays, technology areas, platforms and diagnostics, and created >$2B in value. As a biotech executive, I have held senior management, C-level, executive, key advisor roles in first-mover biotech & diagnostics companies, including Amersham (genomics business acquired by GE Healthcare), Verinata (cell-free DNA NIPT test acquired by Illumina), Siemens, Roche, CellScape, Diagenode, Panomics (gene expression systems acquired by Affymetrix), Med BioGene (lung cancer test acquired by Precision Therapeutics), Iconix (genomic informatics acquired by Entelos) and others. 
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  • Team
    • TEAM HISTORY >
      • Ted Driscoll
      • Michele Colucci
      • Eric Weiss
      • David Kirk
      • Maureen Downey
      • Arthur Henderson
      • Gianna Conci Orozco
      • L Jasmine Kim
      • Robert Weigle
      • Laura Yecies
      • Steve Goldenberg
      • Vivian Lu
    • Fellows >
      • Ethan Gauvin
      • Caroline Gezon
      • Ananya Sheth
      • Michelle Volz
      • Adam Aguilera
      • Joanna Zhu
      • Andy Chen
      • Andrew Hicks
      • Shreya Dwarakanath
      • Sam Lambert
      • Charlton Hook
      • Sylvia Bouloutas
      • Alexandra Davis
      • Alexander Behrens
      • Melania Antoszko
      • Michael Solotke
      • Arpan Soparkar
      • Changhao Wei
      • Irene Manousiouthakis
      • Vivek Maheshwari
      • Isha Godara
      • Eddie Chan
      • Joseph Kemp
      • Michael Tellini
      • Dariush Sarrafzadeh
      • Dev Sharma
      • Alan Quigley
      • Tristan Zhang
      • Austin Hwang
      • Ivan Fang
      • Leyton Ho
      • Saumya Choudhary
      • Srinidhi Sankar
      • Yashaswi Kumar
      • Yifu Wu
      • Ajay Sharma
      • Amber Bowie
      • Anthony Obi Jr
      • Bob Chien
      • Brandon Toushan
      • Carter Burleson
      • Chia-Fen Hsieh
      • Elitsa Papazova
      • Emily Stotland
      • Eric Li
      • Kristina Schlegel
      • Minshan Chen
      • Nitin Naik
      • Teryn Isabel Mitchell
      • Varunram Ganesh
      • YiChiang Chan
      • Yvette Lu
      • Anran Li
      • Sneha Kasuganti
  • ADVISORS
    • Russ Altman
    • Saul A. Fox
    • Deborah DiSanzo
    • Dr. Carlos D. Bustamante
    • Carl Wieman
    • Girish Narayan
    • Ferid Murad
  • Impact
    • Chantal Miklosi
    • Malekeh Amini
    • Melanie Mahtani
    • Marie-Claude Marchand
    • Minnie Sarwal
    • Claudia Chevrefils
    • Lucy Lu
  • FOCUS
  • Portfolio Companies