JL

Justin Larkin

Building @ Sprinter Health | Alum @ a16z, Verily, Wellsheet | Physician, Product Leader, Investor, Entrepreneur

San Francisco Bay Area

Education

Work Experience

  • VP of Product

    2024

2020 - 2024

  • Investment Partner, Bio+Health

    2020 - 2024

    Early stage healthtech investing (seed through Series B) in the next crop of entrepreneurs who are rethinking how we access, pay for, and deliver care. Our portfolio includes: Accolade, Akasa Health, Bold, Cedar, Ciitizen, Devoted Health, EQRx, Firefly Health, Freenome, Honor, Incredible Health, Komodo Health, Levels Health, Omada, PatientPing, Q.Bio, Ribbon Health, Tomorrow Health, and several stealth companies.

2018 - 2020

  • Head of Strategy & Ops

    2019 - 2020

    Led the Strategy & Ops team, working across the full spectrum of corporate strategy (portfolio prioritization, P+L management, and external partnerships), new ventures (including early work with our Onduo and Coefficient / Granular joint ventures), and embedded operating (product, commercial, and clinical strategy) across the Verily portfolio of business lines including care delivery, software analytics, and connected med devices.

  • Manager, Strategy & Ops

    2018 - 2019

2015 - 2018

  • Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer / Head of Product, Board Director

    2015 - 2018

    I co-founded Wellsheet after seeing how EHRs were failing to enable provider workflows. At Wellsheet we built an ML-powered, physician-centric product to change the way that physicians access and act upon patient data at the point of care. As a co-founder, I led Clinical & Product and continue to advise the company.

  • Clinical Design Team Member (Design for Health)

    2017 - 2017

  • Team Member, Biodesign Innovation Graduate Program

    2016 - 2017

  • Innovation Intern - Center for Health Care Innovation

    2014 - 2014

    Driving progress on health care delivery innovation using design thinking methods of contextual inquiry, rapid prototyping, and patient-centric product design.

  • Research Assistant

    2011 - 2013

    Collaborated with Dr. Chad Swanson on healthcare delivery and reform research from a systems and complexity science perspective.

  • Student Clinical Director

    2010 - 2013

    Directed both clinical and administrative operations at a volunteer-run, free community clinic that provides primary care for acute conditions to uninsured patients at or below the poverty level. Implemented several quality improvement initiatives with the limited resources available to the clinic to offer superior treatment to this underserved population. Managed the recruiting, training, and evaluation of over 35 volunteers.

  • Lead Research Assistant, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology

    2010 - 2013

    Research the pathogenic signaling mechanism of osteoarthritis (OA) using surgical and knockout mouse models. Performed the OA-inducing surgical procedures, post-surgical microscopy, and data analysis.

  • Head Histology Teaching Assistant

    2012 - 2013

    Taught the practical laboratory for an upper-level undergraduate histology class which covers all major organ systems and tissue types. Created class lesson plans, media presentations, assessments, and a learning resource blog.

  • Project and Design Specialist

    2007 - 2013

    Designed creative media (print, graphic, and web), managed department-level projects involving faculty members and administrators, conducted faculty training seminars on various technology platforms, and maintained department databases. Honored twice as the Student Employee of the Year.