Benjamin Hippen
InvestorSenior Vice President for Transplantation Medicine and Emerging Capabilities, Global Medical Office at Fresenius Medical Care Ventures
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
About
Head of Transplant Medicine and Emerging Capabilities leading efforts to expand access to transplantation. A transplant nephrologist and Clinical Professor at UNC Chapel Hill, he has authored 60+ peer-reviewed papers on ethics and policy in nephrology and transplantation.
Experience
- Fresenius Medical CareGlobal Head of Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer for Care Delivery, Fresenius Medical Carecurrent2024 — present
- Fresenius Medical CareSenior Vice President, Head of Transplant Medicine and Emerging Capabilities2022 — 2024Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Fresenius Medical CareSenior Vice President, Head of Transplant Medicine2021 — 2022
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClinical Professor, Department of Medicinecurrent2015 — present
- Metrolina Nephrology Associates, P.A.General and transplant nephrology2005 — 2021
- Baylor College of MedicinePhysician1995 — 2002
Education
- University of Alabama at BirminghamNephrology and Renal Transplantation2002 — 2005
- Baylor College of MedicineMD, Internal Medicine1995 — 2002
- Rice UniversityBA, Philosophy1991 — 1995
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Skills & more
Transplant36Internal Medicine29Healthcare20Medical Ethics18Public Health19Physicians8Bioethics6Kidney Transplant5Health Policy4Transplantation1Higher Education2Nephrology3
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Same school
Also attended University of Alabama at Birmingham11
Manish GorreAnalyst at Dallas Venture CapitalMontana CottrellReal Estate Funds Accounting Assistant at Harbert Growth PartnersJillan FacellaReal Estate Funds Senior Accountant at Harbert Growth PartnersDale GroganManaging Partner at Michigan Capital NetworkTom HearnPartner at FCA Venture PartnersOlga DanilchankaPartner at MRL Ventures Fund
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Also attended Baylor College of Medicine13
Nessan BerminghamInvestor at Khosla VenturesLucy LiuPrincipal at Longwood FundJonathan MercadoPrincipal at First Bight VenturesCollin McCollAnalyst at First Bight VenturesFarzad SoleimaniPartner at 1984 Ventures Management, LlcBibhash MukhopadhyayManaging Partner at Sound Bioventures
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Also attended Rice University92
Abigail JohnsonPartner, Chief Operating Officer at Sapphire VenturesEdi DanalacheSenior Associate at Scale Venture PartnersJim BridenstineManaging Partner, Artemis Group at Cortado VenturesPatrick OkoraforDirector of Finance at Mercury FundSharon KedarCo-Founder, Partner at Northpond VenturesMartin ScottSenior Technical Advisor at Samsung Catalyst Fund
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Shared employers
Also worked at Fresenius Medical Care10
SteveInvestor at Sanofi VenturesAlbert WiegmanManaging Director at Fresenius Medical Care VenturesGregorInvestor at Caesar VenturesAndreas WuepperManaging Director; Director Investments, Europe at Fresenius Medical Care VenturesAdi ShakedVenture Innovation Manager - Israel at Fresenius Medical Care VenturesThomas SpellmanManaging Director; Vice President, Associate General Counsel at Fresenius Medical Care Ventures
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Also worked at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine29
Lucy LiuPrincipal at Longwood FundHaley LeversedgeInvestor at Silversmith Capital PartnersChris HartshornAdvisor at ChrysalixWilliam Tunstall-PedoeInvestor at Cambridge Innovation CapitalDon HolzworthDigital Health Advisor at Excelerate Health VenturesSelene ParekhDigital Health Advisor at Excelerate Health Ventures
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Colleagues at Fresenius Medical Care Ventures
Adi Shaked
Venture Innovation Manager - Israel at Fresenius Medical Care Ventures
Albert Wiegman
Managing Director at Fresenius Medical Care Ventures
Andreas Wuepper
Managing Director; Director Investments, Europe at Fresenius Medical Care Ventures
Andreas Wüpper
Managing Director at Fresenius Medical Care Ventures
Christof Koester
Managing Director; Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Governance and Legal Cross-Business at Fresenius Medical Care Ventures
Jan Walter
President, Emerging Businesses at Fresenius Medical Care Ventures
Thomas Spellman
Managing Director; Vice President, Associate General Counsel at Fresenius Medical Care Ventures




























