About
A physician and serial healthcare entrepreneur with over 25 years as a pulmonary and critical care specialist, Sanger founded and sold multiple healthcare ventures including Intercede Health and helped launch HealthSpring through its 2006 IPO. He is Managing Partner of TEXO Ventures.
Experience
- Televero HealthChief Executive Officercurrent2019 — presentTexas, United States
- TEXO VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2009 — present
- Employer Direct HealthcareChief Medical Officer2010 — 2015
- Intercede HealthFounder, President and Chief Executive Officer1997 — 2012Greater Houston
Education
- The University of Texas at AustinB.A. in Political Science
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - School of MedicineDoctor of Medicine (M.D.), Medicine
- Baylor College of MedicineFellowship Pulmonary Medicine - Internship/Residency in Internal Medicine, Medicine
- University of California, San Francisco - School of MedicineChief Pulmonary Fellow
Skills & more
Strategic Planning28Leadership25Management14Mental Health3Healthcare Information Technology (HIT)3Physicians10Healthcare26Clinical Research9Entrepreneurship32Start-ups24Business Strategy15Medicine13
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Program ManagementVenture CapitalCorporate DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsManaged CareInvestmentsPrivate EquityAngel InvestingInsuranceCreative DirectionFrom Philip's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended The University of Texas at Austin278
Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalTodd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionSapna MehtaInvestor at RevolutionAaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneAndrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at GreycroftMichael HsuSenior Associate at Sapphire Ventures
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Also attended Baylor College of Medicine15
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 University of California, San Francisco - School of Medicine6
Tracy GeorgeInvestor at EPIC VENTURESJohn HalamkaAdvisor, MD, MS at DigiTx Partners LLCSteven Packer, M.D.Executive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital PartnersRyan HarrisGeneral Partner at Norwest Venture PartnersMichael PennFounding Partner at Health Equity VenturesMason FreemanInvestor at Unknown Ventures
Shared employers
Also worked at Employer Direct Healthcare1
Deals · 1
Wenzel SpineBoard seat
via TEXO Ventures · filed Jan 2019 · $3.5M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.