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.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
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
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 Phil's professional profile.
Deals · 1
Wenzel SpineBoard seat
via TEXO Ventures · filed Jan 2019 · $3.5M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at TEXO Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Phil Sanger?
- 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.
- Where does Phil Sanger work?
- Phil Sanger is Managing Partner, MD at TEXO Ventures.
- What boards does Phil Sanger sit on?
- Phil Sanger holds tracked board seats at Wenzel Spine.
- Where did Phil Sanger go to school?
- Phil Sanger studied at The University of Texas at Austin (B.A. in Political Science); Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - School of Medicine (Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Medicine); Baylor College of Medicine (Fellowship Pulmonary Medicine - Internship/Residency in Internal Medicine, Medicine).
Founder mafias
The University of Texas at Austin mafia106
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Michael DellFounded Force10Michael GortonPhysics & Engineering w minor in EnglishFounded Principal Solar +2Amar SawhneyM.S. and PhDFounded Access Closure +2Arlo GilbertPolitical ScienceFounded Osano +1Erik HuddlestonBAFounded Trendkite +1Celine HaliquaBachelor of Science (BSc)Founded Longevity Drugs for Dogs +1
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Baylor College of Medicine mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
University of California, San Francisco - School of Medicine mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended The University of Texas at Austin384
Michael DellFounder & CEO of Dell TechnologiesViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalTodd KleinManaging Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionSapna MehtaInvestor at RevolutionAaron LiuPrincipal at NorthzoneAnish AggarwalInvestor at Lightbank
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Also attended Baylor College of Medicine19
Nessan BerminghamInvestor at Khosla VenturesLucy LiuPrincipal at Longwood FundJonathan MercadoPrincipal at First Bight VenturesCollin McCollAnalyst at First Bight VenturesDavid SidranskyCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Israel Biotech FundFarzad SoleimaniPartner at 1984 Ventures Management, Llc
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Also attended University of California, San Francisco - School of Medicine9
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
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