Tara Bishop
InvestorManaging Director at Black Opal Ventures
New York, New York
Writes $100K β $5M checks Β· typically $1.5M
About
Co-founder of Black Opal Ventures with a career reshaping healthcare as a physician, venture capitalist, and executive. She previously served as Chief Clinical Officer at Bind (acquired by UnitedHealth Group) and held leadership roles at McKinsey and Weill Cornell.
Experience
- Black Opal VenturesFounder and Managing Directorcurrent2021 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- Weill Cornell MedicineClinical Associate Professor Of Population Health (Courtesy)current2016 β presentNew York, New York
- Weill Cornell MedicineAssociate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research2010 β 2016New York, NY
- Weill Cornell MedicineDirector of Quality Improvement Operations2012 β 2015Department of Medicine
- 25m HealthMember, Senior Advisory Boardcurrent2021 β present
- MaraniStrategic Advisorcurrent2021 β present
- Bind BenefitsChief Clinical Officer2018 β 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- McKinsey & CompanyMedical Director and Senior Expert2016 β 2018New York, New York
- Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)Editorial Board Member - Journal of General Internal Medicine2014 β 2017
- The Mount Sinai HospitalFellow in General Internal Medicine2008 β 2010
- The Mount Sinai HospitalFellow in Palliative Care2005 β 2006
- The Mount Sinai HospitalResident2002 β 2005
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.S., Chemical Engineering1993 β 1997
- Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityM.D., Medicine1997 β 2002
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiMaster of Public Health (MPH)
- Hopkins School1987 β 1993
Skills & more
Writing2Public Speaking13Mentoring3Leadership3Strategy2Internal Medicine29Health Services Research7Quality Improvement23Grant Writing9Research Design4Statistical Data Analysis4Epidemiology10
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Board CertifiedClinical ResearchHealth PolicyHealthcareHealthcare ManagementHospitalsData AnalysisWorking with PhysiciansMedical Education- Fellowship β American College of Physicians
- Board Certification in Internal Medicine β American Board of Internal Medicine
- License to practice medicine β New York State Division of Licensing Services
From Tara's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda
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Also attended Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University13
David KaufmanInvestor at Third Rock VenturesJulie YangInvestor at Third Rock VenturesTracy WilliamsInvestor at Third Rock VenturesKonstantinos AprilakisPartner at Deerfield Management CompanyNida ShekhaniDeputy COO & Chief Strategy Officer at Oncology VenturesPrakash PatelAdvisor at Reach Capital
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Also attended Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai13
Justin RobenyAssociate at Osage University PartnersOmar Njie, MDPrincipal at AlleyCorpVinod MittaVenture Partner at Floating PointScott GottliebPartner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Sharon HuangAssociate at Tau VenturesAlejo ChornyPrincipal Investment at Criteria Bio Ventures
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Also attended Hopkins School15
Mark XuInvestor at Index VenturesMike DudasManaging Partner at 6th Man VenturesEmilio Maglione-FulcoHead of Operations at 6th Man VenturesMatt VineSenior Associate at RRE VenturesRΓ³nΓ‘n CarrVice President, Investments at Greybull Stewardship LLCAndrew HallResearch Advisor at a16z crypto
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Shared employers
Also worked at Weill Cornell Medicine24
Julie YangInvestor at Third Rock VenturesTracy WilliamsInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAlexi Nazem, MDGeneral Partner at AlleyCorpDeborah Lafer ScherBoard Director & Strategic Advisor at Joyance PartnersIgor TulchinskyFounder, WorldQuant Ventures LLC at WorldQuant VenturesSahil ChopraPrincipal at Vertex Ventures HC
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Also worked at Marani1
Also worked at Bind Benefits4
Also worked at McKinsey & Company1,127
Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalAnn Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateJeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersFabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs
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Dr. Tara Bishop, MD MPH
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