About Jean-Luc Neptune, MD MBA
Jean-Luc (“JL”) Neptune, MD MBA is Senior Vice President at Health 2.0. In his role JL is responsible for managing Health 2.0's innovation competition ("Challenge") program which includes a recently awarded multi-million dollar grant from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). In addition to managing the Challenge program, JL is also responsible for building Health 2.0's Innovation Community, a network of software developers, designers, researchers, entrepreneurs and other individuals interested in driving innovation in the health industry. Jean-Luc is a veteran of Gerson Lehrman Group, the world's leading expert network company, where he was responsible for managing GLG's pioneering network of industry experts. He has also co-founded two Health 2.0 startups including Healogica, an online clinical trials matching platform, and ExpertConsensus, a virtual second opinion service. JL earned his BA and MD degrees from Columbia University and an MBA from the Wharton School. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and is licensed to practice medicine in New York. JL is an angel investor in a number of web-based ventures and has consulted for the New York Academy of Sciences.
Surgeon General Regina Benjamin announced a new Healthy Apps challenge at the mHealth summit to facilitate the development of fitness, nutrition and integrative health apps to help people stay healthy and active. Swimtag has developed a new swim sensor that … Continue reading →
On July 21, 2011, Health 2.0, in conjunction with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), announced the launch of a new innovation competition sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) titled, “Using Public Data for Cancer … Continue reading →