Michael J. Markus, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Harleysville, Pennsylvania, United States

◾️ Angel Investor Group

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

◾️ Oversee all business operations for Zzoma, an FDA-cleared, prescription only, positional medical device approved for treatment of sleep apnea. ◾️ Partner with clinicians who diagnose patients with mild to moderate sleep apnea and prescribe Zzoma as first line therapy or as alternative for patients who cannot adjust to CPAP therapy.

Exeter, New Hampshire, United States

◾️ Lead 45-person team and control multimillion-dollar annual budget for Vapotherm Access (formerly HGE Health) a digital health company and wholly owned subsidiary of Vapotherm that remotely manages patients with complex lung disease and contracts with providers and payers to provide same day access to care as part of value-based networks.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

◾️ Built new digital platform from Temple University spin-out company based on work of Temple Lung Center and $5 million grant from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to remotely manage COPD patients. ◾️ Conducted series of follow-up clinical studies (e.g., AstraZeneca, ResMed) that demonstrated improved quality of life and reduction in emergency department and inpatient utilization.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

◾️ Recruited to new role jointly designed and created with Dean of School of Medicine to develop novel ways for cultivating strategic relationships between Temple Health, start-up companies, and industry experts to fast-track intellectual property produced by clinicians and research from bench to bedside.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

◾️ Leveraged social technologies to build private, regulatory compliant programs for advisory boards, clinical trials, and speakers bureaus, enabling biopharmaceutical companies and life sciences organizations to compliantly engage large or small groups of physicians, nurses, payers, and patients.

Ph.D., Social Psychology

Research Areas: Individual and group decision-making; health behavior decision-making; individual and group performance;

Trawick Post-Doctoral Fellow