MESH Core 2026
MESH Core™ is the Official, Award-Winning, Healthcare Innovation
Bootcamp of Mass General Brigham

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

MESH Core 2026
MESH Core™ is the Official,
Award-Winning, Healthcare
Innovation Bootcamp
of Mass General Brigham

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

MESH Core 2026
MESH Core™ is the Official, Award-Winning,
Healthcare Innovation Bootcamp of
Mass General Brigham

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

May 4-5, 2026

May 4-5, 2026

Boston, MA

Boston, MA

Boston, MA

Boston, MA

Boston, MA

Boston, MA

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Award-Winning Bootcamp for Healthcare Innovators

Award-Winning
Bootcamp for Healthcare
Innovators

Award-Winning Bootcamp for
Healthcare Innovators

Mass General Brigham MESH Core (May 4–5, 2026) is a two-day intensive, in-person, hands-on healthcare innovation course and networking conference set in the center of biomedical innovation. Drawing on decades of breakthroughs, this official MGB curriculum distills essential knowledge and lessons from healthcare leaders across Harvard, Mass General Brigham, and industry, preparing innovators with the insight and skills needed to advance what is possible. MESH Core was developed in 2018 and taught to physicians and faculty inside Mass General Hospital for six years before being opened to the public in 2024.

Suitable for founders, physicians, researchers, investors, health professionals, MBAs, students, executives, and the public. A combination of lectures, hands-on cases, extensive networking, lively panels, and startup pitch sessions. CME credits offered for physicians.

In 2026, in addition to the MESH fundamental innovation education sessions, thematic threads include artificial intelligence, longevity and life extension, the current venture funding environment, and tech-enabled access to healthcare.

All participants receive a MESH certificate at completion and one year access to the private Innovation MESH Network, where you can join over 3,000 Mass General Brigham and Harvard leaders, faculty, clinicians, and MESH Alumni to network and view additional recorded materials like the MGB MESH Innovation Grand Rounds series.

Course Director: Marc Succi, MD
Founder & Executive Director of the MESH Incubator at Mass General Brigham

Mass General Brigham MESH Core (May 4–5, 2026) is a two-day intensive, in-person, hands-on healthcare innovation course and networking conference set in the center of biomedical innovation. Drawing on decades of breakthroughs, this official MGB curriculum distills essential knowledge and lessons from healthcare leaders across Harvard, Mass General Brigham, and industry, preparing innovators with the insight and skills needed to advance what is possible.

Suitable for founders, physicians, researchers, investors, health professionals, MBAs, students, executives, and the public. A combination of lectures, hands-on cases, extensive networking, lively panels, and startup pitch sessions. CME credits offered for physicians.

In 2026, in addition to the MESH fundamental innovation education sessions, thematic threads include artificial intelligence, longevity and life extension, the current venture funding environment, and tech-enabled access to healthcare.

All participants receive a MESH certificate at completion and one year access to the private Innovation MESH Network, where you can join over 3,000 Mass General Brigham and Harvard leaders, faculty, clinicians, and MESH Alumni to network and view additional recorded materials like the MGB MESH Innovation Grand Rounds series.

Course Director: Marc Succi, MD
Founder & Executive Director of the MESH Incubator at Mass General Brigham

  • AI. Longevity. Startups. Design Thinking. Venture.

  • AI. Longevity. Startups. Design Thinking. Venture.

Agenda & Topics

Day 1 - May 4, 2026

8:00AM-8:30AM | Registration, Coffee, Networking

8:30AM-8:40AM | MESH Core 2026 Welcome and Keynote Introduction | Marc Succi, MD

8:45AM-9:25AM | Core Keynote I: From Bench to Bedside to Boardroom: The Physician’s IPO Playbook | Shantanu Gaur, MD

9:30AM-10:15AM | Digital Health, Venture, and an Evolving Healthcare Landscape | Michael Freni, MBA

10:15AM-10:30AM | Break

10:30AM-11:10AM | Panel: Venture’s Role in Scaling Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare | Keith Figlioli, MBA, MPH (Moderator), Michael Freni, MBA, Parth Desai

11:15AM-12:00PM | The Science and Data Behind Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning | Suzy McKinney, MBChB

12:00PM-12:40PM | Lunch

12:45PM-1:00PM | Featured Keynote: Balancing Trust and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence | Pete Clardy, MD

1:05PM-1:45PM | Panel: The Artificial Clinician | Rebecca Mishuris, MD, MS, MPH (Moderator), Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MPH, MSc, Pete Clardy, MD, Danielle Bitterman, MD

1:50PM-2:05PM | Featured Keynote: Extending Health, Not Just Treating Disease: The Role of Synthetic Biology | Jason Kelly, PhD

2:10PM-2:50PM | Fireside Chat: Longevity and the Science of Living Longer | Angela Shen, MD, MBA (Moderator), Jason Kelly, PhD

2:50PM-3:05PM | Break

3:05PM-3:50PM | How to Craft Your Elevator Pitch | James Stanford, MBA

3:55PM-4:55PM | MESH Disruptive Innovation Prize Startup Pitch Sessions: Top 12 Finalists

5:00PM-5:40PM | Core Keynote II: Cancer and the Cost of Capital | Andrew Lo, PhD

5:45PM-5:55PM | Closing Remarks

6:00PM-8:00PM | Networking Reception | Sponsored by McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship | Rubenstein Treehouse

Day 2 - May 5, 2026

8:00AM-8:30AM | Registration, Coffee, Networking

8:30AM-8:40AM | Opening Remarks

8:45AM-9:25AM | Core Keynote III: How AI and Biomarkers Can Make Healthcare Better, Cheaper and Faster | Amitabh Chandra, PhD

9:30AM-10:45AM | Harvard Business School Live Case Study: Cult Brand, Capital Call: Choosing the Right Financing Path for a Fast-Growing Company at a Pivotal Moment | Katie Coffman, PhD

10:45AM-11:00AM | Break

11:00AM-11:45PM | Real World Patents and Licensing for Healthcare Innovators | Nimra Taqi

11:50AM-12:05PM | Featured Keynote: Questions a Successful Entrepreneur Asks | Ken Zolot

12:10PM-12:45PM | Panel: The Academic Advantage: Translating Research into Innovation | Ken Zolot (Moderator), Marc Succi, MD, Jill Kravetz, MBA, Ian Johnston, PhD

12:45PM-1:15PM | Lunch

1:20PM-1:30PM | MESH Disruptive Innovation Prize Winner Announcement

1:35PM-2:15PM | Panel: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation in Surgery | Yusuf Kudsi, MD, MBA, FACS (Moderator), Jayson Marwaha, MD, MSc, Jacob Nudel, MD, Heather Lyu, MD, MBI, Vinita Mujumdar, JD

2:20PM-3:05PM | Key Components of Venture & Scaling Your Company | Richard Berenson, JD

3:10PM-3:50PM | Panel: Investing in Emerging Biotech: Signals That Matter | Ken Itrato, JD (Moderator), Roger Kitterman, MBA, Lee Cooper, JD, MBA

3:50PM-4:05PM | Break

4:05PM-4:45PM | Panel: Technology-Enabled Access to Care | Liz Kwo, MD, MBA, MPH (Moderator), Ben Robbins, MD, MBA, Melissa Palchak Opraseuth, PharmD, Ian Chiang, MBA, David Mou, MD, MBA, Lesley Solomon, MBA

4:50PM-5:30PM | Core Keynote III: Why Do Startups Fail? | Thomas Eisenmann, DBA, MBA

5:30PM-5:35PM | Closing Remarks

5:35PM-8:00PM | Closing Networking Reception

Add-on Workshops
Pre-conference small group, interactive workshops on Sunday, May 3rd

Once registered, attendees who want additional sessions can choose one of three popular MESH workshops to attend the day before the conference at a nominal cost. All workshops will take place from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM on Sunday, May 3, at Mass General Brigham HQ, 399 Revolution Dr, Somerville, MA. Details on how to register are included in your ticket receipt. Tickets are limited, available on a first-come, first-served basis, and offered only to registered MESH Core attendees.

Build Your Winning Pitch - In this session participants will learn how to transform products/ideas into a compelling pitch that connects with investors, clinicians, and industry leaders. Through live coaching and peer feedback, participants will refine their message, sharpen their delivery, and leave with a pitch fit for raising funds to accelerate their commercial journey.


Build Your Intellectual Property Strategy - This session offers a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of a real-world patent case from the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Participants will gain practical insight into the challenges, strategic decisions, and licensing pathways that help bring life-saving innovations to patients.


Build Your Design Thinking Mindset - This session introduces participants to the fundamentals of design thinking in healthcare. Through hands-on activities, participants will apply creative problem-solving approaches to real-world clinical challenges and explore how human-centered design can drive impactful innovation.

Agenda & Topics

Day 1 - May 4, 2026

8:00AM-8:55AM | Registration, Coffee, Networking

9:00AM-9:10AM | MESH Core 2026 Welcome and Keynote Introduction | Marc Succi, MD

9:15AM-9:45AM | Core Keynote I: From Bench to Bedside to Boardroom: The Physician’s IPO Playbook | Shantanu Gaur, MD

9:50AM-10:35AM | Digital Health, Venture, and an Evolving Healthcare Landscape | Michael Freni, MBA

10:35AM-10:50AM | Break

10:50AM-11:45AM | Panel: Venture’s Role in Scaling Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare | Keith Figlioli, MBA, MPH (Moderator), Michael Freni, MBA, Parth Desai

11:15AM-12:00PM | The Science and Data Behind Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning | Suzy McKinney, MBChB

12:30PM-1:10PM | Lunch

12:45PM-1:00PM | Featured Keynote: Balancing Trust and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence | Pete Clardy, MD

1:15PM-1:55PM | Panel: The Artificial Clinician | Rebecca Mishuris, MD, MS, MPH (Moderator), Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MPH, MSc, Pete Clardy, MD, Danielle Bitterman, MD

1:50PM-2:05PM | Featured Keynote: Extending Health, Not Just Treating Disease: The Role of Synthetic Biology | Jason Kelly, PhD

2:25PM-3:05PM | Fireside Chat: Longevity and the Science of Living Longer | Angela Shen, MD, MBA (Moderator), Jason Kelly, PhD

3:05PM-3:20PM | Break

3:20PM-4:05PM | How to Craft Your Elevator Pitch | James Stanford, MBA

3:55PM-4:55PM | MESH Disruptive Innovation Prize Startup Pitch Sessions: Top 12 Finalists

4:10PM-4:40PM | Core Keynote II: Cancer and the Cost of Capital | Andrew Lo, PhD

5:45PM-5:55PM | Closing Remarks

6:00PM-8:00PM | Networking Reception | Sponsored by McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship | Rubenstein Treehouse

Day 2 - May 5, 2026

8:00AM-8:55AM | Registration, Coffee, Networking

9:00AM-9:10AM | Opening Remarks

9:15AM-9:45AM | Core Keynote III: How AI and Biomarkers Can Make Healthcare Better, Cheaper and Faster | Amitabh Chandra, PhD

9:50AM-11:05AM | Harvard Business School Live Case Study: Cult Brand, Capital Call: Choosing the Right Financing Path for a Fast-Growing Company at a Pivotal Moment | Katie Coffman, PhD

11:05AM-11:20AM | Break

11:20AM-12:05PM | Real World Patents and Licensing for Healthcare Innovators | Nimra Taqi

11:50AM-12:05PM | Featured Keynote: Questions a Successful Entrepreneur Asks | Ken Zolot

12:10PM-12:50PM | Panel: The Academic Advantage: Translating Research into Innovation | Ken Zolot (Moderator), Marc Succi, MD, Jill Kravetz, MBA, Ian Johnston, PhD

12:50PM-1:20PM | Lunch

1:20PM-1:30PM | MESH Disruptive Innovation Prize Winner Announcement

1:35PM-2:05PM | Panel: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation in Surgery | Yusuf Kudsi, MD, MBA, FACS (Moderator), Jayson Marwaha, MD, MSc, Jacob Nudel, MD, Heather Lyu, MD, MBI, Vinita Mujumdar, JD

2:10PM-2:55PM | Key Components of Venture & Scaling Your Company | Richard Berenson, JD

3:00PM-3:40PM | Panel: Investing in Emerging Biotech: Signals That Matter | Ken Itrato, JD (Moderator), Roger Kitterman, MBA, Lee Cooper, JD, MBA, Jamil M. Beg

3:40PM-3:55PM | Break

3:55PM-4:40PM | Panel: Technology-Enabled Access to Care | Liz Kwo, MD, MBA, MPH (Moderator), Ben Robbins, MD, MBA, Melissa Palchak Opraseuth, PharmD, Ian Chiang, MBA, David Mou, MD, MBA, Lesley Solomon, MBA

5:35PM-6:05PM | Core Keynote III: Why Do Startups Fail? | Thomas Eisenmann, DBA, MBA

6:10PM-6:20PM | Closing Remarks

6:30PM-8:30PM | Closing Networking Reception

Add-on Workshops
Pre-conference small group, interactive workshops on Sunday, May 3rd

Once registered, attendees who want additional sessions can choose one of three popular MESH workshops to attend the day before the conference at a nominal cost. All workshops will take place from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM on Sunday, May 3, at Mass General Brigham HQ, 399 Revolution Dr, Somerville, MA. Details on how to register are included in your ticket receipt. Tickets are limited, available on a first-come, first-served basis, and offered only to registered MESH Core attendees.

Build Your Winning Pitch - In this session participants will learn how to transform products/ideas into a compelling pitch that connects with investors, clinicians, and industry leaders. Through live coaching and peer feedback, participants will refine their message, sharpen their delivery, and leave with a pitch fit for raising funds to accelerate their commercial journey.


Build Your Intellectual Property Strategy - This session offers a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes of a real-world patent case from the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Participants will gain practical insight into the challenges, strategic decisions, and licensing pathways that help bring life-saving innovations to patients.


Build Your Design Thinking Mindset - This session introduces participants to the fundamentals of design thinking in healthcare. Through hands-on activities, participants will apply creative problem-solving approaches to real-world clinical challenges and explore how human-centered design can drive impactful innovation.

MESH Faculty

Renowned MESH Faculty from Mass General Brigham, MIT, Harvard & Industry

More added weekly!

Jason Kelly, PhD - Co-Founder and CEO at Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA); former Chair of the US National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology

Pete Clardy, MD - Director, Clinical Enterprise, Google Health; Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician

Ben Robbins, MD MBA - General Partner, Google Ventures

Ian Chiang, MBA - Partner, Flare Capital Partners

Shantanu Gaur, MD - Co-Founder & CEO at Allurion (NYSE: ALUR)

Jill Kravetz, MBA - Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director, Harvard Innovation Labs

Andrew W. Lo, PhD - Professor of Finance & Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering, MIT Sloan School of Management

Amitabh Chandra, PhD MBA - Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Katie Coffman, PhD - Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Ken Itrato, JD - Partner, Crowell & Moring

Ian Johnston, PhD - Vice President of Tech Translation and Ecosystem Development, MIT The Engine

Thomas Eisenmann, PhD MBA - Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Peter O. Crisp Faculty Chair, Harvard Innovation Labs, Faculty Co-chair of HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School

Liz Kwo, MD MBA MPH - President, Vanna Health

David Mou, MD, MBA - Founder and CEO, Benchmark Health

Leo Anthony Celi, MD MS MPH - Senior Research Scientist, MIT Clinical Research Director, Laboratory of Computational Physiology; Co-Director, MIT Sana; Associate Professor of Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School

Keith J. Figlioli, MBA MPH - Managing Partner, LRVHealth

James Stanford, MBA - Managing Director, Fitzroy Health

Ken Zolot - Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lesley Solomon, MBA - Founder and CEO, Veda Clinical Trials

Melissa Palchak Opraseuth, PharmD - CEO, par8o

Suzy McKinney, MD - Chief Medical Officer, V1ewpoint

Roger Kitterman, MBA - Senior Vice President, Venture, Business Development and Licensing, Mass General Brigham Innovation

Mike Freni, MBA - Vice President of Business Development, Mass General Brigham Innovation

Angela Shen, MD MBA - Vice President, Head of Regulatory, Gene and Cell Therapy Institute at Mass General Brigham

Nimra Taqi - Vice President of Business Development and Licensing, Mass General Brigham Innovation

Brian Zamarron, PhD - Director, Business Development & Licensing, Mass General Brigham Innovation

Georgios Varsos, PhD - Senior Manager, Business Development and Licensing, Mass General Brigham Innovation

Omar Y Kudsi, MD, MBA - Surgeon, Brigham & Women's Hospital

Gerald Hefferman, MD - Neuroradiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Sherene Shenouda, PhD - Director, Business Development & Licensing, Mass General Brigham Innovation

Chris Coburn - Chief Innovation Officer, Mass General Brigham

Marc Succi, MD - Founder and Executive Director, MESH Incubator; MESH Core Course Director; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

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Our Innovation Research

Read select MESH Core papers and more…

Integrating a healthcare innovation bootcamp into an international medical conference to democratize innovation learning | Nature Biotechnology

Integrating innovation as a core objective in medical training | Nature Biotechnology

A strategy to incentivize innovation in the health care system: the innovation RVU | Nature Biotechnology

Immersion in innovation should be part of every health care professional’s training | STAT NEWS

Medically Engineered Solutions in Health Care: A Technology Incubator and Design-Thinking Curriculum for Radiology Trainees | JACR

Initial Experience Integrating a Hands-On Innovation Curriculum Into a Radiology Residency Program and Department | JACR


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Registration

Secure Your Early-Bird Discounted Spot Today!

Full Admission

Full access to MESH Core 2026. In person only conference.

All keynotes, panels, lectures and access to recordings

Lunch both days

Two networking receptions

Access to the MESH Network for 1 year

Full Registration

$399

Limited time rate until April 15

Buy Ticket

Full Admission

Full access to MESH Core 2026. In person only conference.

All keynotes, panels, lectures and access to recordings

Lunch both days

Two networking receptions

Access to the MESH Network for 1 year

Full Registration

$399

Limited time rate until April 15

Buy Ticket

Registration

Secure Your Early-Bird Discounted Spot Today!

Full Admission

Full access to MESH Core 2026. In person only conference.

All keynotes, panels, lectures and access to recordings

Lunch both days

Two networking receptions

Access to the MESH Network for 1 year

Full Registration

$399

Limited time rate until April 15

Buy Ticket

MESH Core is a production of the MESH Incubator, part of the Mass General Brigham Innovator Growth Division


Marc Succi, MD
Course Creator, Director

MESH Incubator Founder & Executive Director

Co-Director, MGB Innovator Growth Division


Chris Coburn
Chief Innovation Officer, Mass General Brigham


Diana Schwartzstein
Vice President, Co-Director, MGB Innovator Growth Division


Anu Gupte
Project Lead, Innovator Growth Division


Casey Frazier
Engagement Lead, Innovator Growth Division


Kaitlyn Khoury

Program Coordinator, Innovator Growth Division


Peter Choi
Managing Director, MESH Incubator


Maggie Hastings

Program Coordinator, Innovator Growth Division


MESH Core is a production of the Mass General

Brigham Innovator Growth Division


Chris Coburn
Chief Innovation Officer, Mass General Brigham


Marc Succi, MD
Course Creator, Director

MESH Incubator Founder & Executive Director

Co-Director, MGB Innovator Growth Division


Diana Schwartzstein
Vice President, Co-Director, MGB Innovator Growth Division


Anu Gupte
Project Lead, Innovator Growth Division


Casey Frazier
Engagement Lead, Innovator Growth Division


Kaitlyn Khoury

Program Coordinator, Innovator Growth Division


Peter Choi
Managing Director, MESH Incubator


Maggie Hastings
Program Coordinator, Innovator Growth Division


MESH Core is a production of the MESH Incubator, part of the Mass General Brigham

Innovator Growth Division


Marc Succi, MD
Course Creator, Director

MESH Incubator Founder & Executive Director

Co-Director, MGB Innovator Growth Division


Chris Coburn
Chief Innovation Officer, Mass General Brigham


Diana Schwartzstein
Vice President, Co-Director, MGB Innovator Growth Division


Anu Gupte
Project Lead, Innovator Growth Division


Casey Frazier
Engagement Lead, Innovator Growth Division


Kaitlyn Khoury

Program Coordinator, Innovator Growth Division


Peter Choi
Managing Director, MESH Incubator


Maggie Hastings

Program Coordinator, Innovator Growth Division