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Dr. Bellizzi has over 15 years of experience, within and beyond the Life Science industry, across operations, finance, strategic business development and investment banking. Most recently, Dr. Bellizzi was Managing Director of Indalo Ventures, a specialty advisory and investment firm he founded to incubate, launch and scale emerging, high growth businesses. Early in his career, Dr. Bellizzi founded the Urban Dental Education Project, an oral care education program serving the Philadelphia public school system.
In several senior-level positions in private equity investing and consulting, Dr. Bellizzi focused on major Life Science sectors such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices and health systems. In 1993, as a member of the management consulting firm Booz, Allen & Hamilton's Health Industries Practice, he facilitated a number of high-profile engagements, including the merger integration of two leading West Coast health systems and the acquisition strategy for a leading New York health system. In addition, from 1997 - 2000, as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Streampipe, a rich media software company, he architected all aspects of the company's growth and successful sale.
Among other accomplishments, he has been a consultant to the American Hospital Association as well as Merck and Schering-Plough, an advisor to the Czech Republic's Ministry of Health, and a special assistant in the United States Department of Health & Human Services.
Dr. Bellizzi holds an MBA from The Wharton School, a Doctorate in Dental Medicine from The University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University. | 