Opinion: A doctor-entrepreneur’s guide to socially responsible capitalism
As a doctor specializing in diseases and disorders of blood cells, I devoted my life to discovering new ways to diagnose and treat disease. I never saw myself as an entrepreneur. But some doodles I’d drawn on a piece of paper that I later jerry-built into a prototype in my garage turned into an automated device for diagnosing cancer that showed potential. It allows pathologists to accurately identify the cellular characteristics of a cancer, making it possible to personalize treatment to a patient’s molecular profile and targeting drug treatment so it reaches every cancerous cell.
My invention attracted startup money and grew into a successful business, Ventana Medical Systems. After seven years, we took the company public. It was later acquired by a leading international pharmaceutical firm that continues to invest in the company.
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