Arlen D. Meyers MD, MBA

Arlen Meyers, MD is a Professor emeritus of otolaryngology, dentistry, and engineering at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health; President and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs. Dr. Meyers has created several medical devices and digital health companies; most of them failed, and some are on life support. His primary research centers are around biomedical and health innovation and entrepreneurship, and life science technology commercialization.

Arlen Meyers teaches at the University of Colorado-Denver, consults and speaks to companies, governments, colleges, and universities around the world who need his expertise and contacts in the areas of bio entrepreneurship, bioscience, healthcare, healthcare IT, medical tourism — nationally and internationally–, new product development, product design, and financing new ventures.

A former Harvard-Macy fellow In 2010, he completed a Fulbright at Kings Business, the commercialization office of technology transfer at Kings College in London. He is also an associate editor of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology and Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship and Editor-in-Chief of Medscape Reference: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. In addition, he is a faculty member at the University of Colorado Denver Graduate School, where he teaches Biomedical Entrepreneurship and is an iCorps participant, trainer, and industry mentor.