About Us
Summit Health Advisors has over 50 years of experience in healthcare technology, working with companies from Seed to Fortune 500, across all sectors of healthcare.
We are leading experts on network effects and platform business strategy in healthcare, with unmatched expertise in:
Healthcare economics
Digital health commercialization
Business model innovation
Mechanics of competition
Business strategy
Trusted relationship building
Our History
Summit Health was founded in 2018 by Seth Joseph, who spent more than a decade leading strategy for innovative digital health companies, including CVS Health and Surescripts, the first true network effects-driven platform in healthcare.
After scaling Surescripts nationally, and gaining extensive experience in platform business strategy and network effects in a healthcare environment, Seth founded Summit Health - to help other platform companies in healthcare do the same.
Today, Summit Health Advisors is a strategic partner to some of the most innovative digital health companies, health systems and healthcare investors globally.
Meet the Team
Seth Joseph
Founder and Managing Director
Platform Practice Lead
Seth Joseph is a recognized expert on the intersection of healthcare and technology, particularly the unique challenges of bringing multi-sided platforms to market. He spent close to two decades leading strategy for innovative digital health companies including CVS Caremark and Surescripts, the first true healthcare platform and is passionate about helping investors and healthcare operators leverage multi-sided platforms to help physicians and care extenders improve the quality and cost of care.
Seth is a sought-after speaker and author on topics including digital health, healthcare strategy, and the impact of federal policy. His articles have been published in multiple journals including Health Affairs, JAMIA, AJMC, and Forbes. He is also frequently cited in industry media on topics ranging from e-prescribing and medication adherence to EHRs and the value that health information technology can deliver for patients and the healthcare system.
Jenine Alves
Health Systems Practice Lead
Jenine Alves brings more than 15 years of experience directing strategy and operations in various leadership roles within healthcare businesses. Her unique combination of strategic acumen and deep, hands-on operational experience make her a key advisor for healthcare systems looking to enable innovation.
Prior to joining Summit, Jenine was the strategy and operations portfolio leader for one of the flagship hospitals for Kaiser Permanente, the largest managed care organization in the US which delivers services to more than 12 million members. Jenine was also a regional director at Crossover Health, an innovative healthcare provider delivering a new model of primary care, and a leader of performance excellence at Stanford Health Care.
Carlo Perez
Partner Product Strategy Lead
Carlo Perez is an engineer, entrepreneur and startup leader who has spent the last 25 years at the forefront of digital health, artificial intelligence, and medical devices. As a 3-time founder and CEO, he’s spent the last 15 years building and launching AI-powered medical devices and software products in the US, with deep experience in product management, go-to-market strategy, fundraising and culture building for high-growth startups.
Carlo is the founder and former CEO of Swift Medical, the global leader in digital wound care management solutions. While at Swift Medical, Carlo grew the company to over 150 employees, raised over $60M in funding and scaled the product to over 4,500 healthcare organizations across the US, acquiring the world’s largest payers, EMRs, and healthcare providers as customers and partners.
Formerly a researcher at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc. and a college professor in engineering and robotics, Carlo is now focused fully on continuing to fulfill his personal mission of advancing healthcare effectiveness, accessibility, and equity globally by helping the mission-driven Seed to Series C companies accelerate the positive impact they can bring to the world.
David Mannion
VP, Digital Health
David has spent a decade helping innovative digital health companies scale their businesses. He specializes in commercial and growth strategy, go-to-market execution, government affairs, innovation procurement, and marketing and communications.
Prior to joining Summit Health, David led market development, business development and government relations for several high-growth, VC-backed digital health companies – helping them enter new markets and achieve system-wide adoption. David has spearheaded go-to-market and commercialization efforts in the US, Canada and international healthcare markets, launching products in telemedicine, care coordination, medical imaging and clinical decision support. Before entering digital health, David was a college professor.
Avneet Hundel
Associate Consultant
Avneet brings with her a unique set of diverse skills having specialized in technology transformation and strategy development across an array of projects within the Health sector. Avneet has a passion for improving digital health care and brings across her global perspective having worked within the Australian and U.S markets.
Prior to joining Summit, Avneet worked as a Senior Consultant within Ernst & Young where she worked for both large public and private sector clients. Avneet has been involved in projects across digital transformation and strategy development, process improvement, supply chain management, procurement, operating models, agile, technical implementation and delivery and strategic risk management. Avneet’s most notable experiences to date involve developing large-scale digital health strategies that outline a roadmap and strategic priorities for system wide technology uplifts. Uplifts considered the integration of EHR's, PAS' and looking beyond to utilizing smart hospitals and artificial intelligence.
Contact us.
We love to talk healthcare. Whether you’re a digital health founder, hospital system executive, or VC wanting advice, a sounding board, or just a chat, we’d love to hear from you.
