Details

Screen Name

sherman

First Name

Sherman

Last Name

Leung

Profile Type

Medical Student

About Me

About Me

I’m a reformed programmer, product manager, turned early-stage investor and medical student based in NYC. In addition to studying medicine, I invest in and incubate healthcare companies at AlleyCorp. I care deeply about leveraging technology to support underserved patient populations and increasing the efficiency/efficacy of healthcare delivery. 

Special Interests and Hobbies

Basketball, stock investing, music production

Undergrad

Undergraduate School

Stanford University

Major 1

Computer Science

Leadership and Club Activities

Co-Founder, Co-President @ shift.stanford.edu — healthcare technology innovation club;
Founder @TreeHacks Health, Co-Founder @healthplusplus.stanford.edu — healthcare hackathons;
Residential Staff Member @Stanford Residential Education;
Worship Leader @InterVarsity Christian Fellowship;

Graduate School

Graduate School

Stanford University

Medical School

Medical School

Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai

Degree Program

MD

School Clubs & Organizations

Associate @AlleyCorp – supporting healthcare investment + incubation;
Founder & Chair @ MD++ (mdplusplus.org) – a community of aspiring physician-innovators;
Vice Chair @Mt Sinai’s Diversity & Innovation Hub (dihub.com);
Co-lead @Emergency Medicine Interest Group;

Mentoring

Currently Accepting Students

Contact Me

Mentoring Philosophy

I generally am most helpful over email with specific questions about my journey or advice specifically for non-traditional candidates coming from a tech/business background, since a lot of my general thoughts on my non traditional path to medical school I’ve written about online:

Why VC + Medicine

MD or not MD

Communications & Availability

email – sherman.leung@icahn.mssm.edu

Work & Military Experience

Work Experience

Investing Associate @Underscore VC – seed-stage enterprise SaaS investor;
Product Manager @PatientPing – care coordination software;
Product Manager @Mango Health – medication adherance;
Mobile Engineer @Khan Academy – edtech platform;

more details on my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shleung/

Connections / Social

Twitter:

sk_leung