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Dr. Root joined U.S. Venture Partners as a Ewing Marion Kauffman Fellow in Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship. At USVP, Jon focuses on investments in therapeutic medical devices, diagnostics, drug discovery tools and services, and biopharmaceutical development. Jon serves as a Director of Altus Biologics, CryoVascular Systems, MicroVention, Proteolix, and Raven biotechnologies. Prior to USVP, Jon spent nine years in clinical practice, most recently on the faculty and clinical staff at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York City, where he was an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of the Neurology-Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit. He holds an AB in Economics/Government from Dartmouth College, an MD from the University of Florida College of Medicine, and an MBA from Columbia University. | 