Venture capital funding of dermatology companies founded by women: a unique set of challenges

• Amar D. Desai, MPH,
• Jacquelyn M. Roth, BA,
• Nilesh Kodali, BS,
• Simona Alomary, BA,
• Rahul Bhatia, BA,
• Vinod E. Nambudiri, MD, MBA, EdM,
• Cindy Wassef, MD,
• Shari R. Lipner, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Amar D. Desai, MPH

a Department of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

Jacquelyn M. Roth, BA

a Department of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

Nilesh Kodali, BS

a Department of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

Simona Alomary, BA

a Department of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

Rahul Bhatia, BA

b Departments of Economics and Political Science, Columbia University, New York City, New York

Vinod E. Nambudiri, MD, MBA, EdM

c Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Cindy Wassef, MD

d Department of Dermatology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey

Shari R. Lipner, MD, PhD

e Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, New York