Tamara Elias

Tamara Elias, M.D. has been avidly involved with healthcare for over 20 years across a wide spectrum of diverse experiences, beginning with medical school, extending into surgical residency, followed by healthcare strategic consulting, private equity investing, corporate strategy, and business development, product innovation and P&L, inclusive of board member positions.

Most recently in her role as VP of Global Partnerships & Innovation at Merck, Tamara lead global “non-product” ("around the pill") commercial partnerships for the Commercial Organization with start-ups and established players across the value chain. Her team’s work included building new journeys to care for patients by partnering with 3rd parties, scouting relevant partners, executing win-win contracts and deal structures, partnering with markets to share best practices and scale based on local successes, and external monitoring of key healthcare trends as it affects the business.

Tamara holds a BA in both Biology and Anthropology from Yale University, obtained her M.D. from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and pursued a general surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital.