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David Hochman

Director at Motus GI

Mr. Hochman has served as the Chairman of the Board since 2016, and as Chairman of the Board of Motus GI Medical Technologies Ltd., the wholly-owned subsidiary, since 2011. Since May 2018, he has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orchestra BioMed, Inc., a biomedical innovation company focused on developing high-impact therapeutic solutions to address significant unmet needs. Since 2006, he has been Managing Partner of Orchestra Medical Ventures, LLC, an investment firm that employs a strategy to create, build, and invest in medical technology companies intended to generate substantial clinical value. Mr. Hochman has also served as President of Accelerated Technologies, Inc., a medical device accelerator company managed by Orchestra Medical Ventures, LLC. Mr. Hochman has over twenty-one years of healthcare entrepreneurial, venture capital, and investment banking experience. Mr. Hochman currently serves as a board member of Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRBP), a Phase 3 clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat inflammatory and fibrotic diseases by leveraging its industry-leading pipeline of endocannabinoid system-targeting drug candidates. He was a co-founder of Caliber Therapeutics, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orchestra BioMed, Inc., and was on the Board of Caliber Therapeutics, Inc. from 2009 until 2018. He was a co-founder of BackBeat Medical, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orchestra BioMed, Inc., and served as its President and a member of its Board from its inception in 2010 until 2018. He was a co-founder of FreeHold Surgical, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orchestra BioMed, Inc., and served as a member of its Board from 2011 until 2018. He also serves as a director of Adgero Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining Orchestra Medical Ventures LLC, Mr. Hochman was Chief Executive Officer of Spencer Trask Edison Partners, LLC, an investment partnership focused on early-stage healthcare companies. He was also Managing Director of Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc. during which time he led financing transactions for over twenty early-stage companies. From 1999 to 2006 Mr. Hochman was a board advisor of Health Dialog Services Corporation, a leader in collaborative healthcare management that was acquired in 2008 by the British United Provident Association.

Timeline

  • Director

    Current role

  • Chairman