Tony Chou

Dr. Chou is a general partner at The Vertical Group, a healthcare focused venture capital firm. He co-founded Silk Road with Michi Garrison in 2007 and served as initial CEO. His career includes practicing as an interventional cardiologist and experience as a medical device industry executive. He previously had general management and business development responsibilities in the Abbott Vascular Division of Abbott Laboratories and last served as Division Vice President and General Manager of the vascular closure managing the FDA approval and global launch of the Perclose and Starclose products. Prior to joining Abbott, Dr. Chou was the Director of the Adult Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University of California, San Francisco where he remains Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Chou received an MD from Case Western Reserve University and a BS in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.