Garheng Kong

Garheng Kong founded HealthQuest Capital in 2012 to improve people’s lives through improving healthcare on a significant scale. A physician, scientist, and engineer by training, Garheng has over two decades of experience investing in innovative healthcare companies with a long list of successes (25 IPO/M&A exits). He has represented HealthQuest on the boards of Ajax I, Ajax II, Ajax III, Alcresta, Avedro, Avizia, BardyDx, Castle Biosciences, CleanSlate, Etairos, ENT Specialty Partners, Everlywell, HealthChannels, Magnolia Medical, Perspectum, Pulmonx, Spirox, TigerConnect, Trice Medical, Venus Concept, and CareMetx/VirMedica. Garheng received undergraduate degrees in both Chemical Engineering and Biological Sciences from Stanford, while on an athletic scholarship. He then earned an MD, Ph.D., and MBA from Duke University, graduating at the top of his class in each instance. He is married to his physician wife (a board-certified cardiac electrophysiologist), has 3 children, and was a nationally ranked volleyball player (and avid “foodie”).