Job Title: Sports Medicine Physician Advisor
Company Name: Healthcare Shares
Company Website: www.healthcareshares.comCompensation: Carried interest in venture capital fund Time Commitment: 2–4 hours per month
Location: U.S. RemoteAbout the Company
Healthcare Shares PBC is an early-stage, physician-backed healthcare venture capital firm that invests in social impact healthcare startups. We operate a venture capital fund, a venture studio, a marketing agency, and a free online community for healthcare entrepreneurship. Our mission is to positively improve healthcare through the power of entrepreneurship. Healthcare Shares is building an ecosystem designed to support healthcare founders, clinicians, investors, operators, and industry leaders who want to help transform healthcare. Through our venture capital fund, we invest in promising healthcare startups. Through our venture studio, we help launch and support new healthcare companies. Through our marketing agency, we help healthcare startups grow their visibility, credibility, and market presence. Through our free online community, we provide education, resources, and connections for people interested in healthcare innovation, healthcare investing, and entrepreneurship. We believe some of the most important healthcare solutions will come from mission-driven founders who understand real problems in care delivery, access, affordability, operations, technology, and patient outcomes. Healthcare Shares exists to help identify, support, and scale those companies while creating opportunities for healthcare professionals and investors to participate in the future of healthcare innovation.
About the Role:
Sports Medicine Physician Advisor Healthcare Shares is seeking experienced sports medicine physicians to serve as Sports Medicine Physician Advisors. This role is ideal for physicians with firsthand experience in musculoskeletal care, injury prevention, athletic performance, rehabilitation, orthopedics, primary care sports medicine, concussion management, regenerative medicine, digital health, medical devices, healthcare AI, or healthcare innovation. As a Sports Medicine Physician Advisor, you will provide clinical, operational, and strategic insight to help Healthcare Shares evaluate, support, and grow healthcare startups within our venture capital fund, venture studio, and broader healthcare entrepreneurship ecosystem. This is a flexible, remote advisory opportunity for sports medicine physicians who are passionate about improving musculoskeletal care, injury recovery, patient outcomes, access, affordability, and innovation through entrepreneurship.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide clinical and strategic guidance on healthcare startups focused on sports medicine, musculoskeletal care, injury prevention, rehabilitation, performance health, orthopedics, concussion care, digital health, healthcare AI, medical devices, and related areas. Support Healthcare Shares in evaluating healthcare startups, founders, business models, clinical relevance, workflow fit, scalability, patient impact, and social impact potential. Advise portfolio companies, venture studio projects, and healthcare entrepreneurs on sports medicine workflows, physician adoption, patient care pathways, rehabilitation models, clinical validation, commercialization strategy, and go-to-market considerations when appropriate. Offer relevant introductions, industry insight, and subject matter expertise across sports medicine, orthopedics, physical therapy, rehabilitation, health systems, performance health, healthcare technology, and startup ecosystems. Participate in periodic advisory discussions and contribute practical recommendations based on your clinical experience and area of expertise.
Preferred Qualifications:
MD or DO with experience practicing sports medicine.
Board certification or fellowship training in sports medicine preferred.
Experience in musculoskeletal care, primary care sports medicine, orthopedics, rehabilitation, physical therapy collaboration, concussion management, regenerative medicine, digital health, medical devices, healthcare AI, startups, investing, advisory work, or healthcare innovation preferred.
Strong understanding of sports medicine workflows, patient care pathways, physician adoption, injury recovery, athlete and active patient needs, and real-world barriers to healthcare technology adoption.
Ability to commit approximately 2–4 hours per month to advisory board participation and strategic advisory activities.
Compensation & Benefits:
This Sports Medicine Physician Advisor role offers the opportunity to receive carried interest in the Healthcare Shares venture capital fund. Advisors may also have opportunities to support Healthcare Shares venture studio companies and startup clients, including potential sweat equity opportunities when applicable. Additional benefits include networking with healthcare founders, investors, physicians, clinicians, executives, operators, sports medicine leaders, orthopedic leaders, rehabilitation professionals, digital health leaders, and healthcare innovation professionals; early exposure to innovative healthcare startups; opportunities to support mission-driven healthcare companies; and the ability to contribute to meaningful social impact across the healthcare ecosystem.
Why Join Us:
Healthcare Shares is building a physician-backed venture capital platform focused on improving healthcare through entrepreneurship. As a Sports Medicine Physician Advisor, you will have the opportunity to bring real-world sports medicine expertise into the healthcare startup ecosystem and help founders build solutions that are clinically relevant, operationally practical, physician-informed, and aligned with real patient, athlete, and clinician needs. This is an opportunity to contribute your sports medicine expertise, network, and perspective to a growing healthcare venture ecosystem focused on supporting practical, scalable solutions to some of healthcare's most important musculoskeletal, injury prevention, rehabilitation, performance health, and care delivery challenges.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Healthcare Shares PBC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Employment decisions at Healthcare Shares PBC are based on qualifications, merit, business needs, and the ability to perform the responsibilities of the role.
