Health Innovation Resources in DC

With 16 medical centers and hospitals, numerous research universities and federal health agencies, major funders of biomedical research, and a thriving health tech sector, the DC region is a growing hub for health innovation. This document outlines the organizations and support organizations helping drive forward health innovation in DC.

The Business Development Unit at the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) helps businesses navigate resources to help them grow and thrive in DC. We consistently hear from our stakeholders a need for a central location to view resources available to support businesses and individuals interested in different industry areas. This document strives to list the key organizations and resources in DC’s health innovation ecosystem. We included all organizations and resources we are aware of. This document will be updated periodically. The date on the bottom of this page denotes the date of the last update. Please email [email protected] with any organizations or resources we may have missed.

Table of Contents Hospitals with Health Innovation Centers ...... 1 Health Innovation Accelerators & Incubators ...... 2 Medical Schools in DC ...... 2 Major Government Agencies Based in the DMV ...... 3 Largest Hospitals in the DMV ...... 3 Nonprofits Focused on Health Innovation ...... 4 Largest Bioscience Employers in Greater DC ...... 4 Largest Health Insurance Providers in DC ...... 5

Hospitals with Health Innovation Centers Children’s National Hospital

• The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation offers several funding opportunities each year to encourage development of pediatric medical and surgical innovations that meet an unmet need within the pediatric population. • The Office of Innovation and Technology Commercialization supports staff to move ideas and discoveries from the research setting to the marketplace that benefit the health and well-being of children regionally, nationally and internationally.

Sibley Memorial Hospital

• The Sibley Innovation Hub combines human centered design, digital services and lean process into the Sibley Innovation Method. The Hub helps Sibley, and Johns Hopkins Health Innovation Resources in DC

Medicine, fulfill its mission through listening to the needs of people, building creative solutions, and scaling them rapidly.

MedStar Health System

• The MedStar Institute for Innovation aims to catalyze innovation that advances health. The Institute also works with MedStar associates to transform their innovative ideas and discoveries into commercial products and services that advance health and improve the patient and family experience.

Health Innovation Accelerators & Incubators Relevant Health is a cohort-based health tech startup accelerator located in Rockville, Maryland. Admitted companies get access to space at the Rockville Innovation Center along with support that includes up to $50,000 in funding, mentorship, and access to the local health tech ecosystem.

MedStar Innovation Lab Cohort is a program designed to validate, test, and/or scale the businesses that can have a transformative impact in the health industry. Together with 1776, the MedStar Innovation Lab Cohort will help the winning startups grow their businesses for 3 months for potential pilot project collaborations with MedStar and other healthcare companies and systems, as well as exposure to potential investment opportunities.

Inova Personalized Health Accelerator offers intensive, customized programs that allow companies to work closely with the Inova Personalized Heath Accelerator team to evolve initial stage prototypes to validated products, mature business models, and go-to-market plans for their healthcare technology solutions. The Accelerator plans to offer $75,000 in exchange for 10 percent equity in the companies.

Inova New Entrepreneur Program offers high-potential personalized health technology entrepreneurs a free education program designed to equip them with a comprehensive set of skills required to execute the commercialization and growth of personalized healthcare companies.

The Hatchery by AARP is an incubator/accelerator for companies working to enhance the quality of life for all as we age. The Hatchery builds their own startup ideas in-house as well as working in partnership with other organizations. The Hatchery provides access to experts, potential customers, and more.

Fed Tech pairs entrepreneurs with inventions from over 17 federal labs to commercialize federally funded research and development projects. The Fed Tech program helps teams validate demands for the technology and build a basic business model within two months.

Medical Schools in DC • Georgetown University School of Medicine Health Innovation Resources in DC

• George Washington University School of Medicine • Howard University College of Medicine

Major Government Agencies Based in the DMV Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the US Agency tasked with protecting the health and well-being of all Americans. HHS administers more than 100 programs across its operating divisions. Headquarters: Washington, DC

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the federal agency responsible for promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, medications, medical devices, etc. The FDA is part of HHS. Headquarters: Silver Spring, Maryland

National Institutes of Health is the primary agency of the US government responsible for biomedical and public health research. NIH is the largest public funder of biomedical in the world, investing more than $32 billion a year to enhance life and reduce illness and disability. The NIH is part of HHS. Headquarters: Bethesda, Maryland

Other Notable Agencies: Centers for Medicaid/Medicare, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Largest Hospitals in the DMV Hospital Location Staffed Beds 1 Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA 935 2 MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC 745 3 Providence Health System Washington, DC 448 4 Holy Cross Health Silver Spring, MD 415 5 MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Washington, DC 415 6 George Washington University Hospital Washington, DC 385 7 Virginia Hospital Center Arlington, VA 357 8 United Medical Center Washington, DC 354 9 Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA 334 10 Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center Rockville, MD 321 11 Children’s National Health System Washington, DC 313 12 St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Washington, DC 292 13 Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center Washington, DC 291 14 Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA 286 15 Howard University Hospital Washington, DC 268 16 MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center Clinton, MD 255 17 Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD 247 18 Washington, DC 246 19 Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA 237 20 Suburban Hospital Bethesda, MD 236 21 Adventist HealthCare Washington Adventist Hospital Takoma Park, MD 230 Health Innovation Resources in DC

22 Adventist HealthCare Behavioral Health & Wellness Rockville, MD 220 23 Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax, VA 201 24 Reston Hospital Center Reston, VA 199 25 Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA 181 Source: Washington Business Journal, November 2017

Nonprofits Focused on Health Innovation Organization Location National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC DC Hospital Association Washington, DC Institute for Public Health Innovation Washington, DC Network for Excellence in Health Innovation Washington, DC Biotechnology Innovation Organization Washington, DC DC Health Care Association Washington, DC American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Washington, DC American Chemical Society Washington, DC

Largest Bioscience Employers in Greater DC Company Name Location Metro- Area Employees 1 Medimmune Gaithersburg, MD 2,200 2 GlaxoSmithKline PLC Rockville, MD 660 3 Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc. Rockville, MD 630 4 ATCC Manassas, VA 480 5 The Emmes Corp. Rockville, MD 465 6 BioReliance Rockville, MD 415 7 Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. Rockville, MD 363 8 Meso Scale Diagnostics LLC Rockville, MD 325 9 Novavax Inc. Gaithersburg, MD 321 10 MacroGenics Inc. Rockville, MD 318 11 Fisher Bioservices Rockville, MD 278 12 Emergent BioSolutions Inc. Gaithersburg, MD 269 13 Social & Scientific Systems Inc. Silver Spring, MD 242 14 United Therapeutics Corp. Silver Spring, MD 208 15 Aeras Rockville, MD 150 16 Bioqual Inc. Rockville, MD 150 17 Advanced BioScience Laboratories Rockville, MD 135 18 RegenxBio Inc. Rockville, MD 107 19 Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. Washington, DC 91 20 Amarex Clinical Research Germantown, MD 77 21 Senseonics Inc. Germantown, MD 58 22 J. Craig Venter Institute Rockville, MD 55 23 GlycoMimetics Inc. Rockville, MD 42 24 CEL-SCI Corp. Vienna, VA 41 25 Synthetic Biologics Inc. Rockville, MD 30 Health Innovation Resources in DC

Source: Washington Business Journal, May 2017

Largest Health Insurance Providers in DC • DC Health Link • Department of Health Care Finance • Kaiser Permanente • Care First • AmeriHealth DC • MedStar • Trusted Health Plan