Startup Cafe: Founder Journey, Healthcare, and Maintaining Balance as a Founder
☕️ Startup Cafe: Monarch Athletic Club
Dr. Ryan Greene shares insights from his journey as a physician-turned-founder of Monarch, a pioneering platform in mental health care.
He’ll explore what it means to build a mission-driven company in the healthcare space, the challenges of innovating within a highly regulated and emotionally charged industry, and how founders can sustain personal well-being while scaling purpose-driven work.
Agenda
8:45 - 9:45 am • Coffee and Socialize
9:45 - 10:30 am • Scheduled Experience
September 10th, 2025
About: Dr. Ryan Greene
Dr. Greene is an osteopathic physician (D.O.) specializing in human performance, sports medicine, nutrition, and the most cutting-edge recovery methods available. Dr. Greene’s principal belief is that integration of a constantly collaborative, holistic, evidence-based practice amongst health and wellness practitioners is crucial for an individual’s sustained success.
Before joining Monarch Athletic Club, Dr. Greene earned his Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Exercise Physiology, Immunology, and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois (Urbana/Champaign). He completed post-graduate medical training at Dartmouth and the Mayo Clinic, in which he collaborated with a wide array of leading medical experts, culminating in numerous published research efforts.
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