TEAM

At Spindletop Health, we emphasize relationships. We build long-term partnerships with extraordinary management teams. We are sought after by entrepreneurs for our deep industry expertise.

serves as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and on our board of directors. With 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Dr. Melrose has significant expertise across public and private healthcare investing …..

serves as our Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Huang brings over 25 years of experience leading global businesses in life sciences and consumer healthcare. He currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of Cardea Bio developing novel, …..

serves as our Secretary. Mr. Whitlock has over 30 years of experience in the orthopedic industry, as well as an investor, having co-founded Path4 Ventures and served as an Operating Venture Partner with PTV Sciences …..

JD Moore, MBA

SVP, Corporate Development

serves as our Senior Vice President, Business Development. Mr. Moore brings deep experience in growing global businesses and platforms. He has been responsible for global strategy and business development functions for …..

serves as our Chairman of the Board. Mr. Henry is currently employed in the role of Advisor for Spindletop, a position he has held since December of 2019. James brings over 37 years of financial accounting experience from …..

brings significant operating expertise within healthcare systems as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Ascension, one of the largest Catholic healthcare organizations in the country with more than 150,000 …..

brings his qualifications and experience as an M.D., PhD., and proven business executive in public medical device companies, with a demonstrated track record of scaling disruptive technologies. Dr. Fruchterman has been serving as …..

brings a career as a distinguished physician, academic scholar and public health expert. Dr. Nash is the Founding Dean Emeritus of the nation’s first college of population health on the campus of Jefferson University in …..

serves as our Senior Advisor. Dr. McDonald has 30 years of experience as a physician leader in reimbursement consulting with healthcare insurance and pharma expertise. Currently, he is the President and Founder of Aledo Cons …..