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Tamara Elias, M.D.

Principal, New York
646-429-1251 newyork@ewhv.com
B.A.
Yale University
M.D.
Johns Hopkins, School of Medicine

Tamara Elias, M.D., brings 15 years of experience in healthcare to the Partnership. She joined Essex Woodlands after six years at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm. As a senior engagement manager in McKinsey’s New York office, she advised pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies in strategic, operational, and business development areas, managing numerous McKinsey and client teams, while developing and delivering recommendations to senior management.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Dr. Elias was a general surgery resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was awarded one of four national grants in plastic and reconstructive surgery during a research fellowship at New York University in the lab of Dr. Joseph McCarthy. 

Dr. Elias completed the Kauffmann Fellowship, graduating with the Kauffmann Fellowship Class 13 in July 2010, and she is also an organizing member of MedtechWomen for women leaders in the industry, which hosted the first annual MedtechVision conference in September 2011 to discuss the most challenging issues facing the sector and propose solutions.

Dr. Elias joined Essex Woodlands as Principal in the New York office in January 2007.