# Farbod Hagigi

> Farbod Hagigi, PhD, MPH, is the CEO and founder of ClinicalBox, a healthcare technology company that digitizes coordination, engagement, and administrative exchanges among providers and payers. His career connects health policy research, strategy consulting, software product leadership, patent work, and mentorship at Harvard and UCLA.

- **Role:** CEO and Founder at ClinicalBox Inc.
- **Organizations:** ClinicalBox Inc., Boston Consulting Group, Harvard Innovation Lab, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Brandeis University
- **Education:** BA, University of California, Los Angeles, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, PhD, Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads ClinicalBox as CEO., Named as an inventor on the published U.S. patent application Adaptive Medical Testing (US20150269339A1)., Led ClinicalBox during its selection with Lowell General Hospital in a nationwide federal health IT innovation challenge.

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Completed a BA at UCLA.
- **2003** — Completed an MPH at UCLA.
- **2008** — Co-authored research presented at the Sloan Industry Studies conference on modularity and coordination of complex work.
- **Before ClinicalBox** — Worked as a project leader in Boston Consulting Group's Boston office on strategic and operational challenges with senior executives.
- **2012** — Founded ClinicalBox with Murali Menon and Salim Afshar.
- **2014** — ClinicalBox participated in TEDMED and announced a strategic partnership with Biome Analytics.
- **2015** — ClinicalBox and Lowell General Hospital were selected in a nationwide federal health IT innovation challenge; a patent application naming Hagigi as an inventor was published.
- **2016** — Presented ClinicalBox in the STEX pitches at the MIT Digital Health Conference.
- **2022** — Presented on coherent technology solutions for care coordination at a Brandeis Relational Coordination roundtable.
- **2024** — Facilitated a Brandeis roundtable session on digitally enabled ecosystems.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads ClinicalBox as CEO.
- Named as an inventor on the published U.S. patent application Adaptive Medical Testing (US20150269339A1).
- Led ClinicalBox during its selection with Lowell General Hospital in a nationwide federal health IT innovation challenge.
- Presented ClinicalBox at the 2016 MIT Digital Health Conference.
- Serves as a mentor to entrepreneurs through Harvard Innovation Lab's Venture Incubation Program and UCLA Anderson's Easton Technology Management Program.
- Received an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality fellowship from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during his Brandeis work.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Facilitated the Digitally Enabled Ecosystems to Solve Grand Challenges session at the Brandeis Relational Coordination Roundtable.
- **2022-11** — Presented Designing Coherent Technology Solutions for Care Coordination in Healthcare Ecosystems Using the Theory and Framework of Relational Coordination at a Brandeis roundtable.

## Links

- Website: https://www.clinicalbox.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farbodhagigi/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/clinicalbox

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