Mark Stephany
Physician & digital health co-founder advising healthtech startups
Physician & Digital Health Co-Founder · Ashburn, Virginia, US
Open to advisory
Customer acquisition · Product · Leadership & Strategy
I’ve built and funded startups. I understand the challenges founders face. I offer direct, practical advice on strategy, fundraising, operations, and growth. I’m interested in working with founders who value candid feedback and execution.
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10
Hours / month
About Mark
Mark D. Stephany, D.O., is a physician and repeat healthtech founder with deep experience building clinical and consumer health businesses. As Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Retrace Health, he helped pioneer digital primary care delivery and raise over $7M in venture and angel capital. He also founded and scaled Sound Probiotics as CEO, growing it into an internationally recognized supplement brand adopted by professional and Olympic athletes. Today, he advises early-stage healthcare and wellness founders on clinical product strategy, fundraising, and go-to-market execution.
Skills
Experience
job
Co-Founder
Sound Lifestyle Medicine, PLLC
Co-founded a virtual, physician-led coaching platform focused on chronic disease prevention and lifestyle medicine.
job
Co-Founder, CEO
Sound Probiotics
Co-founded and led a sports supplement brand used globally by Olympians and athletes across the NFL, NBA, MLS, and NCAA.
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Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer
Retrace Health
Co-founded a digital health primary care platform and successfully raised over $7M in Series A and angel capital.
education
Internal Medicine Resident
Hennepin County Medical Center
Completed postgraduate residency training in Internal Medicine.
job
Hospitalist
Mercy Hospital Medical Center – Allina Health
Practicing hospitalist delivering inpatient and ICU care within a Level II Trauma center.
education
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Des Moines University-College of Osteopathic Medicine
Earned Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree.