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Navid Farzad
Partner, Frist Cressey Ventures
Navid Farzad is a partner with Frist Cressey Ventures, a Nashville-based venture capital firm focused on improving health care by partnering with entrepreneurs building transformative organizations. Previously, Farzad was a partner with Morgan Noble Healthcare Partners, a Washington-based private investment firm. He also was chief strategy officer of Continuum Health, a physician enablement company that drives better practice efficiency and population health outcomes for medical groups through technology-enabled solutions. Earlier, Farzad was with Enhanced Healthcare Partners, a health care-focused private equity firm, and held positions with Lehman Brothers’ health care investment banking division, Ernst & Young’s transaction advisory group, and Arthur Andersen’s health care practice. Farzad serves on numerous boards, including Praia, DexCare, Lynx, Memora, Oshi, Spectrum Ai, and Vim as a director or observer.
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