About AUSCEP

PROGRAM OUTLINE

Our 12 month, part-time program takes clinical entrepreneurs through all the fundamentals & more

But what does it actually involve? Over 12 months with AUSCEP, you will experience:

8 Pitstops

Experience full-day, in-person events in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, where aspiring entrepreneurs gather to learn and grow. These immersive sessions feature guest speakers who share invaluable knowledge and provide practical frameworks to empower emerging innovators on their entrepreneurial journey.

11 Webinars

Our webinar series covers a wide range of topics, from finding your purpose and taking the leap into clinical entrepreneurship to understanding customer discovery, digital health solutions, venture capital myths, data security strategies, and more. Join us on this journey to explore innovation in hospital service models, navigate the MedTech innovation journey, and learn about funding opportunities, business structures, and successful pilots and trials in healthcare.

Mentoring & 1-1 Support

In addition to our dynamic events and guest speaker sessions, our program goes the extra mile to maximise the chances of success. We offer personalised 1:1 mentoring support, connecting each participant with experienced mentors who provide guidance, feedback, and tailored advice. Moreover, our learning squads create a strong sense of accountability, fostering a supportive community where like-minded individuals come together to challenge and motivate one another.

Driven by Australia's leading clinical entrepreneurs

Through a carefully curated blend of immersive in-person pitstops across Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia, along with insightful webinars and access to a diverse network of seasoned mentors, AUSCEP offers clinicians the platform they need to transform their groundbreaking ideas into impactful solutions.

Whether you are stage agnostic, an 'intrapreneur' within your organisation or looking to take on your own business, we work with clinicians across Medtech, Digital Health, Biotechnology & Service Delivery.

Join us on this journey of redefining healthcare through innovation and collaboration.

Dr. Brandon Carp

National Entrepreneurial Lead

Dr Carp graduated with a medical degree in 1987 and worked as a clinician for over 20 years. Throughout his career Dr. Carp has used his training, experience and understanding of the health system to help drive innovations to improve healthcare for all Australians. This included founding a number of businesses including UHG, Australia’s leading platform connecting businesses and healthcare providers. Today, he has a portfolio of healthcare interests in entrepreneurial enterprises and not-for-profits. As Entrepreneurial Lead of AUSCEP, he is keen to see a pathway for health entrepreneurship established to empower more clinicians to improve healthcare through innovation.

Dr. Carlo Bellini

Clinical Co-Lead

Dr Carlo Bellini is a medical doctor, entrepreneur, and coach. Dr. Bellini has had a multi-disciplinary and global career including being a startup Founder, building a leading coaching school, deep tech experience in Silicon Valley, top-tier management consulting, and Chief Medical Officer of a Fortune 100 company.

Dr. Bellini relocated from US to Australia pre-pandemic and manages a boutique consultancy which leverages his health experience and unique insights into the health system, technology, and clinician and patient behaviour. He is excited to be Co-Clinical Lead and help the AUSCEP participants on their journey to improving healthcare.

Professor Peter Choong AO

Ambassador

Melbourne-based orthopaedic surgeon excelling in limb-sparing surgery. Renowned for global impact in research, teaching, and innovative patient care.

Professor Fiona Wood AM

Clinical Ambassador

Winthrop Professor Fiona Wood of The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon specialising in the field of burn care, trauma and scar reconstruction.

As Director of the WA Burns Service of Western Australia since 1991 she is consultant surgeon at both the South Metropolitan Heath Service (Fiona Stanley Hospital) and the Child and Adolescent Health Service (Perth Children’s Hospital). As Director of the UWA Burns Injury Research Unit she leads an interdisciplinary team with broad collaboration focused on translation to improve clinical outcomes.

Fiona also sits on the National Science and Technology Council and was Australian of the Year in 2005. Fiona is a Founder of regenerative medicine company Avita Medical and inventor of the company’s Recell "spray-on skin" product that addresses an unmet need in therapeutic skin restoration for adults, where patients would traditionally have to receive painful skin grafts. Avita Medical is listed on the ASX and NASDAQ.