Dr. Marc Penn is a renowned Cardiologist who has helped pioneer and commercialize several important innovations in his field, while establishing two parallel careers as an inventor and healthcare investor. Currently, Dr. Penn is a practicing cardiologist and director of research at the Summa Health Heart and Vascular Institute (Akron, Ohio), as well as director of the Institute’s Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship. He is also professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University where he leads the Skirball Laboratory for Cardiovascular Cellular Therapeutics (Rootstown, Ohio).

From 2000–2011, Dr. Penn was a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, where he was recognized as one of the top 50 doctors in the history of the center. During that time, he served as the director of the Coronary Intensive Care Unit, the Experimental Animal Laboratory, the Bakken Heart–Brain Institute and the Center for Cardiovascular Cell Therapy. From 2008–2010, he also served as the senior medical director for Emerging Businesses.