Surgeon Advisory Board Member

About NovaNav

NovaNav is a provider-first patient engagement and recovery optimization platform designed to help hospitals, health systems, practices, and ambulatory surgical centers improve operational efficiency, patient outcomes, and compliance with evolving healthcare requirements.

Our AI-powered platform automates patient communication and workflow and provides real-time analytics to streamline pre- and post-operative care, reduce avoidable readmissions, and support patient-reported outcome measurement.

NovaNav provides a scalable solution designed to improve patient engagement, reduce administrative burden, and support more consistent recovery across surgical care.

Job Summary

NovaNav is seeking experienced surgeons across multiple specialties to join our Advisory Board and provide strategic guidance on surgical workflows, patient engagement, digital health adoption, and the evolving needs of healthcare providers.

We are particularly interested in surgeons who bring leadership, ownership, entrepreneurial, advisory, or healthcare technology experience in addition to their clinical background.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Clinical and Industry Expertise: Share perspective on surgical workflows, perioperative care, patient recovery, and operational challenges facing practices, ASCs, and health systems.
• Support Product Development: Provide feedback on patient engagement, workflow automation, outcomes measurement, and how NovaNav can better support surgical teams.
• Guide Healthcare Adoption: Advise on how hospitals, practices, and ASCs evaluate and implement new healthcare technology.
• Support Strategic Growth: Provide insight into market opportunities, partnerships, and relevant industry relationships where appropriate.
• Shape Strategic Direction: Advise NovaNav on emerging trends in surgical care, digital health, value-based care, and patient recovery.

As an Advisory Board Member, You Will:

• Help shape NovaNav's product and strategic direction.
• Advise on improving the patient experience before and after surgery.
• Provide perspective on reducing administrative burden for surgical and clinical teams.
• Support NovaNav's expansion across practices, ASCs, hospitals, and health systems.
• Collaborate with healthcare executives, physicians, entrepreneurs, and technology leaders.

Ideal Background

We are looking for surgeons with:

• 10+ years of clinical experience.
• Leadership experience within a surgical practice, hospital, health system, or ambulatory surgical center.
• Experience as a practice owner, ASC owner or partner, medical director, department leader, founder, advisor, or healthcare entrepreneur is highly valued.
• Experience working with healthcare startups, digital health companies, medical technology companies, or other early-stage businesses is preferred.
• Familiarity with patient engagement, perioperative workflows, outcomes measurement, value-based care, or healthcare technology adoption.
• Previous advisory board or startup investment experience is a plus.

Why Join NovaNav?

• Help shape technology designed to improve surgical recovery and patient engagement.
• Influence the development of tools that reduce administrative burden and improve perioperative workflows.
• Work alongside healthcare executives, physicians, entrepreneurs, and technology leaders.
• Play a meaningful role in NovaNav's strategic direction and growth.
• Receive equity options in recognition of your advisory contributions.

Compensation & Investment Opportunity

• Equity Options: Receive stock options in recognition of your strategic contributions.
• Commission Incentives: Referral-based incentives may be available for successful health system partnerships.
• Investment Access: Advisory Board members receive priority access to NovaNav's Seed Round, providing an early opportunity to invest in AI-powered solutions for patient engagement and surgical recovery.

Equal Opportunity Commitment

NovaNav is committed to building a diverse and inclusive advisory team and welcomes qualified applicants from all backgrounds and surgical specialties.

Apply today to be considered for NovaNav's Surgical Advisory Board.