Pitou Devgon, MD, MBA

Dr. Pitou Devgon is a physician entrepreneur, prior healthcare venture capitalist and most recently was the co-founder of Velano Vascular, Inc. and inventor of their patented vascular device technology.  He served in various C-level roles including President,  Chief Medical Officer and Chief Strategy Officer before their eventual acquisition by BD, which is one of the largest global medical technology companies, in 2021.  He is an active angel investor and advisor to early-stage healthcare companies and regularly guest lectures at Penn/Wharton on healthcare entrepreneurship.  He is a named inventor on 17 US patents and counting. 

Pitou originally came to Philadelphia for his residency in Internal Medicine at Penn.  He practiced part-time for a decade as a hospitalist in the Medical ICU at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center while earning his MBA in Healthcare Management from Wharton, and then being part of the healthcare venture capital team at Safeguard Scientifics before founding Velano Vascular.

He holds a BA in biological psychology from the College of William & Mary, an MD from Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  He lives in center city Philadelphia with his wife and 2 sons.