Xing Zhao, M.D., PhD

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Dr. Xing Zhao serves as the Founding Partner of Orient Life Capital Partner, and the President of Orient Life Investment Holding Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to founding Orient Life, Dr. Zhao was the Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and then later served as the R&D Director and Chair of Research Steering Committee for Vericel Corporation. In addition to serving on the Mellitus Board, Dr. Zhao also serves on the Board of SQZ Biotechnologies and SMOC Therapeutics. Dr. Zhao obtained his M.D. from Xiangya Medical School and Central South University, China, with residency training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery from Zhongshan Hospital and Fudan University, Shanghai, China.  He received his Ph.D. in Regenerative Medicine from Utrecht University, the Netherlands and completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Zhao also received a certificate of executive education in Leadership and Management from Sloan Management School, MIT.