Blake Long

Blake believes that precision medicine now requires innovation in both clinical science and health care systems to achieve precision delivery. He is dedicated to developing the necessary entrepreneurial ecosystem from the clinical, health economic and strategic capital perspectives. Blake was previously the Chief Medical Officer for Sapere Bio and for Echo Health Ventures, the venture investment group of BlueCross BlueShield of NC and Cambia Health Solutions. Prior to Echo, Blake served for 20 years as a practicing pediatric cardiologist at Savannah Children’s Heart Center and as a clinical professor at Mercer University School of Medicine. He earned his BA and MD from Duke University, and then completed his clinical training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Duke Medical Center. He received his MBA from Duke's Fuqua School of Business in 2015, and now is an Adjunct Professor at Fuqua in the Health Sector Management Program.