About – Robin L. Smith, MD, MBA

About Dr. Robin L. Smith

Bring Medicine, Faith, and Innovation Into the Same Room.

A physician, former NASDAQ CEO, and author, Dr. Robin L. Smith is the voice leaders turn to when the future of health is on the table.

From the Vatican to global investment summits, Dr. Smith makes the most complex science in medicine clear, human, and urgent, and connects the people who can turn it into better lives.

Dr. Robin L. Smith in thoughtful conversation with DNA and technology motifs
Yale MDWharton MBAFormer NASDAQ CEODame Commander, Order of St. SylvesterAuthor of Two Books

In the Room

Where the future of health is being decided.

Heads of industry, faith leaders, investors, and policymakers invite Dr. Smith into their most important conversations.

With Bishop T. D. Jakes at the 2024 Lake Nona Impact Forum
With Dr. Mehmet Oz and Jack Hidary of SandboxAQ on the future of health care
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia confirm event name
Inaugural meeting of the Vatican–Mario Negri–Lancet Commission, Vatican City
With Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi and Msgr. Tomasz Trafny, Pontifical Council for Culture

Featured at The Vatican · Future Investment Initiative · Lake Nona Impact Forum

Why Leaders Seek Her Out

Rare authority. Rarer range.

Few voices in health can speak with equal credibility to a room of scientists, a board of investors, and a gathering of faith leaders. Dr. Smith does all three.

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Translate the Frontier.

Regenerative medicine, cell therapy, longevity, and AI are reshaping what medicine can do. Dr. Smith turns that science into ideas audiences understand, and futures they can believe in.

Yale-trained physician · Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Rutgers NJMS
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Build the Bridges No One Else Can.

The Cura Foundation, which Dr. Smith founded, partnered with the Vatican to launch Unite to Cure and Unite to Prevent, global movements that bring together physicians, scientists, patients, investors, and faith leaders around one goal: better health for all.

Founder, the Cura Foundation · Unite to Cure
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Prove It in the Real World.

More than $200 million raised. Six acquisitions completed. As Chairman and CEO of NeoStem, a NASDAQ-listed cell therapy company, Dr. Smith led it to #1 in the tri-state area on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, two years running.

Wharton MBA · Founder of multiple life sciences companies
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Her Focus Now

Lead the Conversations That Matter.

Longevity & Healthspan

Not just adding years to life, but adding life to years, grounded in evidence.

Regenerative Medicine

How cell therapies are moving from breakthrough to bedside.

AI in Health

What predictive analytics and AI mean for patients, physicians, and investors.

Cura News

Her platform for original health intelligence at the frontier of medicine.

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The Author

Tell the Story of the Medical Revolution.

The Healing Cell includes an address by Pope Benedict XVI. Cells Are the New Cure carries a foreword by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Together they brought regenerative medicine out of the lab and into living rooms.

Honored Worldwide

Recognized by the Vatican, industry, and her peers.

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Dame Commander with Star, Pontifical Order of Saint Sylvester, conferred by Pope Francis

International Diplomacy Award, Regenerative Medicine Foundation

Gold Stevie® Award, Woman of the Year

Honorary Doctor of Science, Thomas Jefferson Medical College

What Leaders Say

In their words.

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Education

B.A. and M.D., Yale University · M.B.A., The Wharton School · Stanford Directors Program · Honorary Doctor of Science, Thomas Jefferson Medical College

Leadership & Boards

Former Trustee, NYU Langone Medical Center · Former Chairman, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases · Former Board Member, Sanford Health · Board and committee service across healthcare, biotech, AI, and technology

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Speaking · Media · Advisory

Bring Dr. Smith to your stage.

Keynotes, panels, interviews, board and advisory roles. When your audience needs to understand where health is going, and why it matters, start the conversation here.