Amit Hazan JD

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Biography

Mr. Amit Hazan is a Co-Founder & serves as Managing Partner at Puma Venture Capital. He serves as Board Member at Navigantis. He served as Director of Medical devices at Citigroup. Previously, he served as Managing Director at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. He brings extensive research and analytical expertise to the firm's investment process, along with deep relationships in the sector. Mr Hazan is a former Wall Street equity research analyst covering the medical technology sector for nearly 23 years. Mr. Hazan was most recently a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, where he was head of the medical technology equity research team. Before Goldman, Mr. Hazan held similar roles at Citigroup, Oppenheimer (fka CIBC World Markets), SunTrust, and Gleacher & Co. The subsegment of medical robotics became a specialization for Mr Hazan over his years in research, highlighted by a number of key publications on the topic of the future of robotic surgery, as well as his appointment as co-chair of the Society of Robotic Surgery annual investor event, where co-founder Dr Patel is a founding member. Mr. Hazan holds an undergraduate degree from UCLA and a JD/MBA from Santa Clara University.