Shelly Lanning

Shelly earned her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in finance and entrepreneurial management. She holds a Bachelor's in physiology, with an emphasis in chemistry from the University of Minnesota.

Most recently, Shelly was a managing director at HealthCor Partners. HealthCor Partners, with approximately $300 million of assets dedicated to private equity, invests primarily in later-stage developmental and growing mid-sized companies across all sectors of the healthcare and life sciences industry. HealthCor Partners also selectively targets "special situation" opportunities in the healthcare and life sciences industry. 

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Before HealthCor, Shelly spent 6 years at Morgan Stanley Venture Partners where she focused on healthcare. During her tenure she had board responsibilities at National Healing Corporation, Medsite, Solstice Neuroscience, Suros Surgical and Trivirix International. 

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Prior to joining MSVP, Shelly was a Senior Associate and Kauffman Fellow at Tullis-Dickerson & Co., an early-stage healthcare venture capital firm. Before her fellowship, Shelly worked in a variety of roles focusing on operational issues relating to regulatory compliance, product development, and manufacturing.

Shelly is a member of Kauffman Fellows Class 6 and served her fellowship under mentor Joan Neuscheler at Tullis-Dickerson in Greenwich, CT.