Hubert Zajicek MD, MBA

Hubert Zajicek, MD, MBA, is CEO & Co-founder of Health Wildcatters, a nationally ranked Top 3 healthcare accelerator and fund in Dallas, TX. Health Wildcatters provides mentorship, capital, and guidance to up to 12 healthcare-related startups during an intensive 3-month program annually, which culminates in a pitch day. The fund has invested in 42 healthcare startups, which have attracted over $32M in the capital in just over 3 years. Dr. Zajicek has extensive experience with startups and is an active speaker, panelist and thought leader on healthcare innovation, startups, entrepreneurship & financing.

He serves as an advisor, mentor and board member on various organizations and startup companies. He was managing director – medical technology at NTEC (North Texas Enterprise Center), where he ran what eventually became the Southwest’s largest Medtech investment conference, showcasing startups that attracted in excess of $300M. Prior, he was on faculty at UT Southwestern, as an NIH funded principal investigator, in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology. He has an MD from the University of Vienna and an MBA from SMU. He lives in Dallas, with his wife, Beth McNally Zajicek, MD and two daughters.