Vance Vanier is the Chief Medical Officer of Navigenics and a clinical faculty member of Stanford University Medical Center. As a former partner at the venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Ventures, he has spent years in the molecular diagnostics industry bringing new genomic technologies into clinical practice. Dr. Vanier received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and did his residency training at the University of California, San Francisco, and Highland Hospital in Oakland, California. He serves as a member of the Personalized Medicine Coalition's Clinical Science Committee, Stanford Hospital's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, and the American College of Preventive Medicine. During his medical career, he has had a strong commitment to international medicine -- including traveling to Kosovo after the war to work with the World Health Organization in creating the nation's first ambulance system. He received an MBA from Stanford University, as well as dual bachelor's degrees with honors.