About Us
Health Innovation Institute (HII)
We’re focused on one thing: helping healthcare innovation actually make it into the real world.
Too often, great ideas stay stuck in research, disconnected pilots, or systems that don’t talk to each other. We exist to change that.
HII brings together clinical insight, technical expertise, and the right partners to turn promising ideas into solutions that improve care.
Our Mission: From Insight to Impact
We don’t just talk about innovation—we help make it real.
Our work centers on three core capabilities:
Innovation Labs — where solutions are designed, built, and tested
Connector — where the right people come together to collaborate
Investment — where ideas find the support they need to grow
Together, these allow us to move ideas from concept to real-world impact more effectively.
Our Approach
We believe innovation only matters if it works in practice.
That means building with a clear understanding of clinical environments, patient needs, and system constraints—not just technical possibilities.
Our teams work closely with those on the front lines of care to ensure that what we create is practical, usable, and ready to be adopted.
Our Philosophy
Scientia Cum Humanitate — Science with Humanity
At the center of everything we do is a simple idea: innovation should serve people.
We combine scientific and technical rigor with a deep respect for the human side of healthcare—so the solutions we help develop are not only advanced, but meaningful in everyday care.
Founding Team
Noelle N. Saillant, MD
Executive Vice Chair of Surgery
Boston Medical Center
Alyssa Snyder
President
Health Innovation Institute
Hakan Şatıroğlu
Director
Health Innovation Institute