Mark Rausch

Managing Director

2024 - Current

Merritt Healthcare Advisors (MHA) specializes in representing owners of healthcare services businesses that are considering strategic options such as selling an interest, forming new partnerships, or growing through acquisition. Our unique approach combines an investment banking background with the hands-on experience of owning and managing healthcare facilities, enabling us to complete over $5 billion in transactions for our clients. As the industry’s leading Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) firm, our proven process and extensive buyer network ensure our clients achieve the best possible financial and non-financial outcomes.

Reviewer and Judge

2023

MedTech Innovator is the industry’s largest global competition and accelerator for medical device, digital health and diagnostic companies.

Managing Director

2018

Trolley Ventures seeks to provide a better solution for both investors and companies. Investors receive a turn-key solution whereby they can diversify across many businesses through a single investment. Early-stage businesses can efficiently raise the capital that they need through a single relationship and a streamlined application process.

Board Member

2018

CareTaker Medical is a well-funded Medical Device startup in Charlottesville Virginia with a fantastic group of scientists and engineers who have developed the world’s most innovative, low-cost wireless vital signs monitor and blood-loss detection device. The company has multiple FDA clearances and a CE Mark for it’s flagship product, CareTaker4, which measures vital signs, including Continuous Non-Invasive Beat-By-Beat blood pressure, MAP, ECG-Accurate Heart Rate, and Respiration, from a comfortable finger cuff and transmits the data via Bluetooth to remote displays, tablets, smartphones, or a secure HIPPA-compliant Web Portal to allow Patient Monitoring and Notifications from anywhere in the world. The company is building a network of distributors and VARs, initially targeting the Remote Patient Monitoring market to reduce hospital readmissions and lower the cost of post-discharge patient care.

Board Member

2021

Chief Financial Officer, Board Member

2005

A comprehensive surgical facility offering patients state-of-the-art surgical treatments for skin cancer.

Emergency Department Physician

2005 - 2023

Chief Executive Officer

2020 - 2022

Co-Founder and CEO of Virginia’s leading provider of COVID-19 testing services for companies and universities, offering cutting edge testing equipment and services while using the highest level of operational workflows, supply chain management and procurement.

Co-Founder, Chief Medical Officer, Member Board of Directors, Medical Director

2012 - 2022

Delivers uncompromising care in a range of urgent care services. From initial evaluation to X-rays and lab work, BetterMed can address all of your immediate medical needs without an appointment in one hour or less.

CEO, Medical Director

2012 - 2017

Board Member

2019 - 2022

Grenova™ is an innovative company that is revolutionizing lab consumables through high-quality waste reduction solutions. Our mission is to lower costs in the laboratory industry and reduce biohazard waste in the environment by delivering groundbreaking approaches in dealing with plastic consumables.