
Scott Parazynski M.D.
Advisor and Board Member
Dr. Scott Parazynski is a Stanford-trained physician and a former NASA astronaut. A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, Parazynski’s latest mission was STS-120 in October 2007 – highlighted by a dramatic, unplanned EVA to repair a live solar array. In May 2016 he was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame.
He retired from NASA in March 2009 to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities in the private sector. He is a serial entrepreneur in medtech and aerospace, and sits on the Boards of Directors of several companies. He is the first person to have both flown in space and summited Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. He received his BS and MD from Stanford University.