A career transition platform helping clinicians move from medicine into the technology industry.
Christopher Baer
Building things on the internet
Current Interests
- AI for Science
- How AI Will Disrupt Medicine
- Sociological Theory — Luhmann
- Learning Health Systems
- Philosophy
Selected Work
An independent medical humanities research institute I co-founded with neurologist and poet Jenelle Jindal, MD to study medicine as a human practice. Its work brings together historical medical texts and translations, physician poetry, digital analysis, and parallel charts that explore what clinical records leave out. It also examines how AI may change clinical judgment and the responsibilities of physicians.
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About
Christopher Baer
Christopher Baer is a product and strategy leader with nearly two decades of experience in internet marketplaces. His career spans eBay, Tripadvisor, and Wish, where he was a member of the executive team as Sr. Director of Strategy & Transformation — playing a key role in the company's turnaround while owning product for on-site advertising and the desktop & mobile web experience.
Chris served as Head of Product at FlipKey, a vacation rental marketplace acquired by Tripadvisor, leading Product, Design, Content, and Analytics. He has also co-founded two companies: a recruiting technology startup and a healthcare venture where he built product, process, and technology for a specialty medical practice.
He holds a B.A. in Human Biology with a concentration in Neuroscience and a minor in Mathematical & Computational Science from Stanford University. His interests sit at the intersection of technology, science, and medicine. He is currently writing a non-fiction book and advises selectively through Tech First Ventures.
He is also a co-founder of Poet Doctor, an independent medical humanities research institute studying the craft of doctoring through physician writing, historical archives, and digital research.
Chris lives in Silicon Valley with his wife and dog.