Top 16 HealthTech Recruitment Experts
Explore a curated list of the best HealthTech recruiters & headhunters, recognized for their expertise in placing top professionals in innovative healthcare technology roles. ↓
HealthTech hiring covers a lot of ground, from physician recruitment for hospital systems to C-suite search for digital-health startups and the talent partners embedded inside healthcare VCs. These HealthTech recruiters below reflect that range, including life-sciences executive-search veterans, digital-health specialists, and physician-recruitment leaders.
Here’s who they are and where each one focuses.
These firms recruit across the full health technology stack: digital health and telemedicine, medtech and medical devices, health IT and clinical software, and life sciences. Whether you run a hospital system, a digital-health startup, or a medical-device company, the recruiters and agencies below cover HealthTech hiring end to end.
- Kathy Jordan
- David Krahe
- Paul Pellegrino
- Norman Volsky
- Tim Gordon
- Denise DeMan
- David Woodward
- Trevor Price
- Michelle Garland
- Leah Scanlan
- Karsten Vagner
- Aisha DeBerry
- Allan Cacanindin
- Nick Stephens
- Alexis Stiles
- Russ Rudish
Kathy Jordan
Pulse – Healthcare industry concerned over doctor shortage.
Kathy founded Jordan Search Consultants, a healthcare executive and physician recruiting firm, in 2003, and brings nearly three decades to it.
The firm has provided recruitment and retention solutions to hospitals, medical groups, and health systems across the US, and was acquired by AMN Healthcare in 2020. She’s frequently quoted in industry press on physician-recruitment trends and how to engage today’s healthcare workforce.
- Linkedin: Kathy Jordan
David Krahe
Based in Dallas, David leads the global Medical Devices & Diagnostics practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, advising medtech companies worldwide on CEO and C-suite hires across 20+ years in healthcare search.
He takes the roles that need both technical depth and leadership, like a General Manager for a surgical-robotics division, for clients from Fortune 500 manufacturers to digital-health startups, and writes on where medtech leadership is heading.
- Linkedin: David Krahe
- X (Twitter): @dbkrahe
Paul Pellegrino
Paul founded 3D CRO Search Group in 2008 to focus exclusively on talent for life-science R&D and clinical research (CRO). A former top-performing medical-sales executive, he’s since completed 500+ executive searches across North America, Europe, and Asia, mostly for VC-funded biotech and CRO companies.
Over 18+ years he’s placed dozens of senior commercial and scientific leaders, with a reputation for a pragmatic, detail-driven approach that gets to grips with client needs quickly.
- Linkedin: Paul Pellegrino
- X (Twitter): @3DPellegrino
Norman Volsky
Norm is Managing Partner and Digital Health Practice Leader at Direct Recruiters, Inc. (DRI), and one of the better-known digital-health and healthcare-IT recruiters in the US.
He and his team connect high-growth digital-health and employer-benefits tech firms with executive and technical talent, with a reputation for relationship-driven searches and a good candidate experience. He hosts the Digital Health Heavyweights podcast and mentors in healthtech startup programs.
- Linkedin: Norm Volsky
- Twitter: @Norman_DRI
Tim Gordon
Tim founded Aequitas Partners, a boutique executive-search firm for high-growth healthcare-technology companies, in 2014, after being employee #4 at Oxeon Partners (where he placed C-suite leaders at Evolent Health and Privia Health).
Aequitas runs board and executive searches across functions and sometimes invests alongside VCs in its clients. Tim advises startup CEOs on recruitment strategy, compensation benchmarks, and long-term team building, and mentors founders through incubators like Startup Health and MATTER.
- Linkedin: Tim Gordon
Denise DeMan
Everyone must leave something behind… something your hand touched. It doesn’t matter what you do, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that’s like you after you take your hands away.
DeeDee is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Bench International, one of the longest-standing life-sciences executive-search firms (50 years in 2024).
Over five decades she’s placed board members, CEOs, and other top executives across pharma and biotech, building Bench from a one-woman operation into a global firm known for its ethics and high-touch search.
She’s also been a longtime advocate for diversity in life-science leadership, especially for women and underrepresented groups in executive roles.
- Linkedin: Denise (DeeDee) DeMan
David Woodward
David is a Partner at Chasm Partners with 20+ years of executive search behind him, placing C-suite and VP-level leaders across healthcare technology and services.
He specializes in commercial leadership, sales, marketing, operations, for venture-backed digital-health and health-services companies, and argues that as healthcare shifts to value-based care, the companies that win will be the ones with the best human capital.
He’s worked with everyone from startups to the Fortune 500, plus top VC and PE firms.
- Linkedin: David Woodward
- Twitter: @DavidWoodwardJr
Trevor Price
Trevor founded and chairs Oxeon, a healthcare executive-search and venture firm that’s had outsized impact on digital health by combining search, investment, and company creation.
Across 11 years as CEO he placed leadership teams and co-founded healthtech startups like Eleanor Health and Hopscotch, and Oxeon’s client and portfolio list includes Evolent Health, VillageMD, and Bright Health.
He’s also co-founder of the VC firm Town Hall Ventures and co-hosts a popular healthcare podcast, working as a trusted human-capital advisor to healthcare CEOs and investors.
- Linkedin: Trevor Price
- Twitter: @TrevorPrice
Michelle Garland
Michelle founded and runs Soul Search Partners, an executive-recruitment platform focused on healthcare innovators, after building one of the executive-search industry’s top healthtech practices as a Managing Partner at Daversa Partners.
She’s now also a Partner at the venture studio AlleyCorp, pairing recruiting with incubating new healthtech companies. Her team focuses on building leadership for emerging healthtech disruptors, drawing on a deep network and prior roles at firms like Bentley, Barnes & Lynn.
- Linkedin: Michelle Garland
Leah Scanlan
Leah is Partner, Talent at Oak HC/FT, a leading venture growth fund, where she works with portfolio companies on talent strategy, executive recruiting, and team building.
She joined in 2019 with 15+ years of recruiting behind her, including as an Operating Partner at Khosla Ventures and a Partner at Daversa Partners covering high-growth tech and healthcare.
At Oak she and her team embed with startups to shape management teams, a value-add founders often cite as a real advantage, helping healthtech CEOs build world-class teams.
- Linkedin: Leah Scanlan
Karsten Vagner
Karsten is Head of People at Define Ventures, an early-stage digital-health VC, after nearly 20 years leading people teams at healthtech startups like Maven Clinic and Zocdoc.
He joined Define in 2022 to act as a kind of “secret talent weapon” for its founders, helping them navigate scaling, build resilient teams and culture, and tap the fund’s network.
He’s been recognized by Crain’s New York and Business Insider for HR leadership, sits on the Forbes HR Council, and convenes regular knowledge-sharing among portfolio HR leaders.
- Linkedin: Karsten Vagner
Aisha DeBerry
Aisha is Executive Director of Provider Recruitment at UVA Health and a nationally recognized leader in physician recruitment, with deep experience hiring doctors and advanced-practice providers and running strategic talent initiatives for health systems.
A past President of the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment (AAPPR), she also serves on the board of Women in Healthcare – Central Virginia, and is known for prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical hiring.
- Linkedin: Aisha DeBerry
Allan Cacanindin
Allan is Vice President of Executive & Provider Recruitment at SSM Health, overseeing on-site and remote recruitment teams for a $9.3B multistate health system as it works to attract top physicians and advanced-practice providers.
He’s President of AAPPR and sits on its Board of Directors, and is known for bringing advanced strategies to physician staffing across hospitals and clinics while advocating for professional development among recruitment peers.
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Linkedin: Allan Cacanindin
Nick Stephens
Nick is Executive Chairman (and former CEO) of The RSA Group, a global executive-search firm focused on life sciences, where he’s driven growth in placing leaders across pharma, biotech, medtech, and healthcare investment.
He pioneered RSA’s data-driven due-diligence methodology to reduce hiring risk, which set a quality benchmark for the field.
With 40+ years in the industry, he’s an influential voice on talent trends (he’s written on the “war for talent” in life sciences, especially in Asia) and a regular at industry forums on leadership, governance, and effective boards.
- Linkedin: Nick Stephens
Alexis Stiles
Alexis is Global Healthcare Practice Leader at Spencer Stuart, one of the “Big Five” global search firms, with 30+ years in healthcare as an executive and leadership consultant.
She leads senior executive and board searches across every sector of healthcare, providers, payers, life sciences, and academic health, and previously ran the firm’s North American Healthcare Practice, bringing deep expertise in leadership assessment.
She’s also a vocal champion for advancing women in leadership and co-authored Spencer Stuart’s insights on women in the workplace.
- Linkedin: Alexis Stiles
Russ Rudish
Russ founded Rudish Health in 2014 after more than 30 years in healthcare leadership and professional services, and works on building leadership teams for healthcare organizations and healthcare-IT businesses, including interim-leadership support.
He’s also a Managing Partner at Caduceus Capital Partners, which ties his search work into a broader operator-investor network. His searches tend to center on senior roles where domain knowledge matters most, navigating health-system complexity, enterprise technology adoption, and scaling services organizations.
- Linkedin: Russ Rudish
Sum Up
Between them, the recruiters above place much of the senior executive talent across HealthTech, from digital-health startups to hospital systems and life-sciences boards. The catch is access: they’re often in heavy demand and come at a premium.
A more accessible option is to partner with EchoGlobal, where our industry knowledge and global network can connect you with the right HealthTech talent to grow your team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, they are crucial for sourcing leaders and specialists driving digital transformation in healthcare. HealthTech recruiters understand how to match startups and established organizations with talent skilled in medtech, digital health, and telemedicine. They streamline hiring for companies building innovative products that improve patient outcomes.
Notable firms include Jordan Search Consultants (AMN Healthcare), Russell Reynolds Associates, 3D CRO Search Group, Direct Recruiters, Inc., Aequitas Partners, EchoGlobal and Bench International. These organizations have strong records in executive and technical placements across healthcare technology, digital health, and life sciences.
Executive search firms typically charge 25% to 35% of a candidate’s first-year total compensation. Contingency recruiters may operate in the 20% to 30% range. Fees depend on role seniority, specialization, and whether the engagement is retained or project-based.
Seek agencies with demonstrable experience in digital health or medical technology hiring. Check their leadership placements, client partnerships, and community involvement in healthcare innovation hubs. A strong recruiter should show technical fluency and a network of trusted healthcare professionals.
They advise healthcare companies on talent acquisition, leadership strategy, and workforce development for digital health growth. Consultants also support mergers, product scaling, and clinical team formation. Their goal is to align skilled talent with emerging healthcare technologies and patient-focused innovation.
