(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - Neil Veloso has been named Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s new vice president for Innovation and Technology Commercialization, overseeing the hospital’s Office of Technology Commercialization and Innovation Center. Neil most recently served as the executive director of Brown Technology Innovations at Brown University in Rhode Island. He joins Nationwide Children’s on February 2, 2026.
“Neil is an accomplished technology commercialization executive with more than 20 years of experience. He has a remarkable track record in startup creation, strategic partnerships, and intellectual property licensing,” said Dennis Durbin, MD, MSCE, president, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s. “He has guided significant inventions in life sciences, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and medical devices at some of the nation’s most renowned research institutions, including Johns Hopkins University and the Cleveland Clinic.”
Upon joining Nationwide Children’s, Mr. Veloso will oversee enterprise-wide activities that support innovation and commercialization, collaborating with other institutional leaders, industry partners, local and state political and economic development resources, and the venture capital community to identify and develop opportunities for a broad range of advancements in pediatric health care and research.
“Our success in translating discoveries into commercially available products generates annual revenue, which is invested back into research, ensuring a robust pipeline of early-stage novel diagnostics and therapeutics with the promise of providing best outcomes for children around the world. I’m proud to say Nationwide Children’s remains the top children’s hospital in the nation and the top organization in Ohio for gross revenue from commercialization ventures,” Dr. Durbin noted. “We look forward to welcoming Neil to our leadership team supporting our successful culture of innovation.”
About The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s faculty train the next generation of pediatricians, scientists and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities in the U.S., supporting basic, clinical, translational, behavioral and population health research. The AWRI is comprised of multidisciplinary Centers of Emphasis paired with advanced infrastructure supporting capabilities such as technology commercialization for discoveries; gene- and cell-based therapies; and genome sequencing and analysis. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org/Research.