Physician · Entrepreneur · Investor · Author

A wider view of what is possible.

Medicine at the foundation. Healthcare, aerospace, investment, writing and film built around it.

Portrait of Irfan Siddiqui

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”

Sun Tzu, The Art of War
01 / Biography

A multidisciplinary journey.

Irfan Siddiqui is a physician with more than twenty-five years in medicine. From that foundation he has built across industries: medico-legal advisory, concierge healthcare, aerospace radiation-testing infrastructure and long-term private investment, alongside a published book and feature-film credits.

“It’s hard to beat somebody who never gives up.”

$500M+In completed transactions
1M+ sq ftOf property across the United States
Fortune 500Companies as transaction counterparties
25+ yearsIn medicine and enterprise
03 / Book & Film

Writing & film.

The Dark Side of Medicine by Irfan Siddiqui, book cover
Book · Author

The Dark Side of Medicine

A physician’s perspective on medicine, business, calculated risk and building a balanced life beyond the conventional path.

Sacramento film poster
Feature film

Sacramento

Road comedy starring Michael Cera, Michael Angarano, Maya Erskine and Kristen Stewart.

Associate Producer
The Astronaut film poster
Feature film

The Astronaut

Science-fiction thriller starring Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne and Gabriel Luna.

Associate Producer
04 / Publications

Peer-reviewed research.

Journal ofInterventional CardiologyVol. 24 · No. 3Wiley

Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Using Helex and Amplatzer Devices without Intraprocedural Echocardiographic Guidance

Siddiqui IF, Michaels AD. Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 24(3):271–277.

The JournalCHESTVol. 136 · No. 4American College of Chest Physicians

Long-Term Efficacy of Transcatheter Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure in Relief of Migraine Headache with Aura

Siddiqui I, Behura A, Hussain N, Badshah A. Chest, 136(4):106S. Meeting abstract.

Giving

The Siddiqui Family Foundation.

Recurring grants since 2016 to children and families, food and shelter, medical research and humanitarian relief, with a particular commitment to Central Florida.

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Children's Home Society of FloridaA Kids Place of Tampa BaySecond Harvest Food Bank of Central FloridaCoalition for the Homeless of Central FloridaHarbor House of Central FloridaSt. Jude Children's Research HospitalFoundation Fighting BlindnessNational Down Syndrome SocietyEastern Congo InitiativeDoctors Without BordersAmerican Red CrossAdventHealth Foundation
05 / Insights & Perspectives

Ideas at the intersection.

Commentary on medicine, medico-legal practice, aerospace and healthcare.

Medical-legal

What Makes a Good Medical Expert Witness

The best medical expert witnesses are teachers, not advocates: qualified for the question, faithful to the records and clear about what the evidence can and cannot show.

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Aerospace & medicine

After the Space Station: Why Medicine Should Pay Attention to Commercial Orbit

NASA has opened the contest for commercial space stations. A physician and investor on why orbit matters to medicine, and what to watch.

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Aerospace

Healthcare, Aerospace and Capital: Why the Overlap Matters

Medicine and spaceflight share more than it seems: both depend on understanding radiation, on rigorous testing, and on capital patient enough to build hard things.

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Investing

Physicians as Investors: Where Clinical Judgement Helps, and Where It Doesn’t

Where clinical judgement helps physicians as investors, and where it misleads.

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Medicine & business

What Twenty-Five Years in Medicine Taught Me About Building Businesses

What the habits that keep patients safe teach about building companies that last.

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Decision-making

Calculated Risk: A Cardiologist’s Framework for Big Decisions

Interventional cardiology weighs benefit against risk every day. The same six questions work for business and investing.

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Family office

Raising Children Who Understand Ownership

Assets can be transferred with a signature. The judgement to look after them has to be taught.

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Family office

What Medicine Teaches About Stewarding Family Wealth

A family office is, in many ways, the financial equivalent of continuity of care: one accurate picture, coordinated advisers and a long horizon.

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Medical-legal

What Makes an Independent Medical Opinion Useful?

In a contested claim, the value of an expert opinion lies less in its conclusion than in how clearly it shows the work behind it.

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Cardiology · Law

Florida’s Heart/Lung Bill: A Cardiologist’s Guide for Attorneys

Section 112.18 creates a presumption for firefighters, law enforcement and correctional officers. Understanding the medicine makes the statute easier to apply.

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Aerospace

Radiation-Effects Testing and the New Space Economy

As launch costs fall and satellites multiply, the ability to prove electronics can survive space radiation has become critical infrastructure.

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Healthcare

Why Continuity Matters in Concierge Medicine

The most valuable thing a physician relationship can offer may be the simplest: the same doctor, over time, who knows your history.

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