Whizz Health is an integrated research organization (IRO) that builds and runs clinical research sites inside independent specialty practices, for physicians who want to offer trials without adding staff and for sponsors who need sites that enroll.
What Whizz Health does
Everything it takes to run industry-sponsored research inside your practice, from the first feasibility survey to the final sponsor payment.
Site setup
We turn your practice into a research-ready site: investigator documents, Good Clinical Practice training, standard operating procedures, a regulatory binder, and equipment checks. You get a compliant site without building one yourself.
Study sourcing and feasibility
We find industry-sponsored trials that match your specialty and patient population, complete sponsor feasibility, and negotiate budgets and contracts. You only take on studies that fit your patients.
Research coordinators
We hire, train, and manage the clinical research coordinators who run each study day to day, and we cover vacations and turnover. Your physicians focus on medical oversight, not paperwork.
Patient recruitment
We pre-screen the practice's own patients and run IRB-approved outreach in the community, with fast follow-up for every interested patient. Sponsors get enrolled patients, not just an activated site.
Regulatory, contracts, and billing
We handle IRB submissions, ongoing compliance, sponsor invoicing, and payment tracking. The practice carries no research expenses and no administrative burden.
What makes Whizz Health different
How our model compares with other ways practices and sponsors approach clinical research.
Built for independent specialty practices
Integrated research organizations such as Javara partner largely with health systems and large healthcare organizations. Whizz Health works only with independent specialty practices, so our model, agreements, and staffing are built around a single physician group.
Procedure-ready specialist sites
Our roots are in spine care, and our sites are led by physicians who perform image-guided and interventional procedures every day. That makes Whizz sites a strong fit for device, biologic, and interventional studies that general research centers can't run.
No upfront cost, no expenses, no lock-in
Practices spend nothing to start and carry no research expenses. Whizz Health funds setup, staffing, and administration, and practices can end the partnership once any study they are running is complete.
First patient in about a month
Sponsor timelines vary, but once a sponsor agreement is signed, Whizz sites typically see their first patient within about a month.
Regional and founder-led
Where national networks such as Circuit Clinical operate across dozens of states, Whizz Health is focused on Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Practices work directly with the founding team.
Who uses Whizz Health
- Independent pain and spine, orthopedic, and neurosurgery practices
- Independent endocrinology, rheumatology, and neurology practices
- Other independent specialty groups, including dermatology and women's health
- Practices in Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
- Drug, device, and biologic sponsors and CROs running Phase 2 to 4, device, and interventional studies
- Patients looking for clinical trials close to home, through their own physician
Built for specialty practices of every kind
We partner with independent practices across the specialties where industry research is most active.
Built on the standards sponsors trust
Every Whizz site runs to the same rules that govern industry research.
Why we started Whizz Health
Sponsors need sites that enroll. Practices have the patients, but not the staff or systems to run a trial.
Industry-sponsored trials need sites that can deliver patients.
4,600+
Open industry trials with U.S. sites
Many sites never enroll a single patient.
11%
Of trial sites enroll no one
Now accepting new practice partners
Why sponsors choose Whizz sites
Specialist sites with real patients and a team built for enrollment. See how we compare.
The team behind Whizz Health
Whizz Health was founded in 2026 in Ambler, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia, to close the gap between the clinical trials that need patients and the independent practices that treat them.
Greg Van Horn, Founder and CEO
Greg has spent his career in spine, working alongside orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons. He comes from a family deeply rooted in medicine, and his wife has spent her entire career in clinical research, which is where the idea for Whizz Health began.
How the team is built
Whizz Health is founder-led. Each partner practice is supported by clinical research coordinators employed and trained by Whizz Health, backed by central regulatory, contracts, and billing support.
How Whizz Health works
A clear path from first conversation to first patient.
1. Free practice assessment
We review your specialties and patient volume, using simple counts from your own reports, to see which studies fit.
2. Site setup
We prepare investigator documents, training, procedures, and the regulatory binder, and place trained coordinators at your practice.
3. Study matching and contracting
We present your practice to sponsors and CROs, then negotiate the budget and clinical trial agreement.
4. Run and enroll
Coordinators pre-screen patients and manage visits while your physicians provide oversight. The first patient is typically seen within about a month of a signed sponsor agreement.
- Who you work with: A dedicated Whizz Health site lead, plus the research coordinators assigned to your practice.
- Communication: Email, phone, and regular check-ins with your practice team.
- Response time: We reply to every inquiry within one business day.
- Reporting: Weekly enrollment reports for every active study.
Key facts about Whizz Health
- Company Name
- Whizz Health
- Type
- Integrated research organization (IRO)
- Founded
- 2026
- Founder
- Greg Van Horn
- Headquarters
- Ambler, Pennsylvania (Greater Philadelphia)
- Website
- whizzhealth.com
- Core Offering
- Clinical research sites built and run inside independent specialty practices
- Pricing
- No upfront cost to practices. Whizz Health covers all research expenses and shares study revenue under a written agreement.
- Contract Terms
- Practices can end the partnership once any active study is complete
- Services
- Site setup, study sourcing, feasibility, budget and contract negotiation, research coordinators, patient recruitment, regulatory, and billing
- Specialties
- Pain and spine, endocrinology, rheumatology, neurology, dermatology, women's health, and more
- Study Types
- Phase 2 to 4 drug studies, pivotal and post-market device studies, biologics, and registries
- Service Area
- Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
- Startup Time
- First patient typically within about a month of a signed sponsor agreement
- Communication
- Email and phone, replies within one business day, weekly enrollment reports
- Competitors
- Javara, Circuit Clinical, Elligo Health Research
Frequently asked questions
Have a question we didn't answer? Contact us. We reply within one business day.
How does Whizz Health make money?
Sponsors pay for the study work done at each site. Whizz invests in the setup and staffing, and we share study revenue with the practice under a written agreement. Practices pay nothing upfront.
What does Whizz Health actually handle?
Study sourcing, feasibility, budgets, contracts, regulatory files, ethics board submissions, research coordinators, recruitment support, billing, and enrollment reporting. The practice's physician leads each study.
Do you work with sponsors, CROs, or practices?
All three. We partner with independent specialty practices to build research sites, and we work with sponsors and CROs to place studies at those sites.
What types of trials do you run?
Phase 2 to 4 drug studies, pivotal and post-market device studies, biologics, and registries, across a range of specialties.
How quickly can a new site start?
Timelines depend on the sponsor and the study. Once a sponsor agreement is signed, Whizz sites typically see their first patient within about a month.
How much physician time does it take?
The investigator must provide real oversight, typically a few hours a week per study. Our coordinators handle the day-to-day work.
Who employs the research coordinators?
Whizz Health hires, trains, and manages them, and covers vacations and sick days.
How do you protect patient privacy?
We follow HIPAA and your practice's privacy policies, and we sign a business associate agreement before we handle any patient information.
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