Vincent Mehdizadeh

Based in southern California, Vincent Mehdizadeh leads Medbox, Inc., as chairman and chief operating officer, and the affiliated company, Medicine Dispensing Systems (AKA Prescription Vending Machines), as founder and director. Vincent Mehdizadeh’s companies serve a broad spectrum of health care clients, from hospitals to alternative medicine clinics. Proprietary biometric identification (fingerprint ID) systems are used to securely manage medication-dispensing procedures. The equipment his firms provide is essential in ensuring regulatory compliance and eliminating abuse by accurately identifying patients.

Medbox offers patients several benefits, including convenient access to their medications and cost controls through reduced overhead and efficient inventory controls. Having achieved success with the business and having registered patents for the medicine-dispensing machine in the United States and Canada, Mr. Mehdizadeh has spoken in major media outlets, including National Public Radio and CNN. His enterprises have also been featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. Vincent Mehdizadeh has a longstanding interest in the intersection between holistic health and entrepreneurship, and he is a member of Americans for Safe Access.