Physicians who speak
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Dr. Nihir Patel is an anesthesiologist, investor, and the founder of Kurbside. As an advisor and venture partner at ATOMS VC, he evaluates early-stage life science and med-tech investments and provides strategic guidance to both founders and investors. His prior work at Mount Sinai Innovation Partners (MSIP) included a pivotal role launching Elementa Labs, a healthcare and biotech accelerator, where he led clinical strategy.

Dr. Patel built Kurbside after seeing a gap on both sides of the market: physicians looking for meaningful ways to bring their expertise to the table, and companies struggling to find consistent, reliable clinical insight through existing platforms. As a practicing physician, he believes the critical decisions shaping healthcare should be guided by those who face its realities every day.

A lifelong New Yorker, he's passionate about pizza, coffee, and the Knicks.

Dr. Sumir Shah is an Emergency Medicine physician with expertise in medical simulation, quality improvement, and concierge medicine. He has held leadership roles, including Director of Medical Simulation and serving on hospital QA/QI committees across New York City emergency departments. He serves as Medical Director for Sollis Health, a concierge Emergency Medicine startup, focusing on high-touch, tech-enabled acute care delivery.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology & Immunology from the University of Rochester, a master’s in Physiology & Biophysics from Georgetown University, and completed his medical training at NYIT College of Medicine with residency at the University at Buffalo and NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens. Based in Brooklyn, he is an oenophile with a passion for art, design, and football.

Dr. Erik Blutinger is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician and healthtech advisor specializing in novel care delivery models. As Medical Director of Mount Sinai’s Community Paramedicine program, he has scaled innovative care systems using telemedicine, paramedics, and AI to manage high-risk patients outside the hospital.

With a master’s degree in Health Policy from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, he has worked in low-resource settings and serves on advisory boards for multiple healthtech startups, including Walmart Telemedicine. His expertise spans acute care innovation, venture consulting, and clinical strategy for early and late-stage companies.

Dr. Ayoosh Pareek is an orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading orthopedic hospital, specializing in sports medicine and joint preservation. He has served as a team physician for the New York Mets and New York Knicks, providing elite athletes with cutting-edge orthopedic care.

As Medical Director of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health at HSS, Dr. Pareek leads AI-driven initiatives to enhance both patient outcomes and clinical workflows. He is an advisor to multiple healthtech and AI startups, leveraging his expertise in orthopedic innovation and digital health. His research in machine learning applications for sports medicine, knee ligament injuries, and orthopedic imaging has secured over $300,000 in national and international funding and resulted in more than 100 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Alexandra Kreps is an internal medicine physician, physician executive, and startup advisor focused on advancing healthcare through technology. As Medical Director of Clinical Experience at Circle Medical, she leads clinical operations, product development, and AI integration to enhance virtual care delivery.

She has extensive experience advising early-stage healthtech companies on clinical strategy, product design, and business development. Her work spans digital health, AI applications in medicine, virtual care, and women’s health, making her a key contributor to innovation at the intersection of healthcare and technology.

Dr. Donna Baldwin is a physician executive specializing in primary care, telehealth, and clinical quality strategy. With over 25 years in leadership, she has built nationwide physician networks, developed regulatory compliance programs, and led clinical quality initiatives.

As Founder and CMO of Baldwin Healthcare & Finance Consulting, she advises startups on optimizing virtual care models. Previously, as Chief Quality Officer at CirrusMD, she implemented scalable clinical strategy frameworks. Board-certified in family medicine and medical acupuncture, she is a recognized leader in telemedicine innovation, physician mentorship, and high-quality patient care.

Dr. Gabe Siegel is an Emergency Medicine physician and healthtech innovator specializing in AI-driven clinical decision support. As Emergency Medicine and Clinical Informatics Lead at Glass Health (YC W23), he develops AI-powered tools integrated with EPIC using FHIR data, enhancing clinical workflows for providers.

His expertise in prompt engineering, large language models, and clinical validation has driven the development of multiple AI products tailored for emergency medicine. He is also an Ultrasound Fellow at Denver Health and has contributed extensively to research in point-of-care ultrasound and medical informatics.

Dr. Justin Moore is an Emergency Medicine physician, healthcare innovator, and MedTech entrepreneur dedicated to advancing medical technology and improving patient care. A graduate of the University of Washington School of Medicine, where he earned AOA honors, he has spent the past six years as an attending physician and serves as Director of Innovation at Highland Hospital’s Emergency Department in Oakland, California.

Dr. Moore is the founder of OcuLine Inc., a medical device company focused on ultrasound-guided procedural innovations. A graduate of the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship, he holds multiple patents and has secured grants for healthcare improvement projects. His expertise spans medical device development, digital health, and clinical innovation, helping to bridge the gap between frontline medicine and scalable healthcare solutions.

Outside of work, he enjoys photography, hiking, backpacking, and climbing with his wife and two dogs.

Dr. Sarah Isquick is an OB/GYN, healthcare innovator, and startup advisor dedicated to advancing women's health through precision medicine, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. Board-certified in OB/GYN with a subspecialty in Complex Family Planning, she is also a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner, bringing expertise in optimizing health across all life stages.

Based in the Bay Area, Dr. Isquick practices at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a safety-net hospital in Silicon Valley, and Private Medical, a concierge practice in San Francisco. Beyond clinical care, she has advised early- and growth-stage startups in the women’s health ecosystem, focusing on longevity, early disease detection, and digital health innovation. Her work bridges cutting-edge technology with real-world clinical impact, shaping the future of personalized healthcare for women.

Dr. Leon Telis is a urologist and men’s health specialist with a focus on advancing care through research, digital innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. He is the Director of the Men’s Health Program at Mount Sinai Hospital and Assistant Professor of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine, where he leads initiatives to improve men’s health outcomes and expand access to specialized care.

Dr. Telis’ work bridges academic medicine and healthcare innovation. His research has spanned genomic predictors in bladder cancer, hormone therapy, and fertility preservation, with multiple peer-reviewed publications and national presentations. He has also contributed to medical literature on transgender care, prosthetic advancements, and surgical innovation, reflecting his broad commitment to improving urologic health across diverse populations.

A lifelong New Yorker, he brings a deep understanding of patient needs, system challenges, and the evolving role of technology in men’s health.

Dr. Zhen Chan is a pediatrician, healthcare innovator, and startup founder focused on building systems that support physician wellbeing and advance pediatric care. He is the Founder & CEO of Grapevyne, a physician-focused digital community that fosters peer support, knowledge sharing, and career development in an increasingly complex healthcare environment.

Currently practicing in the fast-track emergency department at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Dr. Chan brings a frontline clinical perspective to his work in innovation. He previously served as a Senior Associate at Health Innovation Capital, a venture firm investing in pediatric healthcare solutions, where he led diligence efforts and advised startups on go-to-market strategy.

Dr. Chan earned his MD and MBA in Health Management & Policy from the University of Miami, and completed his pediatric residency at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. His work sits at the intersection of clinical quality, advocacy, and technology, with a passion for reshaping the way physicians connect, collaborate, and thrive.

Dr. Vinodh Chandra is an Emergency Medicine physician and Faculty Instructor at Weill Cornell Medicine, where he also served as the institution’s inaugural Healthcare Innovation Fellow. In this role, he helped build academic–industry collaborations and accelerate the translation of emerging technologies into clinical practice.

A graduate of Duke University and the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, he completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Georgetown/MedStar Health before training in Cornell Tech’s Runway Startup Program. Through his work with early-stage companies, Dr. Chandra advises founders on clinical strategy, product development, and adoption within healthcare systems. His perspective blends frontline experience with a passion for innovation, improving efficiency, outcomes, and patient care.

Dr. Andrei Popescu is an Emergency Medicine physician and healthcare executive specializing in clinical operations, healthcare administration, and organizational growth. With a background in cell and molecular biology from Boston University and a Master’s in Human Physiology from Georgetown University, he pursued a joint MD/MBA to bridge the gap between medicine and healthcare management.

After completing his Emergency Medicine residency at the University at Buffalo, Dr. Popescu moved to Los Angeles and quickly assumed leadership roles with Vitality, a national physician partnership. Since 2021, he has served as Associate Medical Director at Sollis Health, where he oversees clinical operations, patient care systems, and strategic expansion. His expertise lies in optimizing care delivery models and enhancing healthcare infrastructure to improve both patient outcomes and provider efficiency.

Dr. Neel Nabar is a physician-scientist and healthcare innovator with a diverse background in medicine, research, and entrepreneurship. He earned his MD/PhD from Thomas Jefferson University and served as a NIH-Karolinska Institute Fellow, where his research focused on immunology.

Dr. Nabar is currently completing his hematology/oncology fellowship at Penn Med where he is engaged in cutting-edge research. He is a former founder, prolific scientist, and consultant to numerous pharmaceutical firms. Throughout his career, Dr. Nabar has been committed to advancing healthcare through innovative solutions and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Dr. Max Sobrero is an Emergency Medicine physician and ultrasound specialist dedicated to improving acute care through clinical innovation, education, and research. Originally from Capitán Bermúdez, Argentina, he pursued Neuroscience at New York University before earning his MD and Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his Emergency Medicine residency and Point-of-Care Ultrasound fellowship at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, where he also served as Education Chief Resident and junior faculty.

Dr. Sobrero is currently an Associate Physician and Point-of-Care Ultrasound Lead at Kaiser Permanente, where he integrates advanced ultrasound applications into emergency medicine practice. An Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) honoree, he has published multiple peer-reviewed studies on surgical outcomes, imaging techniques, and emergency care innovations. Passionate about medical education, he has taught residents, medical students, and trainees in ultrasound and emergency medicine.

Outside of medicine, he enjoys traveling, playing soccer, and spending time with his family.

Dr. Payel Gupta is a triple board-certified physician in Allergy & Immunology, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics, serving as Assistant Clinical Professor at Mount Sinai Medical Center and SUNY Downstate Medical Center. She has dedicated her career to advancing education and access in respiratory and allergic disease.

In 2020, Dr. Gupta co-founded Cleared, a nationwide telemedicine platform for allergic conditions, scaling virtual care across the U.S. and partnering with industry to deliver direct-to-consumer therapies before its acquisition by LifeMD in 2022. Licensed in 29 states, she provides care through multiple digital health platforms and maintains a Brooklyn-based clinic serving pediatric and adult patients.

Beyond clinical practice, she co-hosts The Itch Podcast, a leading education platform for patients and clinicians, and serves as a national spokesperson for the American Lung Association. A past President of the New York Allergy & Asthma Society, Dr. Gupta is also an active contributor to the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology’s telemedicine and integrative medicine initiatives.

Dr. Kiran Malhotra is an ophthalmologist and clinical informaticist dedicated to improving healthcare delivery through AI, digital health, and medical education innovation. She serves as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Director of Inpatient Consult Services, and Physician Informaticist in the Department of Health Informatics at NYU Langone Health.

Dr. Malhotra completed a Clinical Informatics Fellowship at NYU Langone Health, where she played a central role in deploying generative AI across the health system — work published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Her research spans AI-driven diagnostic feedback tools, EHR-integrated clinical simulations, and automated mapping of resident clinical experiences, with funding from the American Board of Medical Specialties.

With dual expertise in clinical medicine and health informatics, Dr. Malhotra brings a unique perspective on how technology can enhance clinical workflows, medical education, and patient outcomes. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, trying new cuisines, and playing and watching sports.

Dr. Toral Vaidya is a board-certified dermatologist, media expert, and skincare innovator dedicated to advancing dermatology through consumer education, digital health, and brand strategy. She practices medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology at MDCS Dermatology in New York City and serves as Director of Dermatology at Wyandot Memorial Hospital, where she built the department’s medical, cosmetic, and surgical programs.

Trained at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Vaidya brings deep expertise in skin of color, onco-dermatology, and cosmetic procedures, paired with a distinctive consumer-facing platform. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times, Vogue, CNN, and InStyle, and completed a medical journalism rotation with ABC News, producing segments for Good Morning America. Named a 2026 Rising Star in the New York Times’ Super Doctors of New York, she has authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications.

When she’s not in the clinic, she can be found painting, exploring fashion design, or breaking down skincare science for a national audience.

Dr. Emile Gogineni is a radiation oncologist, clinical trialist, and healthcare strategist specializing in the intersection of oncology, advanced therapeutics, and technology-enabled care delivery. He serves as Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at The Ohio State University and the James Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he focuses on head and neck, thyroid, and cutaneous malignancies using stereotactic radiation, re-irradiation, and proton therapy.

Dr. Gogineni has authored over 65 peer-reviewed publications and leads funded research spanning clinical trial design, microbiome-based translational science, and machine learning applications in oncology. A proton therapy fellow trained at Johns Hopkins, he co-founded the Radiosurgery Society’s international Mentored Publications Program and has driven AI contouring and protocol standardization initiatives at Ohio State, while consistently ranking in the top 5% of provider satisfaction scores. Currently pursuing an Executive MBA, he brings a rare combination of frontline clinical credibility, research rigor, and business acumen.

Outside of medicine, he is an accomplished violinist, performing regularly at institutional and community events, and enjoys travel, fitness, and cooking with his family.

Dr. Hussain Rao is an ophthalmologist and physician advisor focused on bridging clinical practice with healthcare innovation and product strategy. Based in New York City, he provides comprehensive ophthalmic care, including cataract surgery and anterior segment disease, across urban and community hospital settings, serving diverse and underserved populations.

Dr. Rao completed his ophthalmology residency at New York Medical College, training across Metropolitan Hospital and Westchester Medical Center, and graduated medical school summa cum laude from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Beyond clinical practice, he has served as a Physician Advisor for the Brundage Group, conducting peer-to-peer case reviews, medical necessity assessments, and utilization appeals, experience that gives him a practical understanding of payer dynamics, clinical documentation standards, and the operational friction points that health tech companies often aim to solve. With published research spanning pediatric ophthalmology, corneal disease, and retinal diagnostics, he brings both clinical depth and an early-career perspective on how physicians actually evaluate and adopt new tools in practice.

Outside of the clinic, he’s a music producer, long-distance runner, and basketball player who speaks four languages.

Dr. John Wilkins is a physician executive, pulmonary and sleep medicine specialist, and healthcare operations leader with over 25 years of experience spanning clinical practice, payer strategy, and large-scale system management. He currently serves as Medical Director of Operations at Blue Shield of California, overseeing commercial and Medicare prior authorization, utilization management, and medical policy strategy.

Dr. Wilkins previously held progressive leadership roles at Kaiser Permanente, including Vice President of Specialty Care and Regional Medical Director, where he oversaw a $500M medical and surgical program across 28 specialty departments and mentored over 100 physicians. As Regional Chief of Sleep Medicine, he redesigned the virtual care model and reduced outpatient wait times from nine months to under two weeks using lean management principles, while internalizing services to cut contract costs by $1.4M annually. He also served as Medical Director at Optum/UnitedHealthcare, leading payment integrity operations including DRG validation, clinical coding review, and medical policy development. He is also the founder of SleepMattersMD, a telehealth-focused sleep medicine company built around remote study interpretation and patient-centered care delivery.

Trained at the Cleveland Clinic and Oregon Health Sciences Center with an executive leadership program at Harvard Business School, Dr. Wilkins brings deep experience across clinical delivery, payer operations, and healthcare business strategy. Based in Southern California, he stays connected to the outdoors and has summited two of Colorado’s iconic 14,000-foot peaks.

Dr. Tejal Naik is a hospitalist, clinical informaticist, and healthcare innovator dedicated to bridging clinical practice with digital health strategy, product development, and operational transformation. He currently serves as Clinical Leader for Hospital Medicine at ChristianaCare, where he directs hospitalist workflows, throughput optimization, and campus-wide quality improvement initiatives.

Previously at Thomas Jefferson University, Dr. Naik held a dual role as Assistant Professor and Clinical Lead for Digital Innovation, where he managed the enterprise deployment of ADA Health’s AI-powered symptom assessment and triage platform, developed digital patient engagement tools, and co-founded an XR Simulation Hub integrating AR/VR into clinical training. He also serves as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Jefferson’s College of Population Health and founded its Health Innovation Leadership Program.

Board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics, with additional training in AI product management from Microsoft, Agile methodology from Google, entrepreneurship from Wharton, and executive healthcare leadership from Cornell, Dr. Naik brings a rare combination of frontline clinical credibility and hands-on product experience to help companies navigate digital health deployment, clinical workflow integration, and care delivery innovation.

Dr. Neil Patel is a family medicine physician, healthcare executive, and company builder dedicated to reimagining primary care delivery for complex and aging populations. Most recently, he served as Chief Health Officer at Patina Health, leading clinical strategy for a new model of primary care designed for adults 65 and older.

Dr. Patel was a founding team member at Iora Health, a physician-led primary care company that scaled across eight states before its $2.1B acquisition by One Medical and subsequently Amazon. He also helped launch the Atlantic City Special Care Center, an innovative practice serving chronically ill union workers that was featured in Atul Gawande's "The Hot Spotters" in The New Yorker for its approach to delivering better outcomes at lower cost through relationship-driven care. With nearly two decades of experience building, scaling, and leading value-based care organizations from the ground up, Dr. Patel brings deep operational insight into what it takes to move a clinical model from concept to commercial scale, and where technology, workflow design, and clinician alignment make or break adoption.

At home, he's surrounded by music, married to a bluegrass musician and raising three budding singers and dancers.

Dr. Felicia Hsu is an Internal Medicine physician, bioengineer, and healthcare investor who bridges clinical depth with investment rigor. She serves as Senior Director of Strategy & Operations at Astrana Health, where she leads a team driving the organization's highest-priority initiatives end-to-end.

Previously, as a Principal at BOLD Capital Partners, a $600M+ healthcare-focused venture firm, she led early-stage investments across MedTech, Women's Health, and Health AI. She authored 50+ investment diligence memos, helped portfolio CEOs close $199M+ in aggregate financings, served on eight portfolio company boards, and helped launch multiple academic spinouts. A graduate of MIT in Biological Engineering and Harvard Medical School, her expertise spans MedTech, FemTech, digital health, and women's health.

A passionate champion for women entrepreneurs, she is active across the healthcare innovation community and is Host and Executive Producer of Unstitched, a podcast on her family's experience with pancreatic cancer and the system flaws it exposed, a journey that shaped her path into venture.

Dr. Palak Majmudar is a double board-certified ophthalmologist and lifestyle medicine physician, entrepreneur, and physician-operator working at the intersection of clinical care, preventive medicine, and healthcare technology. She completed her ophthalmology residency and uveitis fellowship at Mount Sinai, where she continues to practice as an attending ophthalmologist. She also serves as a consulting physician with RoseBar, the longevity clinic founded by Dr. Mark Hyman, and with Veteran Evaluation Services.

Dr. Majmudar is the co-founder of LV8 Health, a precision health and preventive medicine practice that helps individuals and executive teams optimize their health through evidence-based lifestyle interventions. Before founding LV8 Health, she practiced within a private equity-backed ophthalmology group, giving her firsthand insight into physician workflows, healthcare delivery, and the realities of scaling clinical care. She partners with healthcare startups on clinical strategy, AI-enabled care, and product development, bringing frontline clinical expertise and an operator's understanding of healthcare delivery to the technologies shaping the future of medicine.

Dr. Rajiv Kabadi is a board-certified cardiac electrophysiologist, Director of Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices at the MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Running a device program across a multi-site health system, he sits where technology adoption decisions get made, and his published work documents the hard edges of putting new hardware into real patients: leadless pacemaker extraction and replacement, dual-chamber leadless implantation in patients with existing LVADs, and the first reported mediastinal vascular injury during extravascular ICD tunneling.

A biomedical engineer by training with graduate coursework in clinical trial design and epidemiology, Dr. Kabadi is a co-investigator on OPT-RATE-AF, a randomized trial of physiologic pacing rates in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. For companies building in cardiac rhythm management or procedural technology, he can pressure-test a clinical claim, design the evidence needed to support it, and say plainly whether a device fits the way electrophysiologists actually work.

Dr. Ali Zindman is an internal medicine physician at UCLA Health, where she practices primary care in Santa Monica and serves as a Health Sciences Clinical Instructor. She earned her bachelor's degree from Harvard College and her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, then completed her internal medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center, where she was named Outstanding House Officer in Ambulatory Care Medicine. She is board certified in internal medicine and licensed in California, New York, and New Jersey.

Her clinical work centers on complex care management. She is a primary care physician in the UCLA Long Covid Program and leads its residency elective, and she also practices with the Long Covid Southern California Professional Group. Her research examines how wearable technology can improve care delivery, including current work as co-investigator on a multi-modal wearable sensor study for early detection and remote monitoring of cognitive-motor decline.

Dr. Isabella Dreyfuss is a radiation oncology resident at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, where her research centers on central nervous system malignancies, particularly leptomeningeal metastases, spanning clinical trials, biomarker discovery, and national outcomes research. She came to medicine from industry. Before medical school she worked in finance at J.P. Morgan and in management consulting at Accenture, experience that shaped her interest in the business and operational problems that sit beyond the bedside. She earned her DO and MPH from Nova Southeastern University and an MBA in Health Sector Management from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, where she also completed her undergraduate degree in neuroscience.

Dr. Dreyfuss serves as Education Chair of the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO), the resident organization of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, and is active in mentorship and medical education. Her interests run to data-driven oncology, AI, and translational research, and to the practical work of moving new healthcare tools from concept into clinical practice. For companies building in oncology, she brings clinical training, a finance and consulting background, and formal business education in one person.