Our People

Meet the team, partners, backers, and advisors behind Vega Health — a group united by a shared mission to scale AI safely and effectively.

The Vega Health team

Our Team

Emma Beavins

Marketing and Content Lead

Merritt Cahoon

Engagement Manager

Kaivalya Deshpande, MD

Clinical Product Integration

Monte Evans

Director of Engineering

Joel Feiner

Solutions Architect

Alex Fenn, MD

Clinical Integration

Chris Hayden

Events and Programming Lead

Venus Kamisendu

Business Operations Lead

Joanne Kim

Director of Product and Services

Aden Klein

Engagement Manager

Srikanth Muthya

Solutions Architect

Chris Provan

AI Evaluation Lead

Sean Sondej

Director of Health System Partnerships

Andrew Synowiez

Director of User Experience

Joe Waddell

Product Integration Engineer

Our Partners

We collaborate with leading organizations to advance healthcare AI innovation and adoption. Through partnerships with academic medical centers and research institutions, we ensure our solutions are grounded in rigorous science and real-world clinical evidence.

Our Backers

Vega Health is backed by Bessemer Venture Partners and Gundersen Health System's innovation arm, Gundersen Edge, along with a group of experienced healthcare leaders and operators who share our vision for scaling healthcare AI responsibly.

Our Advisors

Suresh Balu, MS, MBA

Executive Director

Duke Institute for Health Innovation

Robert Califf, MD, MACC

Former FDA Commissioner

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Irene Chen, PhD

Assistant Professor

University of California, Berkeley

Lance Co Ting Keh

Co-Founder

Vega Health

Sharon Davis, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics

Vanderbilt University

Chris DeRienzo, MD, MPP

Chief Physician Executive

American Hospital Association

Gabriel Escobar

Retired Research Scientist

Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

Joseph Futoma, PhD

Staff ML Data Scientist

Ōura

Keo McKenzie, LLB

Partner

Baker McKenzie

Vinh Nguyen

Former Chief Responsible AI Officer

National Security Agency

Assaf Morag, MD, MBA

Co-Founder, CEO

DealSumm

Alya Sulaiman

Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer

Datavant

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