Michalski, an Amazon alum, and Fergus, ex-CEO of 4Catalyzer, will lead the company creation platform building AI applications in healthcare.NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascertain, a healthcare AI company creation platform, today announced the formation of its leadership team with the appointment of CEO Mark Michalski, M.D. and Executive Chairman, Gregg Fergus. Michalski and Fergus will lead Ascertain in its mission to merge deep technical, operational, and clinical expertise to deliver high-quality, equitable, and affordable healthcare.Michalski brings two decades of executive leadership experience to Ascertain. Prior to Ascertain, Michalski led strategic development for healthcare and life sciences at Amazon, was Founding Executive Director at Mass General Brigham/Harvard's Center for Clinical Data Science, and served as President and CMO of two publicly traded companies - Butterfly Network and Hyperfine Research. He is a board-certified radiologist and completed his medical training at Yale and Stanford.Fergus and Michalski met and collaborated closely at the venture studio 4Catalyzer where Fergus was CEO, launching several leading healthcare companies including Butterfly Network, Hyperfine Research, AI Therapeutics, and Quantum Si

John Noseworthy takes on key leadership role in next-generation virtual care platform, with health systems at the centerNEW YORK, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Caire, an innovative virtual care ecosystem created by Northwell Holdings and venture studio Aegis Ventures, today announced John Noseworthy, M.D. as Executive Chairman. Noseworthy, the emeritus president and CEO of Mayo Clinic, will lead the Caire Collaborative, a consortium of health systems that serve as investors, early adopters, and clinical partners for Caire's hybrid model of in-person and virtual care. Noseworthy will also serve on Caire's board of directors.Spearheaded by Northwell Health's president and CEO, Michael Dowling, Caire partners with health systems nationwide to redefine how care is delivered. As providers of care and as employers, health systems are uniquely positioned to better identify gaps in care and help build the solutions that address them. Caire, powered by a common operating system for AI-enabled virtual care products, will match patients with the health services they need, when they need it.Caire was founded to address critical issues facing employers today, including providing affordable, accessible, evidenced-based care that can be delivered efficiently, and supporting a patient's longitudinal care journey

The startup plans to use AI-backed retinal imaging to find early signs of disease based on tech from Australian company Eyetelligence.