- About Us
THE JOURNEY
Your Partner for Innovation
CIPRA.ai is the accumulation of six years of R&D and clinical trials at UC San Diego – supported by Kaiser Permanente, UC San Diego Population Health, Altman Clinical Translational Research Institute, Samsung, Teradata and other industry leaders – which focused on using AI to precisely diagnose and treat patients with chronic conditions. The impetus for this work came from CIPRA.ai’s founder Sujit Dey, after a series of self-experiments determined that sleep was the greatest contributor to his hypertension. These findings motivated Sujit to develop a data-driven, intelligent solution to untangle the complex relationships between lifestyle and chronic conditions, as he was joined by former PhD students and co-founders Jared Leitner and PoHan Chiang. Assembling a distinguished team of physicians and experts, the company was launched in July of 2022 and has expanded its AI-based platform to cover chronic hypertension and diabetes, reaching global influence through health system partnerships around the world.
At the core of CIPRA.ai is our understanding that healthcare is not a one-size-fits-all solution. We understand how disorienting managing chronic conditions can be on your own. It can be a series of trial and error, or dealing with varying opinions from different people. That is why our team built a platform with a simple mission – to provide precise care for chronic hypertension and diabetes, so you can focus on the right actions for bettering your health with ease and clarity.
GET TO KNOW US
Our Leadership Team
physician advisors
Dr. Jessica Golbus
Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine University of Michigan Health, Physician Advisor
Sujit Dey
FOUNDER, LEADS CIPRA.AI
Biography
Sujit Dey is a technology visionary and entrepreneur, who has successfully transitioned impactful technologies from research to global deployments. He has founded or co-founded multiple companies in various industry verticals, including wireless, multimedia, renewable energy, and healthcare, leading to multiple acquisitions. He holds the Jacobs Family Endowed Chair in Management and Engineering Leadership at UC San Diego. In 2015, he started the UCSD Connected Health Program, in partnership with healthcare providers and healthtech companies, creating innovative AI based platforms and solutions in multiple healthcare practices. Sujit brings his vast experiences from his previous roles as CEO and CTO in product development and market strategy, partnership and business development, and venture funding and acquisitions to lead CIPRA.ai.
Jared Leitner
CO-FOUNDER, LEADS PRODUCT ENGINEERING & DELIVERY
Biography
Jared Leitner leads product engineering and delivery at CIPRA.ai, overseeing the development and deployment of AI-driven digital health products. Prior to CIPRA.ai, he was a healthcare AI researcher at the University of California, San Diego, where he earned his PhD focused on AI techniques for precision healthcare. He brings end-to-end experience across machine learning, data science, software and cloud engineering, EHR integration, remote patient monitoring, wearable devices, and digital health product delivery.
Po-Han Chiang
C0-FOUNDER, LEADS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Biography
PoHan Chiang leads research and development functions at CIPRA.ai. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 2022, where he worked with Professor Sujit Dey at the Mobile Systems Design Lab. PoHan has years of experience in digital health technology development, clinical trials and product delivery. PoHan’s research interests include machine learning, digital health, renewable energy powered green communication and industrial Internet of Things (IoTs).
Pronoy Saha
LEADS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS
Biography
Pronoy Saha is a founder and key contributor to multiple digital health startups. He has extensive expertise in strategy, planning, concept development, go-to-market execution, and revenue generation. With a specialization in scalable AI applications for healthcare, he brings over 20 years of experience spanning digital health, infrastructure, and ASIC/ASSP. He is also highly skilled in strategic sales and ecosystem partnerships.
Sasha Lillion
LEADS HEALTHCARE OPERATIONS
Biography
Sasha Lillion is a healthcare operations executive with extensive experience building and scaling value-based care models and digital health programs across diverse care settings with a background spanning healthcare technology and care management organizations, Sasha specializes in translating complex clinical and technology-enabled programs into scalable, audit-ready operations that providers and health systems can adopt with confidence. She is known for bridging strategy and execution—working across clinical, product, and commercial teams to ensure programs perform consistently at scale. Sasha holds an MBA from the University of Florida and brings to CIPRA.ai a disciplined, execution-focused approach to healthcare operations.
Subasis Bose
LEADS FINANCE AND INDIA OPERATIONS
Biography
Subasis Bose is the head of operations in India at CIPRA.ai, with a career that has spanned across organizations such as Tata NYK, HP, and Netflix. With an extensive background in financial management and operational excellence, Subasis has been a driving force behind major initiatives, leveraging his financial acumen to optimize processes and maximize profitability. Subasis has led global teams across APAC, Europe and Latin America.
Brian Khan
LEADS CLINICAL ENGAGEMENT
Biography
Brian Khan is a physician and informaticist who works at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Dr. Khan is board-certified in internal medicine experienced in the clinical care of patients with chronic conditions. He is also board-certified in lifestyle medicine which focuses on applying evidence-based, whole-person, prescriptive lifestyle changes to treat and reverse chronic conditions. Brian obtained his MBA in healthcare management and has worked at large health systems like UCSD Health and Adventist Health as a physician leader with broad responsibility around clinical information systems and innovation. Most recently, he has served as the Medical Director of Digital Health and Wellbeing at Advent Health. He is a digital health reviewer for the National Science Foundation and has hands-on experience guiding numerous early growth companies in digital health and AI. He is experienced with clinical trials particularly around the application of technology in healthcare and has numerous journal and textbook publications. Dr. Khan’s vast experience in internal medicine, clinical informatics, artificial intelligence, digital health, and process improvement brings tremendous value to the leadership and technology teams.
Sumeet Maniar
LEADS PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOPMENTS
Biography
Sumeet Maniar has been a serial entrepreneur, with core expertise in product and new business development where he has led 15+ products and deals totaling $100mm cumulatively. Sumeet’s last several years in the healthcare space is in digital health and AI as CEO of WellBrain. Some relevant successes include driving medical device sales by up to 600% on a practice by practice basis nationwide, thus impacting a $25B industry. Sumeet also has leveraged success in areas of remote patient management and related areas in working with physicians and hospital systems, demonstrating health care savings, Rx decreases, and better patient outcomes. Sumeet has previously created and led successful companies in the video game industry. He recently won a product of the year award in Health 2.0 in 2022.
Sharmila Chatterjee
LEAD DIABETES DIETITIAN ADVISOR
Biography
Sharmila Chatterjee MSc, MS, RDN, LDN, LD, CDCES, is a US board certified Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist with over 25 years of experience in diabetes care in the US and prior to that in India for 5 yrs at a diabetes clinic. Sharmila, has worked at many health systems across United States which includes Sharp Grossmont Hospital, UCSD Medical Center in San Diego, CA, Endeavor Health in the division of endocrinology, Skokie, IL and recently joined the University of Texas (UT) Health Houston, UT Physicians, McGrown Medical School in Houston, TX. She has extensive experience and knowledge in the use of technology and devices like insulin pumps, CGMS, inpen etc and in the clinical management of Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational diabetes. She is a certified insulin pump trainer (CPT) as well. She is also the founder of Global Dietitian Consultant, which is an evidenced based virtual Medical Nutrition Therapy consulting practice.
Antoripa Dey
COMMUNICATIONS LEAD
Biography
Antoripa Dey leads the communications functions at CIPRA.ai. She earned her B.A.s from New York University in Journalism and Urban Studies, with a concentration in City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning in 2020. Antoripa has years of experience in communications development and management, from notable magazine publications to global nonprofit organizations. At CIPRA.ai, she specializes in fusing internal and external communications through patient and clinician engagement.
Dr. Christopher Thomas
Regional Quality Advisor, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic, Physician advisor
Biography
Dr. Thomas has always been interested in the “big picture” – how healthcare systems intersect with business and healthcare policy to deliver high-quality care to patients. Throughout medical training and over seven years with Kaiser Permanente, this interest has been a consistent focus. As Physician Site Lead at Reston Medical Centre, Dr. Thomas has ensured smooth operations and an excellent patient experience. In the role of Regional Quality Advisor, Dr. Thomas has developed and implemented numerous workflows across the healthcare system to improve the quality-of-care patients receive
Dr. Katie Ryder
Co-Chief, Adult & Family Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic, Physician advisor
Biography
Born and raised in the Washington, DC area, Dr. Ryder graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 2009 and completed residency training at the University of Chicago. Board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Dr. Ryder provides primary care for adults and children at Kaiser Permanente and leads a team of 200 Adult & Family Medicine physicians and leaders across DC and Suburban Maryland.
Dr. Akhil Shenoy
Physician Director, Columbia University Medical Center, Physician Advisor
Biography
Akhil Shenoy MD MPH is an associate professor of psychiatry and director of transplant psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in NYC. He specializes in the psychiatric clinical care of liver and kidney transplant recipients and their donors. His research at Columbia includes alcohol use disorder and other addictions in the context of alcohol-associated liver disease, decision making in living organ donors and psychosocial outcomes after solid organ transplant.
He completed undergraduate studies in biochemistry at UC San Diego, medical training at the Chicago Medical School and residency and fellowship at Boston University Medical Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He joins Cipra with an interest in improving mental function through optimizing medical care and improving physical outcomes.
Dr. Satya Toram
MD Managing Director, Blossom Ridge Medical Group, Physician Advisor
Biography
Dr. Satya Toram is a board-certified internal medicine and post-acute long-term care physician based in Saratoga, California. He co-owns Blossom Ridge Medical Group and serves as a medical director at a local nursing home.
Dr. Toram has an extensive background in medicine, having worked in both the United Kingdom and the United States. He relocated to New York in 2005 for his residency at Unity Health System, which is affiliated with the University of Rochester. Following his residency, he practiced in Michigan and California.
Passionate about the intersection of technology and medicine, Dr. Toram is particularly interested in electronic medical records, artificial intelligence, and remote patient monitoring. He believes that these advancements will be crucial in improving patient care, saving lives, and ultimately reducing both morbidity and mortality.
Dr. Gloria Wu
California Medical Association Board of Trustees, Physician Advisor
Biography
Dr. Gloria Wu, MD, MBA: AB Harvard, MD Columbia, MBA Los Angeles Pacific University. Completed general surgery internship at Mount Sinai Hospital NYC, ophthalmology residency at Cornell-Columbia Medical Center, and retina-vitreous fellowship at Harvard’s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Wu serves as immediate past president of Santa Clara County Medical Association (2024) and sits on the California Medical Association Board of Trustees (2024-2027) and American Medical Association Governing Council for Women Physicians (2021-2027). She’s on the Executive Board of the American Medical Women’s Association and is President of South Bay AMWA. Previously Vice Chief of Surgery and Chair of Surgery at El Camino Hospital, Los Gatos (2012-2018). Founded and published JournalofAsianhealth.com (2011-2020), now part of Stanford Center of Asian Research and Education. Created 5 mobile apps, including EyeQuix, and was selected for Apple’s Women Entrepreneur Camp from 700 applicants (2019). Author of three textbooks: Retina: The Fundamentals, Ophthalmology for Primary Care, and Diabetic Retinopathy, plus 13 articles on AI and Medicine (2024-2025). Practices in San Jose, CA. Competitive tennis player who led women’s teams to nationals and sectionals pre-COVID.
