Counsel Health

We're proud to share that Counsel's Chief Medical Officer, Rishi Khakhkhar, MD, has been named a 2025 Top 50 Digital Health Leader! Since day one, Rishi has brought steady leadership and a hands-on spirit to every part of Counsel's work, from caring for our members, to partnering closely with our clients, to building many of our internal processes from scratch. What makes this recognition especially meaningful is that it came through the nominations and votes from the broader digital health community, a reflection of the impact others see in Rishi's work every day. Congratulations to Rishi, and to all of this year's honorees. We're grateful to be part of a community shaping the future of digital health! #SoHCAwards Slice of Healthcare Digital Health Wire

ICYMI: On July 22, we're hosting an intimate dinner in NYC for engineers excited about building at the intersection of healthcare x AI. Join Founding Engineer Justin Yu and Product Lead Angel Maredia to swap learnings, discuss challenges, and connect with other inspiring engineers in this space. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gsxCmcnY?

We’re thrilled to share that our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Rishi Khakhkhar, MD, has been nominated as one of the Top 25 Leaders in Digital Health by Slice of Healthcare and Digital Health Wire! Voting closes this Wednesday — help us celebrate Rishi by casting your vote here: https://lnkd.in/gEtY_iB8 #SoHCAwards

We're honored to be the first company featured in the Healthcare AI Guy's new deep dive series on how startups are actually building in healthcare AI. In the interview, our Chief Medical Officer, Rishi Khakhkhar, MD, shares how we use AI as a multiplier for clinicians: "AI is built into nearly every layer of what we do... It’s like having a resident who takes the first pass: asking history questions, summarizing the chart, and surfacing key info. It gets me to the decision point faster, and lets me focus on what matters most. Our mission is to move from a world of scarcity to one of abundance—and AI is how we get there." Curious how we're making care faster, more personal, and truly scalable? Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gnfn22GK

Last week during #NYTechWeek, we brought together 100 digital health investors, founders, and operators to explore a question that’s never felt more relevant: How is AI reshaping the future of medicine? At Rewriting the Lifespan, four incredible leaders shared their vision for what’s now possible in healthcare with the rise of AI: 🩺 Rishi Khakhkhar, MD, (Counsel Health) discussed how public expectations for virtual care have shifted, and why access, personalization, and trust must remain at the center. 🧬 Gavin Corcoran, MD (Formation Bio) broke down how AI is accelerating drug development and clinical trials, bringing lifesaving therapies closer to the patients who need them. 🔬 Anirudh Joshi (Valar Labs) made the case that AI in clinical decision-making isn’t a future milestone. It’s already here. ✨ Max Marchione (Superpower) reminded us that emotional wellbeing isn’t a nice-to-have, but core to living longer, healthier lives. The energy in the room was electric and full of conviction that AI isn’t just a tool, but a catalyst to build a more intelligent, equitable, and human-centered healthcare system. We’re already looking forward to the next Tech Week. Until then, where do you think the future of medicine is headed?

📣 We’re hiring a VP of Marketing! As demand continues to grow, we’re looking for a marketing leader to help tell our story and scale our impact. This is a unique opportunity to build the marketing function from the ground up at a company that’s fundamentally reimagining how care is delivered. You’ll shape strategy across all of our distribution channels, and roll up your sleeves to execute. From building scalable systems to creating the actual enrollment campaigns and messaging that reach patients, this role blends vision with hands-on craft. If you’re an exceptional marketing leader (or know one!) who’s excited to define a category while staying close to the work, we’d love to connect. Join us on our mission to multiply the world’s healthcare capacity: https://lnkd.in/gNdWdQ6K

The rise of AI in healthcare raises a key question: Can AI doctors deliver better care? Muthu Alagappan, MD, Founder and CEO of Counsel, sits down with Bobby Guelich from Elion to make the case that the answer is yes, but only if we build with the right principles. Muthu argues that AI tools should be judged not just by clinical accuracy, but by their bedside utility: Are they trustworthy, empathetic, and able to meet patients where they are? Drawing from his experience building Counsel and practicing medicine at leading institutions across the country, he shares why pairing AI with real doctors is the key to unlocking better, more accessible care. Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/dxmXBUzj

Most EHRs weren’t built for the way care is delivered today. They were designed for a different era, with different needs. But at Counsel, we’re building a completely new care model that’s asynchronous-first and physician-led. To support that, we needed a system designed from the ground up for speed, continuity, and control. So we built our own EHR. In our new post Senior Product Engineer Uzair Khan and Dr. David Whitehead share how our Product and Clinical teams partnered to make that decision and how full-stack ownership is powering more responsive, personalized care. Read the full post here: https://lnkd.in/g4UzFhCg

We’re excited to share that Dr. Rishi Khakhkhar, Counsel’s second hire and a driving force since day one, has been promoted to Chief Medical Officer! A practicing Emergency Medicine physician, Rishi has worn many hats at Counsel. From leading our Commercial team to scaling Clinical Ops and shaping the product roadmap, he has helped build the company from the ground up. His perspective, empathy, and clinical rigor continue to be core to who we are. In a new Q&A, Rishi reflects on his journey, the role physicians should play in shaping healthcare innovation, and what he’s most excited about on Counsel’s product roadmap. Read the full post here: https://lnkd.in/ggWRJiB9 Congrats, Rishi. We’re lucky to build with you.

Curious who’s leading our healthcare x AI panel at #NYTechWeek on June 5th? Rishi Khakhkhar, MD, is a practicing emergency physician and Founding Medical Director of Counsel Health. Previously, he held leadership roles in virtual care and Hospital-at-Home at Mount Sinai Health System, where he remains on faculty. He is deeply interested in creative, tech-forward, and clinically sound approaches to improve healthcare access and affordability. Max Marchione is the co-founder of Superpower, a new healthcare system to prevent disease and enhance human capabilities. Previously, he founded Next Chapter, an incubator for talent to help shape the trajectory of young people, and Ultraviolet Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests from pre-idea. Earlier in his career, he spent time at Goldman Sachs and in technology startups. Anirudh Joshi is the co-founder and CEO of Valar Labs. He is a biomedical engineer and computer scientist from Stanford and Georgia Tech, and has published numerous papers at the intersection of AI and medicine. Vesta by Valar Labs is the first AI diagnostic to guide treatment decision-making in bladder cancer and is being implemented in major hospitals across the country. Benjamine Liu is the co-founder and CEO of Formation Bio, an AI-native pharma company based in NYC. The company acquires clinical-stage drugs from pharmaceutical and biotech companies and develops them faster by leveraging its in-house AI platform, unlocking greater value per program and accelerating access to new treatments for patients. Spots are almost gone, so grab yours before it’s too late: https://lnkd.in/dWG-zk5p