COMPANY
About Valar Labs
Valar Labs was founded at the intersection of AI and oncology, with a belief that pathology is an untapped modality in cancer care. We built our company around a vision of using AI and the rich information in pathology slides to help physicians and patients make the best possible decisions around cancer treatments.
Our Team
Leadership team
Anirudh Joshi
Co-founder & CEO
Anirudh is a biomedical engineer and computer scientist trained at the interface of medical AI at Stanford and Georgia Tech. He has built medical technology across cardiology, neurology and oncology and production AI systems used by millions of users.
Damir Vrabac
Co-founder & COO
Damir is an electrical engineer specializing in AI and optimization at Stanford, where his research focused on the development of AI models for therapeutic response based on pathology images. He is a 2nd time founder who has launched several healthcare products.
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Viswesh Krishna
Co-founder & CTO
Viswesh has researched pathology x AI for 5+ years and studied CS AI at Stanford. He previously developed and deployed computer vision products for detecting eye disorders in India.
Craig Darling
VP, Sales & Marketing
Craig is a strategic sales and marketing leader with 15+ years of experience in commercializing novel products across diagnostic, biotech, and the medtech sectors.
Waleed Abuzeid
Medical Director
Waleed is a Stanford and University of Michigan-trained surgeon who has developed technology to make surgical procedures safer. He has led award-winning translational research, producing 70+ publications.
Experts
Scientific advisors
Eric Collisson, MD
Advisor
Oncologist and professor, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
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Andrew Hendifar, MD
Advisor
Medical Oncologist and Medical Director of Pancreatic Cancer, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
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Yair Lotan, MD
Advisor
Chief of Urologic Oncology and Vice Chair of Urology, UTSW
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Pranav Rajpurkar, PhD
Co-Founder
Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School
Jay Shah, MD
Advisor
Urologist, Chief of Medical Staff for Stanford Health Care
Stephen B. Williams, MD, MS, FACS
Advisor
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Chief of Urology, Director of Urologic Oncology at The University of Texas Medical Branch