# Adam Farren

> Adam Farren is the CEO of Canvas Medical, a San Francisco-based programmable EMR platform accelerating everyday medicine through AI-powered clinical workflows. With nearly two decades of experience scaling venture-backed companies across healthcare, fintech, media, and education, Farren rose from teacher and high school basketball coach to one of healthcare tech's most active growth operators. He spent eight combined years as Chief Growth Officer at Elation Health and Osmind before joining Canvas as President and COO in April 2023, then ascending to CEO in September 2024. Under his leadership, Canvas launched Hyperscribe - an open-source AI clinical copilot - and the Backplane platform for AI agent deployment, betting that the agentic future of medicine runs on open, programmable infrastructure.

- **Role:** CEO at Canvas Medical
- **Organizations:** Canvas Medical, Elation Health, Osmind
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's Degree, Political Science and Government, Princeton University, MBA, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business
- **Known for:** Scaled Elation Health's user base, team, and revenue 20x as Chief Growth Officer, Led Canvas Medical's go-to-market expansion across ambulatory specialties and payment models, Led launch of Hyperscribe, an open-source AI clinical copilot setting new governance transparency benchmarks

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Teacher and high school basketball coach
- **Pre-2022** — Chief Growth Officer at Elation Health - scaled user base, team, and revenue 20x; expanded go-to-market into physician-owned clinics nationwide
- **2022-01** — Joined Osmind as Chief Growth Officer; led growth strategy for mental health-focused EMR platform
- **2023-04** — Joined Canvas Medical as President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing sales, marketing, customer success, partnerships, and business operations
- **2024-09** — Appointed CEO of Canvas Medical; co-launched Backplane platform for AI agent deployment in beta
- **2025-03** — Led launch of Hyperscribe, Canvas Medical's open-source AI clinical copilot for clinicians
- **2025-08** — Canvas Medical raised additional venture funding (latest round)

## Achievements

- Scaled Elation Health's user base, team, and revenue 20x as Chief Growth Officer
- Led Canvas Medical's go-to-market expansion across ambulatory specialties and payment models
- Led launch of Hyperscribe, an open-source AI clinical copilot setting new governance transparency benchmarks
- Introduced credit-based pricing model at Canvas Medical to align software economics with AI agent outcomes
- Oversaw Canvas Medical's Backplane platform launch enabling AI agent deployment for healthcare practices
- Positioned Canvas Medical as a leading platform for AI agent implementation in outpatient care

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Canvas Medical raised latest venture funding round
- **2025-09** — Adam Farren published op-ed in MedCity News on why traditional EMRs are holding healthcare back
- **2025-03** — Canvas Medical launched Hyperscribe, open-source AI clinical copilot built on Canvas SDK
- **2024-09** — Adam Farren appointed CEO of Canvas Medical; Andrew Hines transitions to CTO role

## Links

- Website: https://canvasmedical.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamfarren
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CanvasMedical
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/canvasmedical/

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Last updated: 2026-05-14