# Athena Doshi

> Athena Doshi is the founder and CEO of Exactrx, a Nashville-based healthtech company building AI-native infrastructure that helps ambulatory surgery centers stop costly day-of cancellations and recover lost revenue. A two-time digital health founder who once turned down a medical school acceptance, she pairs a physiology and neuroscience background from UC San Diego with hands-on product work at Omada Health and Heartbeat Health. Her platform pairs autonomous, embedded checklists with a payer-rules engine running more than 80,000 rules, and she was named to Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500 list.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Exactrx
- **Organizations:** Exactrx, Omada Health, Heartbeat Health, UC San Diego Health, Techstars
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Physiology and Neuroscience, specialization in human interaction design, UC San Diego, M.P.H. in Global Epidemiology (did not complete), Emory University
- **Known for:** Named to Inc. Magazine's 2025 Female Founders 500 list, Two-time digital health founder with a prior acquisition (2021), Selected for the Techstars 2025 accelerator

## Career timeline

- **2016-2020** — Studied physiology and neuroscience at UC San Diego; launched a public-health SaaS platform serving organizations in Tanzania and India while still in college.
- **2017-2018** — Product design lead for the Diabeatit diabetes management tool at UC San Diego Health.
- **2020-2021** — Product, clinical and operations lead at Heartbeat Health; published clinical research with the American College of Cardiology.
- **2021** — Prior public-health SaaS platform acquired after growing to serve 1,000+ organizations.
- **2021-2023** — Product manager in the cardiometabolic division at Omada Health, scaling products ahead of its IPO; led a GLP-1 weight-loss program with 1.7x improved outcomes.
- **2023** — Founded Exactrx (February 2023) as a two-time digital health founder.
- **2025** — Exactrx selected for Techstars; named to Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500; recognized on the AI Hot 100 list.

## Achievements

- Named to Inc. Magazine's 2025 Female Founders 500 list
- Two-time digital health founder with a prior acquisition (2021)
- Selected for the Techstars 2025 accelerator
- Recognized on the AI Hot 100 list
- Built an AI platform reported to reduce day-of surgical cancellations by 3%, cut prep time ~30 minutes per case, and recover $300K+ per facility annually
- First company (built in college) grew to serve 1,000+ organizations across Tanzania and India

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Named to Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500 list.
- **2025** — Exactrx joined the Techstars 2025 cohort and was recognized on the AI Hot 100 list.

## Links

- Website: https://www.athenadoshi.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athenadoshi/

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Last updated: 2026-06-25