# Eesha Sharma

> Eesha Sharma is the founder and CEO of Lamar Health, a Y Combinator-backed (W21) startup that uses AI to automate the mountain of paperwork standing between patients and high-cost specialty drugs. A genetics PhD from the University of Toronto and former Stanford postdoc, she traded antisense-oligonucleotide research for the unglamorous fight against prior-authorization bureaucracy after watching a family member endure years of misdiagnosis. Lamar Health now serves specialty pharmacies, infusion clinics and hospitals, automating prior auths, document review and EHR connectivity for medications that average roughly $70,000 a year per patient.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Lamar Health
- **Organizations:** Lamar Health, Stanford University, University of Toronto, Y Combinator (W21)
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** BSc, Molecular Biology, University of Toronto, PhD, Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Postdoctoral Fellow, Genetics, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Lamar Health, a Y Combinator (W21) healthtech startup automating specialty-medication paperwork, Earned a PhD in Molecular Genetics from the University of Toronto, Completed a postdoctoral fellowship in genetics at Stanford University

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Completed BSc in Molecular Biology at the University of Toronto
- **2019** — Earned PhD in Molecular Genetics from the University of Toronto
- **2019** — Joined Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow in genetics, researching antisense oligonucleotides
- **2020** — Co-founded Lamar Health during the pandemic
- **2021** — Lamar Health admitted to Y Combinator's Winter 2021 (W21) batch
- **2022** — Became full-time CEO of Lamar Health
- **2024** — Raised seed funding (~$880K total reported); expanded specialty-medication automation platform
- **2025** — Partnered with Uptiv Health to bring AI automation to infusion care

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Lamar Health, a Y Combinator (W21) healthtech startup automating specialty-medication paperwork
- Earned a PhD in Molecular Genetics from the University of Toronto
- Completed a postdoctoral fellowship in genetics at Stanford University
- Contributed to an AI model used to help optimize the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine and to DNA energy-hybridization modeling
- Advised government and biotech organizations on precision medicine and AI
- Partnered Lamar Health with Uptiv Health to automate infusion care

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Lamar Health announced a partnership with Uptiv Health to transform infusion care through AI automation.
- **2024-12** — Lamar Health reported seed-stage funding to scale its prior-authorization automation platform.

## Links

- Website: https://lamarhealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eesha-sharma-50a99119a/

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Last updated: 2026-06-24