# Emilio Galán

> Emilio Galán is the co-founder and former CEO of Robin Healthcare, the Berkeley company that built an ambient documentation assistant for medical practices. He left medical school five months before graduation after hearing physicians describe careers overtaken by paperwork, then spent years building a device meant to give their attention back. Robin raised a $50 million Series B in 2021 and put more than 1,000 assistants into use. By January 2026, Galán had made a second striking turn: away from startup leadership and into life as a full-time stay-at-home father of two.

- **Role:** Full-time stay-at-home father
- **Organizations:** Robin Healthcare, HonestHealth, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, UCSF School of Medicine
- **Education:** Undergraduate study; thesis on healthcare-system performance measurement, Arizona State University, M.S., healthcare economics and policy, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, Medical studies and clinical training; left five months before graduation, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
- **Known for:** Co-founded Robin Healthcare in 2017 and led it as CEO., Raised a $50 million Series B for Robin Healthcare in December 2021., Helped deploy more than 1,000 Robin Assistant devices by late 2021.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2012** — Studied at Arizona State University and wrote an undergraduate thesis on measuring healthcare-system performance.
- **2012** — Entered the joint UCSF-UC Berkeley medical program.
- **2015** — Earned an M.S. from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, focused on healthcare economics and policy.
- **2016** — Received a PROF-PATH Fellowship from UCSF and the National Institute of Medicine, as listed on LinkedIn.
- **Before 2017** — Founded and led HonestHealth, working on healthcare claims analysis and consumer applications with organizations including Consumer Reports and the New York State Department of Health.
- **2017** — Co-founded Robin Healthcare with Noah Auerhahn after leaving medical training five months before graduation.
- **2019** — Robin raised an $11.5 million Series A; reported total financing reached $15 million.
- **2021** — As co-founder and CEO, announced a $50 million Series B; Robin reported more than 1,000 assistants deployed.
- **2022** — Described Robin's technology, business model, and physician-first purpose in a long-form Entrepreneur Rx interview.
- **2023** — Robin Healthcare ceased operating as an independent company; former employees publicly described the shutdown.
- **2026** — Appeared on Startup Dad as a former founder and full-time stay-at-home father of two.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Robin Healthcare in 2017 and led it as CEO.
- Raised a $50 million Series B for Robin Healthcare in December 2021.
- Helped deploy more than 1,000 Robin Assistant devices by late 2021.
- Robin's assistant had supported more than one million patient visits by 2022.
- Earned an M.S. in healthcare economics and policy from UC Berkeley in 2015.
- Built HonestHealth around healthcare-claims analysis and consumer applications.
- Joined the Berkeley Founders' Pledge as a Robin Healthcare co-founder and HonestHealth founder.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Appeared on the Startup Dad podcast and described his transition from Robin Healthcare founder to full-time stay-at-home father of two.
- **2023-09** — Robin Healthcare employees publicly reported that the company was going out of business.
- **2022-11** — Discussed Robin's origin, product, pricing, and physician-focused mission on Entrepreneur Rx.

## Links

- Website: https://robin.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emiliogalan/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/emilio_galan
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLGn8x-Iwr8

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Last updated: 2026-09-27