# Iman Abuzeid

> Iman Abuzeid is the Sudanese-American physician, operator and co-founder of Incredible Health, the San Francisco career marketplace that made a simple but consequential reversal: hospitals approach healthcare workers. After medical training at University College London, hospital strategy work, an MBA at Wharton and product leadership at AliveCor, she co-founded Incredible Health with engineer Rome Portlock in 2017. The company says it now serves 1.5 million healthcare workers and more than 1,500 employers, has raised about $100 million and is valued at $1.65 billion.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Incredible Health
- **Organizations:** Incredible Health, AliveCor, McKinsey & Company
- **Nationality:** Sudanese-American
- **Education:** BSc in International Health, University College London, MBBS (medical degree), University College London Medical School, MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Co-founded Incredible Health, a national career marketplace for permanent healthcare workers., Raised about $100 million for Incredible Health, including an $80 million Series B at a $1.65 billion valuation., Selected for the 2024 TIME100 Next list.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Moved to the United States and began building a career spanning healthcare operations, business and technology.
- **2011-2013** — Earned an MBA at the Wharton School, supported by merit-based Wharton Graduate and Kaiser fellowships.
- **2013-2015** — Worked in product leadership at AliveCor, gaining experience with designers, engineers, data scientists, user research and clinical product work.
- **2017** — Co-founded Incredible Health with Rome Portlock after pivoting away from an earlier healthcare software concept.
- **2020** — Named to Inc.'s Female Founders list; Incredible Health adapted to rapid digital hiring during the pandemic.
- **2022** — Raised an $80 million Series B led by Base10 Partners at a $1.65 billion valuation.
- **2023** — Debuted on Forbes' list of America's Richest Self-Made Women.
- **2024** — Selected for the TIME100 Next list.
- **2025** — Incredible Health introduced AI voice agents Gale and Lyn and reported reaching 1.5 million healthcare workers and more than 1,500 employers.
- **2026** — Incredible Health expanded Lyn into major applicant-tracking systems and Abuzeid was again recognized on Inc.'s Female Founders list.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Incredible Health, a national career marketplace for permanent healthcare workers.
- Raised about $100 million for Incredible Health, including an $80 million Series B at a $1.65 billion valuation.
- Selected for the 2024 TIME100 Next list.
- Recognized on Inc.'s Female Founders lists in 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
- Named to Forbes' 2023 list of America's Richest Self-Made Women.
- Co-inventor on a U.S. patent application concerning arrhythmia tracking and scoring from her AliveCor work.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published Incredible Health's seventh annual State of Nursing report, emphasizing the gap between healthcare workers' adoption of AI and employers' ability to implement it.
- **2026-04** — Discussed Incredible Health's 1.5 million-worker scale, $1.65 billion valuation and founder lessons in an Entrepreneur interview.
- **2026-03** — Announced that the Lyn AI voice interview agent integrates with Workday and other major applicant-tracking systems.
- **2026-03** — Published the 2026 Executive Report on AI and the healthcare workforce and discussed its findings in a CNBC interview.
- **2025-12** — Reported that Incredible Health had reached 1.5 million healthcare workers and more than 1,500 employers.

## Links

- Website: https://www.incrediblehealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imanabuzeid

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Last updated: 2026-09-27