# Ken Kaufman

> Ken Kaufman is the CEO of Sirona Medical, a San Francisco-based cloud-native radiology platform backed by $118M in funding. A radiology IT veteran with decades of experience at IDX Systems, McKesson, and Allscripts, he co-founded PureWellness — a population health platform that grew to 15 million users and was acquired by Cerner in 2013. Now at Sirona, he is driving the company's mission to rearchitect radiology software with AI at its core, helping radiologists read faster, practice everywhere, and generate reports with unprecedented efficiency.

- **Role:** CEO at Sirona Medical
- **Organizations:** Sirona Medical, PureWellness, McKesson, Cerner, A-Life Medical, Allscripts, IDX Systems
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree, University of Chicago, MBA, Hospital Administration, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded PureWellness, which grew to 15 million users and was acquired by Cerner in 2013, Built McKesson's PACS business into one of the largest install bases in the United States, Achieved the single largest PACS deployment in Ireland on a single PACS instance

## Career timeline

- **~1969-1976** — University of Chicago - BA and MBA in Hospital Administration
- **1990s** — IDX Systems - Led EMR business development and marketing; division acquired by Allscripts in 2000
- **2000** — Allscripts - Joined via IDX Systems acquisition
- **Early 2000s** — A-Life Medical - COO; oversaw creation of LifeCode, an NLP-powered medical coding app for radiology
- **2002** — McKesson - Joined; grew PACS business to one of the largest install bases in the US; achieved single largest PACS deployment in Ireland
- **2010** — Co-founded PureWellness with Ron Keen - cloud-native population health platform serving 15M+ users
- **2013** — PureWellness acquired by Cerner Corporation in a nine-figure deal
- **2013-2024** — Cerner - VP & General Manager of Population Health
- **2025-01** — Appointed CEO of Sirona Medical (effective January 28, 2025)

## Achievements

- Co-founded PureWellness, which grew to 15 million users and was acquired by Cerner in 2013
- Built McKesson's PACS business into one of the largest install bases in the United States
- Achieved the single largest PACS deployment in Ireland on a single PACS instance
- Oversaw creation of LifeCode, one of the earliest NLP-powered medical coding applications
- Led Sirona Medical through post-Series C growth phase with 30+ contracted customers and 110+ integrated sites
- Part of McKesson's international customer operations across multiple continents

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Appointed CEO of Sirona Medical, effective January 28, 2025
- **2024-11** — Sirona Medical closed $42M Series C financing led by Avidity Partners
- **2025-03** — Dr. Curtis Langlotz (Stanford AIMI, former RSNA President) joined Sirona Medical board
- **2025-10** — Sirona Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance for Advanced Imaging Suite with PET-CT support

## Links

- Website: https://sironamedical.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-kaufman-b477a04
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Sirona_Medical
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/sironarados

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Last updated: 2026-05-25