# Mark Punyanitya

> Mark Punyanitya is a New York biomedical engineer turned founder who spent more than fifteen years measuring the human body one MRI slice at a time, then set out to make that kind of imaging cheap and portable enough to put in the back of a truck. As Co-Founder, President and CEO of PhenoMx, Inc. and founder of the Image Reading Center, he turns advanced scanning into quantitative imaging biomarkers for global clinical trials and a 'digital physical exam' for precision medicine and longevity. With 44-plus published papers behind him, he is trying to liberate medical imaging from the basements of academic hospitals and disperse it anywhere, anytime.

- **Role:** Co-Founder, President & CEO at PhenoMx, Inc.
- **Organizations:** PhenoMx, Inc., Image Reading Center, Inc., Columbia University / St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Obesity Research Center (former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Biomedical Engineering, Background in Biomedical Engineering, Advanced degree, Applied Physiology, Graduate study, Advanced degree, Applied Clinical Trials, Graduate study
- **Known for:** Published 44+ peer-reviewed papers on body composition and medical imaging, Over 15 years standardizing MRI, CT and DEXA imaging for academic, pharmaceutical and government multi-center clinical trials, Founded the Image Reading Center, an imaging core laboratory and contract research organization

## Career timeline

- **2000s** — Body composition imaging researcher at the Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital / Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York
- **2000s-present** — Founder, President & CEO of the Image Reading Center, Inc., an imaging core lab and CRO building imaging biomarkers for multi-center clinical trials
- **2017** — Led roundtable 'Imaging Phenotype: Is Precision Medicine actually that precise?' at the World Precision Medicine Congress USA
- **2018** — Speaker at Precision Medicine World Conference and Personalized Medicine Congress as CEO of PhenoMx
- **2021-12** — PhenoMx raised a $4.65M Series A round

## Achievements

- Published 44+ peer-reviewed papers on body composition and medical imaging
- Over 15 years standardizing MRI, CT and DEXA imaging for academic, pharmaceutical and government multi-center clinical trials
- Founded the Image Reading Center, an imaging core laboratory and contract research organization
- Co-founded and leads PhenoMx, raising a $4.65M Series A to commercialize a digital physical exam

## Latest updates

- **2021-12** — PhenoMx closed a $4.65M Series A funding round.

## Links

- Website: https://phenomx.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markpun/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/PhenoMxInc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6n4j-d82x4

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Last updated: 2026-06-11