# Priyanka Agarwal

> Priyanka Agarwal is a physician-turned-founder building HealthEx, an AI-powered patient consent and data-rights platform she started in 2022. A practicing UCSF telehealth physician with an MD from Harvard Medical School and an MBA from Harvard Business School, she is rebuilding how patients grant, revoke, and direct access to their own medical records. HealthEx raised $14M led by General Catalyst, connected to national networks through TEFCA, and partnered with MD Anderson, Epic, CLEAR, and athenahealth to make patient-controlled data the default rather than the exception.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at HealthEx
- **Organizations:** HealthEx, UCSF (University of California, San Francisco)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MD, Harvard Medical School, MBA, Harvard Business School, BS, Biology and Economics, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads HealthEx, an AI-powered patient preference and consent management platform (founded 2022), Raised $14M in Seed and Series A funding led by General Catalyst with participation from Electric Capital, Established a strategic collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center to develop AI patient-data consent tools

## Career timeline

- **before** — Research roles at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and the World Bank
- **before** — Clinical training and roles connected to Brigham and Women's Hospital
- **before** — Work at digital health venture firm Rock Health
- **before** — Director of Digital Health at MyoKardia / Bristol Myers Squibb, focused on AI for cardiovascular disease
- **ongoing** — Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Physician Lead for Telehealth at UCSF
- **2022** — Founded HealthEx and became CEO
- **2024** — Announced $14M Seed and Series A funding led by General Catalyst with Electric Capital
- **2025** — Announced strategic collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center; partnerships with Epic, CLEAR and athenahealth; joined CMS patient-centric health tech ecosystem

## Achievements

- Founded and leads HealthEx, an AI-powered patient preference and consent management platform (founded 2022)
- Raised $14M in Seed and Series A funding led by General Catalyst with participation from Electric Capital
- Established a strategic collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center to develop AI patient-data consent tools
- Connected HealthEx to national interoperability through TEFCA, reaching roughly 1,500 hospitals and 34,000 clinics via Epic
- Holds an MD from Harvard Medical School and an MBA from Harvard Business School
- Serves as Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Physician Lead for Telehealth at UCSF

## Latest updates

- **2024-10** — HealthEx announced $14M Seed and Series A funding led by General Catalyst.
- **2025-06** — Announced strategic collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center on AI-powered patient data consent.
- **2025-07** — HealthEx joined the CMS patient-centric health tech ecosystem.

## Links

- Website: https://healthex.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/priyanka-agarwal-md-mba
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/pagarwalmd

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Last updated: 2026-06-08