# Victor Sadauskas

> Victor Sadauskas is an emergency medicine physician turned entrepreneur and the Co-founder and CEO of Kivo Health, a San Francisco-based digital health company delivering AI-powered virtual pulmonary rehabilitation to COPD patients at home. A Y Combinator W23 alum, Sadauskas built Kivo from his firsthand clinical observation that only 3% of eligible COPD patients ever access pulmonary rehab - a gap he set out to close with a Medicare-covered, home-based program combining remote monitoring, respiratory therapy, and AI-driven coaching.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Kivo Health
- **Organizations:** Kivo Health, Kaiser Permanente, Life Science Angels, Longitude Capital, UCSF Rosenman Institute, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MD (Doctor of Medicine), University of Illinois College of Medicine, Emergency Medicine Residency, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Kivo Health, a Medicare-covered virtual pulmonary rehabilitation platform for COPD patients, Selected for Y Combinator Winter 2023 cohort, Grew Kivo Health to $2.1M revenue with a 14-person team

## Career timeline

- **2013-2017** — Medical degree at University of Illinois College of Medicine
- **2017-2021** — Emergency Medicine Residency at Stanford University
- **2021** — Emergency Medicine Physician at Kaiser Permanente
- **2021** — Digital Health Investment Analyst at Life Science Angels
- **2021** — Consultant at Longitude Capital (healthcare VC)
- **2021** — Co-founded Kivo Health with Vaughn Koch
- **2023** — Kivo Health accepted into Y Combinator Winter 2023 batch
- **2023** — Raised seed funding; joined UCSF Rosenman Institute
- **2024** — Kivo Health reached $2.1M revenue with 14-person team
- **2025** — Partnership announced with Stanford Health Care for AI-powered virtual pulmonary rehab
- **2026** — Launched AI-powered virtual lung rehab with Optum Arcadia in California

## Achievements

- Co-founded Kivo Health, a Medicare-covered virtual pulmonary rehabilitation platform for COPD patients
- Selected for Y Combinator Winter 2023 cohort
- Grew Kivo Health to $2.1M revenue with a 14-person team
- Achieved 83% median program attendance vs industry average of ~30%
- Demonstrated 56% reduction in hospital readmissions through Kivo's program
- Secured partnerships with Stanford Health Care, Optum Arcadia, and the COPD Foundation
- Published research with 83+ citations in medical literature
- Affiliated with UCSF Rosenman Institute for Health Innovation

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Kivo Health launched AI-powered virtual lung rehab and care in California in partnership with Optum Arcadia
- **2025-06** — Stanford Health Care announced collaboration with Kivo Health to advance AI-powered virtual pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD
- **2024-01** — Kivo Health reached $2.1M in annual revenue with a 14-person team

## Links

- Website: https://kivohealth.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-sadauskas-78579267
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kivohealth
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/kivohealth

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Last updated: 2026-05-13