About Us
ArtiMed was founded in response to seeing first hand the vast amounts of healthcare data available that was not being used to its full potential. Our leadership team are alumni from Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and University of Michigan, with extensive experience in the healthcare industry, all collaborating to enhance how data is used to improve healthcare for all stakeholders. ​Our team has prior experience in launching risk stratification software tools covering over 200 million lives in 30+ countries, and providing healthcare services to tens of millions of patients and members nationally.
Meet The Leadership Team
Ali Afshar, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
- PhD, AI in Medicine, Johns Hopkins
- Adjunct Faculty, Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Extensive Experience in Clinical Data Science
Fred Brown, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
- MBA, Harvard Business School
- Former Chief Innovation Officer, Ascension
- Former EVP, IBM Watson, EMEA
Reza Alavi, MD, MHS, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
- Physician trained at Harvard & Johns Hopkins
- Former National Medical Director, Optum
- Former Chief Clinical Officer, Disapatch Health
Kirby Gong, MSE
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
- MSE, Medical Data Science, Johns Hopkins
- Former Engineer, Epic Systems Corporation
- Former Medical AI Developer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Denise Christy
Chief Commercial Officer
- President, Humana (Michigan/Indiana)
- VP, National Sales, UnitedHealthcare
- Chief Marketing Officer, Marsh & McLennan
Mark Schlussel, JD
Executive Chairman
- Former Board Chairman, Sinai Hospital
- Former Vice Chair, Detroit Medical Center
- Former CEO, Oakland Virtual Medical Center