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About
Veeraj Shah is an MD/PhD student who co-founded two behavioral health nonprofits and held strategy roles in digital health with the US Surgeon General's office and IBM. He now leads Vitalize, a company serving healthcare employers on staff mental health and productivity.
Founder at VitalizeYC W23
Intro paths
Veeraj went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Vitalize's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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Co-founders at Vitalize

Experience
- VitalizeCo-Founder + CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Sigma Squared SocietyFellowcurrent2022 — present
- Chat Health Inc.Chair Of The Board Of Directors (Co-Founder + Former CEO)2019 — 2022College Park, Maryland, United States
- Rock HealthFellow2021
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Health Policy Intern, Office of the United States Surgeon General2020 — 2021Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- IBM Watson HealthHealth and Business Analyst Intern2019Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Johns Hopkins HospitalResearch Fellow2015 — 2018Washington DC-Baltimore Area
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Veeraj Shah?
- Veeraj Shah is an MD/PhD student who co-founded two behavioral health nonprofits and held strategy roles in digital health with the US Surgeon General's office and IBM. He now leads Vitalize, a company serving healthcare employers on staff mental health and productivity.
- Where does Veeraj Shah work?
- Veeraj Shah is Founder of Vitalize.
- What companies did Veeraj Shah found?
- Veeraj Shah founded Vitalize.
- Where did Veeraj Shah go to school?
- Veeraj Shah studied at Y Combinator; University of Cambridge (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Public Health); Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Doctor of Medicine - MD, Medicine).
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University of Maryland mafia226
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai mafia25
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Department of Health and Human Services mafia21
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Also worked at Sigma Squared Society66
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Also worked at Rock Health49
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Also worked at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)43
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