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About ViTel Health

We blend our collective strengths into integrated, scalable solutions, providing an array of physician-driven digital health services

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Who We Are

At ViTel Health, our driving philosophy is —Happy Physicians, Healthy Patients. When faced with the detrimental effects of a fragmented and failing healthcare system, our founders, Doug Sumaraga and Dr. Brittany Busse, decided that the best way to improve the health of patients and communities would be to empower physicians to reclaim control over the care of their patients. At ViTel Health, we take our knowledge of high-tech solutions in digital health and combine that with a high-touch compassionate approach that fosters community among physicians and curiosity about discovering solutions that foster inclusivity and equity. With ViTel Health, physicians are independent but not alone.

 

Mission@4x

Vision

Drive the Future of Healthcare

We strive to:

  • Improve the health of communities by creating inclusive and equitable access to care for all health conditions (physical and mental). We aim to offer care that is transparently and fairly priced, accessible to all no matter geography, and that can be truly portable so that patients never have to worry about receiving fragmented care.
  • Be of service to physicians and the communities that they serve. We want to do the good that is right in front of us, no matter how big or small.
  • Stay curious in our pursuit of innovation. Artificial Intelligence, remote monitoring devices, and electronic medical records are only as valuable as they are useful to the physicians and patients they serve. We are dedicated to thoughtful inquiry and open-mindedness in our pursuit of the best in preventative and interventional care technology.
  • Be a credible source of information for both patients and physicians. We operate with integrity, wisdom, and transparency in healthcare and in business.
  • Practice applied compassion by empowering others to act in their own best interest. We promote agency for physicians and patients, as well as within our organization.
  • Stay centered and true to our authentic goals and core principles. In an ever-changing health and business landscape, we will constantly be evaluating new opportunities. Our core mission of “Happy Physicians, Healthy Patients” will always remain our True North, allowing us to be discerning in our choices.
 
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Meet the Team

Doug Sumaraga

CEO, CTO, and Founder
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With a passion of asking why and why not, Doug is skilled on providing smart digital tools for healthcare providers to enhance the healthcare experience. Doug is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience managing and developing technology firms in the Silicon Valley as CTO, COO, & CEO.  Playing key roles in several startups that have grown to $10M in sales to nearly $1B in sales with exits on the road to IPO.  

As a strategic advisor and technology consultant to Fortune 50 companies IBM, SAP, Apple, Adobe, Agilent, Microsoft, HP, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and others) Doug brings business acumen and technical expertise as a transformational leader, architect, and “let’s get it done” executor. Doug holds Biology (pre-med) and Medical Technology degrees in the Adventist Educational Health System and found his passion in technology continuing his post grad studies in Informatics and programming at UC Berkeley.

Brittany Busse, MD

PRESIDENT, CMO, CO-FOUNDER
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Dr. Brittany Busse has over five years of experience in Executive Physician Leadership and in developing processes and technology specific for Telemedicine.  As a physician leader, Dr. Busse is a vocal advocate for the well-being of both providers and patients. She has been a featured expert and contributor for a variety of local, regional and national media
publications.

Her curiosity for innovation and technology and her excitement for improving the healthcare system is contagious. As the president and CMO of ViTelHealth, she is dedicated to improving healthcare delivery and organizing digital health tools that augment the patient-provider connection and improve outcomes so that everyone can thrive. When she is not promoting change in healthcare, she enjoys practicing and teaching yoga and meditation, creating gourmet plant-based meals for herself and her partner, and hiking in Northern California with her rescue dog, Cabernet.

Harvey Castro, MD, MBA, FACEP

CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER
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As a physician, healthcare consultant, and serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in the healthcare industry, I am committed to increasing awareness of digital health and implementing positive changes in the field.

My extensive background includes positions as CEO, physician, medical correspondent, and healthcare consultant, as well as the development of multiple healthcare apps and contributions as a medical correspondent for major media outlets. I am also the author of the upcoming book "Chat GPT Healthcare," which is available on Amazon, where I share insights and guidance for success in the healthcare industry.

My goal is to continue to make a difference by sharing my knowledge and expertise through consulting, writing, and joining a corporate board in the future.

Natanya Wachtel, PhD

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
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Natanya Wachtel, Ph.D., is a former therapist, educator, and seasoned customer science-powered marketing strategist. She left the corporate world searching for projects with organizations committed to making the world better. 
 
She has extensive experience with many of the big healthcare brands and writes and speaks on topics in healthtech and customer insights. 
 
She is the Founder of the New Solutions Network, a socially minded, cause-driven collective for companies committed to improving the world, and is working directly with The Chopra Foundation and Institute to bring holistic medicine closer-in to mainstream western science, and support awareness of the Chopra Library to younger generations. 
 
New Solutions Network members focus on building human-centric businesses with a demonstrated commitment to philanthropy, and provide expert commercialization and marketing enterprise solutions to help build a company's commercial success, including behavioral science- powered advertising and marketing services. Natanya is also the Co-Founder of evrmore.io, an AI-powered app+platform for GenZ mental wellness, and strategic advisor for ViTel Health, Better Meal AI and Reju. She is the board chair for Women Who Create, a non-profit mentor and scholarship organization for women of color and Inspiring My Generation, a non-profit organization focused on youth suicide prevention.
 

Keith Woodard

VP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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Building business relationships has always been a passion for Keith. As one of two founders of World Wide Learn, Keith managed the channel partner and client relations divisions creating relationships, delivering a business model focused on long-term, profitable, and satisfied clients. Keith drove sales to $8.5M in less than two years and sold WWL to QuinStreet, Inc. in
2006.

Keith also has held executive sales positions with Lionbridge Technologies, Kura MD, and Call A Doctor Plus. Keith brings his 30+ years of channel management, sales, and keen relationship building experience to ViTel Health, delivering innovative healthcare solutions through imaginative technology. Keith graduated from Eastern Washington University with a B.B.A degree.

Colin Siaw

VP OF OPERATIONS
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As ViTel Health’s Vice President of Operations, Colin Siaw is an MBA team oriented social engineer who challenges telemedicine business teams with creating high value, useful telemedicine products and services. He is laser focused on developing and securing digital tools with intelligent algorithms that actually wrap around how "quirky" idiosyncratic human beings actually think and work together.

With an innate passion for the process of problem solving, Colin routinely creates simple collaborative mind maps with documented workflow processes in his work to help develop the necessary consensus for a team motivated to solve the most pressing operational challenges in telemedicine today.

Maximillian Naza

LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER
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Maximillian is a software engineer at Vitel Health, with over four years of experience spanning various industries. He has previously worked for T-Mobile, Google, and Kleiner Perkins.

Maximillian has been recognized as a Forbes Under 30 Scholar and a Forbes Fellow. He is a problem solver and loves to figure things out. Maximillian hosts a podcast titled Digital Marketing for Humans. He likes to perform stand-up comedy at local open mics in his spare time. He also volunteers as an Advisor with MomSpace&Co, a non-profit focused on empowering mothers.

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