Female Disruptors: Dr. Bhavya Rehani is bringing top-notch health care to low-resource areas

I had the pleasure of interviewing Bhavya Rehani, MD, Assistant Professor in Neuroradiology at University of California, San Francisco and founder of this year’s winner of Tech Startup of the Year, Health4theWorld.

Dr. Rehani — a first-generation immigrant from India, co-designed an award-winning application — connecting doctors, nurses, health care workers, and allied healthcare professionals in low-resource settings to premier academic experts and online training in the US. Health4theWorld serves 22 countries and 3,500 people annually and offers training in cardiology, neurology, radiology, pediatrics, palliative care, geriatrics, and much more.

Thank you so much for doing this with us! What is your “backstory”?

I am a physician neuroradiologist, CEO and founder of Health4theworld, tech enthusiast, a new mom, a wife and an optimist. There are unmet medical needs worldwide, which leads to pain and suffering affecting millions. I believe that we can create solutions to help.

I was born in a loving family in India. After spending my childhood years in India, I moved to the US for residency training in Radiology at University of Cincinnati and a Neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard…