COMPANY

About Valar Labs

Valar Labs was founded at the intersection of AI and oncology, with a belief that pathology is an untapped modality in cancer care. We built our company around a vision of using AI and the rich information in pathology slides to help physicians and patients make the best possible decisions around cancer treatments.

Our Team

Leadership team

Anirudh Joshi

Anirudh Joshi

Co-founder & CEO

Anirudh is a biomedical engineer and computer scientist trained at the interface of medical AI at Stanford and Georgia Tech. He has built medical technology across cardiology, neurology and oncology and production AI systems used by millions of users.

Damir Vrabac

Damir Vrabac

Co-founder & COO

Damir is an electrical engineer specializing in AI and optimization at Stanford, where his research focused on the development of AI models for therapeutic response based on pathology images. He is a 2nd time founder who has launched several healthcare products.

Viswesh Krishna

Viswesh Krishna

Co-founder & CTO

Viswesh has researched pathology x AI for 5+ years and studied CS AI at Stanford. He previously developed and deployed computer vision products for detecting eye disorders in India.

Craig Darling

Craig Darling

VP, Sales & Marketing

Craig is a strategic sales and marketing leader with 15+ years of experience in commercializing novel products across diagnostic, biotech, and the medtech sectors.

Waleed Abuzeid

Waleed Abuzeid

Medical Director

Waleed is a Stanford and University of Michigan-trained surgeon who has developed technology to make surgical procedures safer. He has led award-winning translational research, producing 70+ publications.

Experts

Scientific advisors

Eric Collisson, MD

Advisor

Oncologist and professor, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Dr. Andrew Hendifar

Andrew Hendifar, MD

Advisor

Medical Oncologist and Medical Director of Pancreatic Cancer, Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Yair Lotan

Yair Lotan, MD

Advisor

Chief of Urologic Oncology and Vice Chair of Urology, UTSW

Pranav Rajpurkar

Pranav Rajpurkar, PhD

Co-Founder

Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School

Jay Shah, MD

Jay Shah, MD

Advisor

Urologist, Chief of Medical Staff for Stanford Health Care

Stephen B Williams

Stephen B. Williams, MD, MS, FACS

Advisor

Associate Chief Medical Officer, Chief of Urology, Director of Urologic Oncology at The University of Texas Medical Branch