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Mednet helps doctors answer their toughest clinical questions — blending AI, medical literature, and real-world physician expertise. Co-founded by siblings Samir Housri and Dr.

Mednet is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2017 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Mednet helps doctors answer their toughest clinical questions —…. The founders listed are Samir Housri (Founder/CEO), Nadine Housri (Founder/Chief Medical Officer) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 4, 2016).

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Mednet

New accelerator entry · 2016-11-04 · the record

Winter 2017
batch
35
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchWinter 2017
Announced2016-11-04
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size35
IndustryHealthcare
Sub-industryHealthcare -> Healthcare IT
SectorsHealth Tech, Healthcare, Social Network
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedNew York City, NY, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://www.themednet.org
Founded2014
YC group partnerJared Friedman
Previously known astheMednet

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Mednet helps doctors answer their toughest clinical questions — blending AI, medical literature, and real-world physician expertise. Co-founded by siblings Samir Housri and Dr. Nadine Housri while navigating their father's cancer treatment, Mednet was created to capture the undocumented clinical knowledge that makes the difference in patient care. Today, over 40,000 US physicians use Mednet to navigate complex cases, make better-informed decisions, and shape industry innovation — ensuring that every patient benefits from the collective expertise of the medical community

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