03 The people

Built close to
the work that matters.

InSIDE™ brings together people who have worked at the bedside, built systems for unforgiving environments, studied disease and run clinical programs. The mix is intentional. Neonatal care does not fit neatly inside one discipline.

Operators, clinicians
and builders.

The team’s experience spans pediatric and neonatal care, engineering, clinical research and company-building. What connects it is a preference for practical systems over polished abstractions.

Srivishnu Piratla01

Chief Executive Officer

Srivishnu Piratla

  • University of Maryland
  • Former NASA engineer
  • Former PICU technician
Nathan Raikman02

Chief Technology Officer

Nathan Raikman

  • Emory University
  • Former Boston Children’s Hospital researcher
Siddhartha Pulukuri03

Chief Operating Officer

Siddhartha Pulukuri

  • Cornell University
  • Oncology researcher
  • Former NICU technician
Dr. Nikhil Tenneti04

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Nikhil Tenneti

  • Chief neonatologist
  • KIMS Cuddles, Visakhapatnam

Experience that
widens the view.

Our advisors challenge the program from four different directions: systems engineering, global operations, oncology and pediatric cardiac care.

Paul Swenson01

Technical Advisor

Paul Swenson

  • Systems engineer at NASA
Badarinadh Vissapragada02

Strategic Advisor

Badarinadh Vissapragada

  • Former international director
  • Schlumberger
Dr. Raghunadharao Digumarti03

Medical Advisor

Dr. Raghunadharao Digumarti

  • Professor of Medical Oncology, MNJ
  • Former Chief Medical Oncologist, KIMS ICON
Dr. Sairam Palaparthi04

Medical Advisor

Dr. Sairam Palaparthi

  • Pediatric cardiac surgeon, STAR Hospitals
  • Former fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital

Built with an ecosystem
made for medtech.

Development of the InSIDE™ program is supported by Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone in Visakhapatnam—one of India’s major medical-technology manufacturing and innovation clusters.

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Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone · Visakhapatnam, India

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The problem is hard.
That is the point.

We welcome conversations with clinicians, researchers, engineers and hospitals who want to help shape the evidence.

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