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SEVARO

Our Leadership

Our Leadership Team

Raj Narula, MD, Sevaro
Raj Narula, MD
Founder & CEO

Dr. Narula’s passion for healthcare and technology has established him as one of today’s most impactful healthcare leaders. With his experience from University of California, San Diego and as former Director of Teleneuroscience at Cooper University Hospital, his goal is to make neurological care accessible and affordable to those who need it the most. His vision is to take proven methodologies while combining data, logistics and compassion to improve patient outcomes

Sam Saha, MD, Sevaro
Sam K. Saha, MD
National Medical Director
Sam K. Saha, MD is a board-certified Neurologist specializing in the spectrum of stroke management at the bedside as well as virtually via telestroke. Dr. Saha earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College in New York and completed neurology residency at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio. Possessing more than a decade of experience in teleneurology and telestroke, Dr. Saha is dedicated to enhancing accessibility and improving outcomes for patients with neurological conditions nationwide.  He is passionate about leveraging innovative technology and data-driven neuroscience to deliver quality teleneurology services at Sevaro.
Branden Robinson, Sevaro
Branden Robinson
Chief Growth Officer

Branden has 15 years of healthcare experience specializing in telemedicine solution design and commercialization. He has expertise in hospital systems, payers, correctional and post acute care. His passion for coaching the next generation in baseball while keeping God in the forefront motivates him, his two children and wife. His mission is to provide care for patients throughout their entire patient journey.

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Swati Laroia Coon, DO
Regional Stroke Medical Director

Dr. Laroia Coon’s drive to provide high quality patient care, while also promoting stroke education and outreach to hospitals and communities through teleneurology, is unmatched. Prior to joining Sevaro, she completed her Vascular Neurology Fellowship at Michigan State University, and was the stroke medical director and only vascular neurologist for a very busy stroke center in southern Utah.  She believes in leading through servant leadership and in leveraging data, technology, and compassionate care to optimize patient outcomes.

Ruchir Shah, MD, Sevaro
Ruchir Shah, MD
Director of Clinical Service Lines & Implementations

As a Board-Certified vascular neurologist, Dr. Shah has experience in caring for stroke patients at one of the busiest hospitals in the country. His mission to advance stroke care through clinical trials, artificial intelligence, medical informatics and telemedicine has established him as a thought leader in the stroke community. With a vascular fellowship from Duke University, his leadership in building a Comprehensive Stroke Center has improved care in our nation’s stroke belt.

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Michael Chen, MD
Regional Stroke Medical Director

Dr. Chen has a passion for innovating and delivering stroke care with a focus on evidence based practice. Completing his neurology residency at University of California, San Diego and Vascular Neurology fellowship at Northwestern, he has a deep understanding of stroke research, clinical trials and how it is applied in telemedicine. Dr. Chen’s goal is to work closely with hospitals to deliver the highest standard of stroke care for their communities.

Becky Toney, RN, BSN, SCRN, Sevaro
Becky Toney, RN, BSN, SCRN
Senior VP of Strategy & Clinical Operations

Becky has over 25 years of expertise as a registered nurse with experience in emergency medicine, quality care and transformation, neuroscience nurse navigator, and stroke program management. Passionate about improving patient care, her experience in transformation in the emergency department enables her to lead stroke programs nationally. Becky is adept as helping hospitals attain and maintain Joint Commision, HFAP and DNV GL Certifications.

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Lauren Voltz
Senior Director of Hospital Partnerships

Lauren is an experienced emergency room nurse and has a long and successful history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Lauren is held accountable for the growth and selective partnerships with hospitals that are focused on providing excellent neurological care to the patients they serve and continuing to strive for more then they have achieved.

Anar Vyas, MHA, Sevaro
Anar Vyas, MHA
Senior Manager of Corporate Operations

Anar has over 7 years of experience as an operations leader, with extensive experience in post-acute care operations, regulatory compliance, building brand recognition, and improving quality of care.

Her strong commitment to improving internal processes has helped organizations achieve success in a demanding and ever-changing healthcare environment. She is passionate about aligning resources and optimizing workflows to deliver the best patient experience.

Bethany Brandt, BSN, RN, SCRN, Sevaro
Bethany Brandt, BSN, RN, SCRN
Director of Clinical Operations & Quality

Bethany has 17 years of hospital experience including critical care and stroke program management.  She enjoys coordinating continuous quality improvement projects and utilizing data to improve patient outcomes.  She is experienced in regulatory compliance with The Joint Commission and other stroke certifications.

Bethany’s favorite part of working with Sevaro is the ability to make positive impacts for neurology patients across the nation.

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Don Fotsch, MBA

As a digital transformation leader, operator and advisor to Silicon Valley, Don has a focus on enabling AI. His leadership roles at Express Scripts, Apple and PayPal motivate him to leverage the best in innovation to improve the patient and physician experience in telemedicine.

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Paul Kirincich, MBA

As the CFO and Financial Executive for companies such as Netflix, One Medical Group, HealthTap and former operating partner at Khosla Ventures, Paul has a proven record of scaling companies.

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Ajay Sharma, MBA

Ajay is an experienced venture capitalist and advisor. He is a General Partner at APA Venture Partners and FP&A at Rhino, a leading insurtech company. Prior to Rhino, Ajay was a Principal with both Communitas Capital and JetBlue Technology Ventures, where he invested in and served as a board observer to several companies