Professor Dr. Varda Shalev MD, MPH is CEO and founder of Alike, a healthcare startup harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, crowdsourcing and big data to empower patients, change healthcare and improve lives.

Prof. Shalev completed her residency in family medicine and earned an MPA in Public Health Administration at Clark University.

After a two year fellowship in medical informatics at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Prof. Shalev established the Department of Medical Informatics at Maccabi and was responsible for planning and developing its computerized medical systems. She has pioneered the development of multiple disease registries to support chronic disease management.

Prof. Shalev has also served as the director of primary care division in Maccabi.

Altogether, she has authored or coauthored over 031 publications in peer-reviewed journals.