Akash Kumar

CMO & Co-Founder at MyOme

Akash Kumar is the CMO & Co-Founder at MyOme. Prior to this, they were a Resident Physician at Stanford University from June 2016 to July 2020, where they specialized in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics. Akash was also a MD/PhD Graduate Student at the University of Washington from July 2008 to June 2016, where they worked on next generation sequencing to characterize the development and evolution of prostate cancer and glioblastoma. Akash has published six first-author publications in journals including Nature Medicine, PNAS and Genome Medicine.

Dr. Akash Kumar is a pediatrician who completed their Doctor of Medicine (MD) at the University of Washington - School of Medicine. Akash then did a residency in pediatrics at Stanford University. Afterwards, they pursued a PhD in genetics at the University of Washington. Lastly, they obtained a Master of Science (MS) in bioengineering and biomedical engineering from Stanford University.

They work with Pauline Ng - Bioinformatics Scientist, Michelle Vier - Operations Manager, and Brynn Levy - Clinical Laboratory Director. Akash Kumar reports to Premal Shah, CEO.

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