Vista.ai is here to make MRI technology available to everyone.
Vista.ai develops One Click MRITM, AI-guided software that automates MRI exams so any clinician can perform scans quickly, accurately, and affordably. While our initial goal with One Click MRI was to address pent up demand for cardiac MRIs (CMRs), our team plans to adapt and apply the technology to other MRI challenges and medical issues.
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Vista.ai’s seeds were planted at Stanford University’s Magnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory (MRSRL) where Drs. Juan Santos and William Overall studied and researched applications of real-time MRI. In 2012, they joined forces with renowned Stanford cardiologist and professor at MRSRL, Dr. Bob Hu, to found HeartVista. Together they started developing software, eventually guided by AI algorithms, with a specific aim of improving the efficiency and consistency of CMR exams.
In June 2019 HeartVista brought in Itamar Kandel as CEO to start commercializing the software, and shortly thereafter added Silicon Valley luminary Mark Leslie to its Board of Directors. Since then HeartVista has received multiple FDA 510(k) Clearances on Siemens Healthineers and GE Healthcare MRI scanners and announced Stanford Healthcare as its first marquee customer, quickly followed by other leading U.S. hospitals.
While HeartVista is focused on scaling up its cardiac business in 2023, in the near future the company will broaden its offering to include MRI scans for other anatomies. In anticipation of this expansion HeartVista rebranded to Vista.ai in November 2022.
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Leadership Team
Itamar Kandel
Chief Executive Officer
Harvard Business School, MBA Tel Aviv University, BA Computer Science, Management
Juan Santos
President + Co-Founder
Stanford University, PhD Electrical Engineering
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
BS/MS Electrical Engineering
William Overall
Chief Technology Officer + Co-Founder
Stanford University MS/PhD Electrical Engineering
Duke University. BS Biomedical & Electrical Engineering
Jon Michaeli
VP Marketing & Business Development
UCLA Anderson School of Management, MBA
Tufts University, BA Economics
Board of Directors
Mark Leslie
Leslie Ventures. Stanford GSB. Stanford Health Care. NYU. Investor in Frontier Technology. Many Boards of High Tech Companies.
Bruce Armstrong
Operating Partner @ Khosla Ventures
Medical Advisors
Gary E. Gold, MD
Stanford Medicine Interim Chair of Radiology
Scott B. Reeder, MD
University of Wisconsin–Madison Vice Chair of Research H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellow Chief of MRI
Shreyas Vasanawala, MD, PhD
Stanford Medicine Associate Chair of Radiology Division Chief of Pediatric Radiology Professor of Pediatric Radiology
Dwight Nishimura, PhD
Stanford University Professor of Electrical Engineering
John Pauly, PhD.
Stanford University Professor of Electrical Engineering
