The knowledge of thousands of esteemed medical educators, improving patient care for all.
A trusted platformWhy clinicians use Vumedi
Highly relevant
With more than 100,000 videos, we have the content you need and the platform that can deliver it precisely when it’s needed.
- Long-form videos
- Broad and niche appeal
- Balanced and diverse perspectives
Trusted sources
Our content comes from the most respected key opinion leaders and institutions around the globe.
- Reliable, actionable information
- Educators post for the sake of education, not financial gain
- General public is unable to post, comment, or view
Community
Connect with peers around the globe facing similar challenges and thought leaders you would otherwise only see at conferences.
- Learn from over 500,000 fellow clinicians
- Discuss content with peers and presenters
- Anytime access
Ease of use
With rapid access to the newest data, the latest advances and insights from around the world come directly to you.
- On your own terms: any time, any place, any device
- Well-organized so you can easily find what you need
- Easily digestible format
“I’m impressed with Vumedi’s ability to highlight the key and timely perspectives of thought leaders ... using an accessible and high-yield format of engaging talks.
Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD Cedars-Sinai, IM Cardiology
“The Vumedi platform offers rapid access to important new data and clinical observations by leaders in the field. The time from recording to posting is short, which ensures up-to-date content that is easily accessible on any device.
C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD University of Miami, Oncology
“Vumedi is a pressure-free environment where you can access medical education and make decisions on your own terms.
Kenneth Rosenfield, MD Vascular Medicine
“This is a great platform that can really reach a lot of people for their own direct education from key thought leaders in a relaxed learning environment.
Naveen Pemmaraju, MD MD Anderson Cancer Center, Oncology
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Roman Giverts
CEO and Founder
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Roman founded Vumedi with the vision of bringing all doctors together to one online community for education. Vumedi has become one of the largest and trusted platforms, serving over 500,000 healthcare professionals.
As Vumedi’s CEO, Roman has helped shape Vumedi’s product offerings, sales strategies, and collaborative culture. He loves the learning process and challenge of continuing to scale Vumedi through each stage of hyper growth. Vumedi has become one of the fastest growing companies, without raising any venture capital.
Roman lives in the East Bay area with his wife Laura and their three kids.
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As Vumedi’s CEO, Roman has helped shape Vumedi’s product offerings, sales strategies, and collaborative culture. He loves the learning process and challenge of continuing to scale Vumedi through each stage of hyper growth. Vumedi has become one of the fastest growing companies, without raising any venture capital.
Roman lives in the East Bay area with his wife Laura and their three kids.
Desirae Hazen
Chief Education Officer
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As Chief Education Officer at Vumedi, Desirae leads the team driving high
quality educational content for physicians. Joining Vumedi as its tenth employee, Desirae built
Vumedi’s cardiovascular community and subsequently scaled the education team to 25 medical
specialties. She also helped develop the partnership model that led to Vumedi becoming the largest video platform for clinicians.
Before joining Vumedi, Desirae worked for Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. facilitating peer-to-peer physician education and thought-leader training. During her time there, her father became ill with a complex medical condition, showing Desirae the pressing need for sharing information about treatment strategies at a much larger scale.
Desirae enjoys spending time with her family outdoors hiking, biking and being at the lakes.
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Before joining Vumedi, Desirae worked for Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. facilitating peer-to-peer physician education and thought-leader training. During her time there, her father became ill with a complex medical condition, showing Desirae the pressing need for sharing information about treatment strategies at a much larger scale.
Desirae enjoys spending time with her family outdoors hiking, biking and being at the lakes.
Steve LaCommare
Chief Financial Officer
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Steve is the Chief Financial Officer at Vumedi, leading all financial functions including FP&A, Accounting and Treasury. He brings more than 25 years of corporate and operational finance experience across the enterprise Software/SaaS industry from high growth start-ups to public companies.
Prior to Vumedi, Steve served as SVP of Finance at Dialpad, where he spent 9 years scaling the finance function from initial revenue to $200M+ in ARR. Prior to Dialpad, the majority of his time was at Saba Software, where he built and led FP&A through an IPO and over a decade as a public company. Having previously been involved with 2 successful, high growth software companies, Steve is passionate about building growth oriented finance teams that develop strong cross functional partnerships.
Outside of work, Steve and his wife are almost empty nesters, having raised 4 kids in their East Bay home.
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Prior to Vumedi, Steve served as SVP of Finance at Dialpad, where he spent 9 years scaling the finance function from initial revenue to $200M+ in ARR. Prior to Dialpad, the majority of his time was at Saba Software, where he built and led FP&A through an IPO and over a decade as a public company. Having previously been involved with 2 successful, high growth software companies, Steve is passionate about building growth oriented finance teams that develop strong cross functional partnerships.
Outside of work, Steve and his wife are almost empty nesters, having raised 4 kids in their East Bay home.
Eric Pepper
Chief Revenue Officer
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Eric is the Chief Revenue Officer at Vumedi. After spending the majority of his career as a partner in digital marketing to the life sciences industry, Eric joined the Vumedi advisory board in 2017. After seeing the role Vumedi played in assisting physicians close the education gap, he knew the platform had what it took to really grow. Pepper has grown the team to include Sales, Business Development, Customer Success, and Commercial Solutions. Vumedi partners with over 100 brands in pharma and over 75 brands in medical device.
A father of 3 and husband to his designer wife Lia, Eric spends his time outside of New York City in the leafy hamlet of Rye, sitting in a chair watching his kids play lacrosse, soccer and tennis (they are sadly too old to coach now, but it was fun while it lasted).
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A father of 3 and husband to his designer wife Lia, Eric spends his time outside of New York City in the leafy hamlet of Rye, sitting in a chair watching his kids play lacrosse, soccer and tennis (they are sadly too old to coach now, but it was fun while it lasted).
Ram Ramaswamy
Chief Technology Officer
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Ram is the Chief Technology Officer at Vumedi, overseeing engineering, AI, data platforms, and product infrastructure. He has extensive experience scaling high-performing teams and building scalable mission-critical platforms, with a passion for applying AI and technology to transform industries and drive growth.
Prior to Vumedi, Ram was Co-Founder & CTO of App0, where he built an AI agentic platform for e-commerce and financial services. He also served as SVP of Engineering at Oportun, where he grew the team from 10 to over 250 engineers and scaled the company from its early stages to $1B in annual revenue. Throughout his career, Ram has led initiatives in AI/ML, introducing industry-leading practices that enabled both high-growth startups and public companies to succeed at scale.
Based in the Bay Area, Ram enjoys time with his wife and young son, and outside of work he enjoys hiking, traveling, and exploring new cuisines.
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Prior to Vumedi, Ram was Co-Founder & CTO of App0, where he built an AI agentic platform for e-commerce and financial services. He also served as SVP of Engineering at Oportun, where he grew the team from 10 to over 250 engineers and scaled the company from its early stages to $1B in annual revenue. Throughout his career, Ram has led initiatives in AI/ML, introducing industry-leading practices that enabled both high-growth startups and public companies to succeed at scale.
Based in the Bay Area, Ram enjoys time with his wife and young son, and outside of work he enjoys hiking, traveling, and exploring new cuisines.
Evan Wittenberg
Chief People Officer
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Evan is the Chief People Officer at Vumedi, leading all people functions including people operations,
talent acquisition, total rewards, employee engagement, learning & development and performance management.
He leverages his passion for helping companies cultivate their people to ensure that Vumedi can continue to find,
develop and retain top talent, while maintaining its unique mission-driven and high-performing culture during a period of fast growth.
Prior to Vumedi, Evan was Chief People Officer at Pivot Bio, Ancestry and Box, which he helped take public in 2015.
An avid world traveler and athlete, Evan has been to all 7 continents and is a black belt in full contact Japanese karate. Evan’s current adventure is fatherhood – he and his wife have a daughter and 2 sons.
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Prior to Vumedi, Evan was Chief People Officer at Pivot Bio, Ancestry and Box, which he helped take public in 2015.
An avid world traveler and athlete, Evan has been to all 7 continents and is a black belt in full contact Japanese karate. Evan’s current adventure is fatherhood – he and his wife have a daughter and 2 sons.
Mike Steward
Senior Vice President of Commercial Analytics
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Mike is the Senior Vice President of Commercial Analytics, leading Vumedi’s commercial insights and analytics organization partnering with clients and internal teams to show continual program impact and value. Mike brings 20+ years of healthcare experience leading large scale consulting, advanced analytics, and product teams.
Prior to Vumedi, Mike was the Senior Vice President of Analytics at Definitive Healthcare, where he led the P&L for a 200+ person, global analytics services and product organization focused on building scale and exponential growth.
Based in Cary, North Carolina, Mike spends his free time with his wife, daughter, and son; primarily on the soccer pitch and baseball field. When not cheering on his children you can find Mike enjoying the beaches or hiking in the mountains of North Carolina.
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Prior to Vumedi, Mike was the Senior Vice President of Analytics at Definitive Healthcare, where he led the P&L for a 200+ person, global analytics services and product organization focused on building scale and exponential growth.
Based in Cary, North Carolina, Mike spends his free time with his wife, daughter, and son; primarily on the soccer pitch and baseball field. When not cheering on his children you can find Mike enjoying the beaches or hiking in the mountains of North Carolina.
Kam Bains
Vice President of Strategic FP&A
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Kam is the Vice President of Strategic FP&A. He partners directly with executive leaders and business unit heads, providing financial insight, decision support, and performance management tailored to each function. The role focuses on translating strategy into actionable financial plans and driving accountability across the organization. Kam brings over 20 years of financial leadership experience across SaaS, technology, and manufacturing businesses, having managed finance functions for companies ranging from $70 million to $1.4 billion in revenue.
Prior to Vumedi, he served as Vice President of Finance at Ellie Mae, during which he helped the company complete its transition to P/E ownership before the eventual $11 billion sale and integration into Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE).
Away from the office, Kam enjoys staying active, reading, traveling and spending time with his wife and kids.
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Prior to Vumedi, he served as Vice President of Finance at Ellie Mae, during which he helped the company complete its transition to P/E ownership before the eventual $11 billion sale and integration into Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE).
Away from the office, Kam enjoys staying active, reading, traveling and spending time with his wife and kids.
Kendra Braegelmann
Vice President of Medical Education
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Kendra is the Vice President of Medical Education at Vumedi, where she leads the curation of high quality, comprehensive educational content and clinical community expansion. Kendra has built and led high-performing teams to scale existing communities, launch new medical specialties, and deliver value to preeminent content partners.
Prior to Vumedi, Kendra served as a Medical Science Liaison at Medtronic. She partnered with clinician-researchers to publish trial data and translated findings into impactful clinical education for the broader community. She holds a PhD in basic neuroscience and is deeply committed to ensuring that scientific and clinical advancements improve patient outcomes at scale.
Kendra lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two young children, who bring extra joy and energy to her hobbies — from reading and hiking to baking cookies and tending the family garden.
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Prior to Vumedi, Kendra served as a Medical Science Liaison at Medtronic. She partnered with clinician-researchers to publish trial data and translated findings into impactful clinical education for the broader community. She holds a PhD in basic neuroscience and is deeply committed to ensuring that scientific and clinical advancements improve patient outcomes at scale.
Kendra lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two young children, who bring extra joy and energy to her hobbies — from reading and hiking to baking cookies and tending the family garden.
Marisa Cox
Vice President of Customer Success
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Marisa is the Vice President of Customer Success at Vumedi, where she leads the company’s efforts to scale and elevate its customer success operations. Since joining in 2024, she has shaped Vumedi’s customer success strategy and driven cross-functional initiatives to support long-term customer growth and satisfaction.
Prior to Vumedi, Marisa led Customer Success for the Americas at Cornerstone OnDemand, where she was responsible for over $700M in annual recurring revenue. With more than 20 years of experience across diverse industries, she brings a proven track record of boosting customer retention, driving revenue growth, and building high-performing teams through strategic relationship management and forward-thinking solutions.
Marisa lives in Tucson, Arizona with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys traveling and escaping the desert heat with visits to Vumedi's offices in Minneapolis, Oakland, and Croatia to connect with colleagues and embrace the global culture of the company.
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Prior to Vumedi, Marisa led Customer Success for the Americas at Cornerstone OnDemand, where she was responsible for over $700M in annual recurring revenue. With more than 20 years of experience across diverse industries, she brings a proven track record of boosting customer retention, driving revenue growth, and building high-performing teams through strategic relationship management and forward-thinking solutions.
Marisa lives in Tucson, Arizona with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys traveling and escaping the desert heat with visits to Vumedi's offices in Minneapolis, Oakland, and Croatia to connect with colleagues and embrace the global culture of the company.
Maggie Kalahar
Vice President of Solutions
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Maggie is the Vice President of Solutions at Vumedi, where she leads the evolution of the Solutions organization to support the company’s next stage of growth. She is passionate about elevating Solutions as strategic partners—improving discovery, strengthening brand insights, and shaping more impactful educational program design.
Prior to Vumedi, Maggie built and scaled Solutions Consulting teams at Medallia, Sprinklr, and Medallion.
She lives in Grand Haven, Michigan with her husband and dog and enjoys candle making, reading, and spending time outdoors.
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Prior to Vumedi, Maggie built and scaled Solutions Consulting teams at Medallia, Sprinklr, and Medallion.
She lives in Grand Haven, Michigan with her husband and dog and enjoys candle making, reading, and spending time outdoors.
Adam Roney
Vice President of Design
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As Vice President of Design at Vumedi, Adam leads the company’s design strategy and execution, shaping how physicians engage with educational content and resources.
Prior to joining Vumedi, Adam led design at Houzz, where he built and managed teams responsible for delivering intuitive, beautiful, and user-centered experiences across web and mobile. His work focused on creating products that connected millions of homeowners and professionals, balancing complex business needs with elegant design solutions.
Adam lives with his wife and son in his beloved Potrero Hill in San Francisco.
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Prior to joining Vumedi, Adam led design at Houzz, where he built and managed teams responsible for delivering intuitive, beautiful, and user-centered experiences across web and mobile. His work focused on creating products that connected millions of homeowners and professionals, balancing complex business needs with elegant design solutions.
Adam lives with his wife and son in his beloved Potrero Hill in San Francisco.
Andy Veluswami
Vice President of Data & Analytics
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As Vice President of Data & Analytics at Vumedi, Andy leads Vumedi’s data strategy, overseeing business intelligence, advanced analytics, and data platform development. With over 25 years of experience, he has consistently enabled organizations—from high-growth startups to publicly traded companies—to unlock and scale the value of data-driven decision making.
Before joining Vumedi, Andy served as Vice President of Data & Analytics at Scopely, where he helped build and scale the GSN Games division (a former Sony company), ultimately contributing to its $1B acquisition. Prior experience includes Zynga, Change.org, and eBay, where he specialized in developing and expanding high-impact data and analytics capabilities.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Andy enjoys spending quality time with his family, is an avid enthusiast of fitness, yoga and hiking, and is always on the lookout for a good book to read.
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Before joining Vumedi, Andy served as Vice President of Data & Analytics at Scopely, where he helped build and scale the GSN Games division (a former Sony company), ultimately contributing to its $1B acquisition. Prior experience includes Zynga, Change.org, and eBay, where he specialized in developing and expanding high-impact data and analytics capabilities.
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Andy enjoys spending quality time with his family, is an avid enthusiast of fitness, yoga and hiking, and is always on the lookout for a good book to read.