The people behind Nabu
Doctors who scored where you want to score, and chose to teach.
Nabu was built by people who have sat in your seat and on the other side of the exam: a resident physician who trains on the wards every day, an engineer who builds the technology so it stays out of the way, and advisors who have written the textbooks and led medical education at institutions you already trust. Not another question bank. A tutor that helps you understand the reasoning, and feel a little less alone going into dedicated.
A physician and an engineer, building the tutor they wish they'd had.
Kartik Goswami, MD
Resident physician in Internal Medicine. He brings frontline training to make sure Nabu teaches what the exam and the wards actually demand.
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Vineeth Sai Varikuntla
Engineer and former Googler. He builds the technology so it disappears, leaving a patient teacher that helps more students get through.
LinkedIn →Doctors and operators who have taught, written, and built at the highest level, keeping us honest.
Ted O'Connell, MD
National Director of Medical Education at Kaiser Permanente, editor-in-chief of Elsevier's ClinicalKey Student, and best-selling author of 20+ medical textbooks.
David Lortscher, MD
Co-founder of Curology, author of Why Doctors Win, and board-certified dermatologist.
Ram Prabhakar
LP at Progressive Ventures and a veteran of the semiconductor and cloud industries.
Satish Padiyar
Venture investor and former Chief Digital Officer at HCSC, McKesson and Caterpillar. IIT-Madras & Kellogg alum.
The people who make the teaching accurate, the community warm, and the doors open to more students.
Kushal Theorkar
Master's in Data Science. Builds the systems that keep Nabu's explanations accurate and consistent.
Muskaan Dhillon
Focused on making good medical education reach more students, everywhere.
Iman Faisal
NYU neuroscience student, passionate about where medicine and learning meet.
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Why we're here
Make patient teaching reach everyone studying for the boards.
Step 1 first-time pass rates have been falling, and the pressure has only moved to Step 2. Most resources hand you the answer and move on. We think the part that actually sticks is the why: working through the case the way a good attending does on rounds, until the reasoning is yours. Teaching like that used to be out of reach for most students. Our work is to make it reach everyone studying for the boards, and to keep a real physician in your corner every week while you do.