Samantha Nazareth
MD, FACG
Medicine
Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Transplant Hepatology
New York, New York, United States
Chief Medical Officer
Samantha Nazareth, MD, FACG is a practicing gastroenterologist, received a medical degree from Brown University and trained at both Cornell and Columbia. She serves as Chief Medical Officer of metaMe and advises early-stage startups in the healthtech space.
Dr. Nazareth’s mission is educating her patients and consumers on the increasing number of food and environmental issues that can adversely impact gut health. Dr. Nazareth advocates for keeping a balance of daily dietary and other healthy living activities (sleep, movement, stress reduction, support) to maintain optimal gastrointestinal wellness and, in turn, improve overall health.
Dr. Nazareth is also deeply interested and committed to supporting the promise of technologies like machine learning (ML), the Internet of Health Things (IoHT), and genomics to peel away some of the mysteries of gut health and the gut microbiome so that gastroenterology therapies can become individualized and personalized. Dr. Nazareth is optimistic that technology can help bring back empathy, accessibility and inclusion to the patient/physician encounter through the combination of blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) and other emerging technologies.