Yudara Kularathne

Chief Executive Officer at Hii.Health

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Dr. Yudara Kularathne is a Consultant Emergency Physician, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovator and Entrepreneur currently based in USA and Singapore. He was born in Sri Lanka and began his medical education at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. Subsequently, he moved to Singapore to complete his medical degree at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He then completed his Master of Medicine (MMed) at NUS in 2017 and also finished his training in the SingHealth Emergency Medicine Residency program, graduating in 2019 as a Consultant Emergency Physician.

From 2020 to 2022, Dr. Kularathne served as a Medical Specialist in the Emergency Department at Sengkang General Hospital under the Singhealth Group. During this period, he spearheaded the SKH Paediatric Emergency team and cared for more than 10,000 paediatric emergencies under his leadership. He was also involved with multiple innovation projects during this period.

He also carries an engineering background with multiple AI technology patents in the USA and is a well-known voice for healthcare and technology integration. During COVID, he combined his medical and engineering expertise to develop disease detection models.

In 2022, Dr. Kularathne opted to step out of academia to pursue his passion for innovation and founded HeHealth, a pioneering digital diagnostic startup. HeHealth leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable early diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), thereby facilitating timely interventions. HeHealth has developed multiple cutting-edge technologies that employ patented algorithms to screen and diagnose infectious diseases and facilitate population-level interventions. His work has been recognized by international organizations such as the WHO, CDC, and ISSTDR.

With the success of HeHealth, he advanced his entrepreneurial journey with a primary-care-focused AI startup in Singapore, AIGP Health, and is now venturing into digital biomarkers through Hii.Health. Hii.Health is introducing first in the world Digital hydration marker and a digital epigenetic aging biomarker to the market soon. The highest point of his journey was being recognized as Tech Leader of the Year at ATxSG, the biggest tech event of the year organized jointly by the Singapore government and the private sector.

Dr. Kularathne overall has a keen interest in Emergency Medicine, Engineering, and Healthcare Innovations using AI. Outside of his professional pursuits, Dr. Kularathne is an avid scuba diver and a certified PADI diving instructor, often spending his leisure time exploring the ocean depths and swimming with sharks.