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Mednet

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Founded 2014Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Mednet helps doctors answer their toughest clinical questions — blending AI, medical literature, and real-world physician expertise. Co-founded by siblings Samir Housri and Dr. Nadine Housri while navigating their father's cancer treatment, Mednet was created to capture the undocumented clinical knowledge that makes the difference in patient care. Today, over 40,000 US physicians use Mednet to navigate complex cases, make better-informed decisions, and shape industry innovation — ensuring that every patient benefits from the collective expertise of the medical community

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Founders & team

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Samir Housri

Founder/CEO

Samir Co-founded theMednet with Dr. Nadine Housri. Samir has spent the past 20 years focused on digital media and technology startups. His expertise lies in building platforms that connect people and information. He has worked with many well-known companies including Major League Baseball, The New York Times and EMI Music. Prior to theMednet Samir was a principle at Rho Ventures where he sat on 5 different boards.

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Nadine Housri

Founder/Chief Medical Officer

Nadine Housri, MD is an Associate Professor at Yale and co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of theMednet. She has published in major journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals of Surgery, and PLoS Medicine. Nadine completed her Radiation Oncology residency at Rutgers and fellowship at Yale. Prior to residency, she was a Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) Fellow at the National Institutes of Health.

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Location · source statedNew York City, NY, USA
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