Dr. Michael Nedelman is a health and communications specialist with a deep passion for investigating health challenges and developing impactful strategies that bridge medicine, communications, and technology.

He currently works with an innovative organization called Maisha Meds, which uses technology to expand healthcare access in sub-Saharan Africa. He also leads the Health Equity Media Program at Stanford University.

He previously covered health and medicine as a journalist for CNN, earning an Emmy nomination for the network's acclaimed reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic. As producer for the inimitable Dr. Sanjay Gupta, he was part of a team known for excellent reporting and storytelling — also winning a Cronkite Award for tackling misinformation during the pandemic.

Before CNN, he was a digital producer for the ABC News Medical Unit, worked on public health campaigns at the World Health Organization in New Delhi, and trained at the Stanford Journalism Program as part of the university's Global Health Media Fellowship.

He received his MD from the Stanford School of Medicine, where he is currently appointed as an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care & Population Health. He also graduated magna cum laude and phi beta kappa from Yale, where he earned a BA in Film Studies.