Raina Garg

ABIM Board-Certified prior physician (Internal Medicine; training in Preventive Cardiology and Geriatrics, stepped away from clinical work) with data science and legal/regulatory coursework (4.0 GPA). Builds digital health and wellness products at the intersection of medtech and healthtech—including a Newco wellness brand, beta consumer app, and early-stage wearable/IP pipelines. Prior first-to-market virtual cardiac rehab program in Canada.

Not licensed to practise medicine in Ontario. Actively seeking part-time or full-time advisory, product, wellness, and due-diligence work.

Founder – Newco Wellness / HealthTech Initiative at Independent (2021-03 – Present)

• Newco wellness brand: Building a medtech- and healthtech-oriented wellness brand focused on personal environmental and lifestyle tracking, skin-aware wellness education, and consumer digital tools.
• Consumer app (beta): Antioxidant Orbit — beta testing at antioxidantorbit.base44.app.
• Wearable / sensing pipelines: Early-stage architecture and partner outreach for modular wearable sensing and edge decision-support concepts; technical and clinical needs briefs; provisional IP pathway. Pipelines still in active development—details under NDA.
• Serious games / pre-production: Critical-thinking collector card concept (provisional IP) and related educational game systems design at pre-production stage.
• Partners: Ontario and global engineering/design discussions under mutual NDAs.

Associate Medical Staff & Hospitalist at Brightshores Health System, Owen Sound (2024-01 – 2024-07)

Note: Work performed under applicable credentials for that engagement; not a statement of current Ontario practice eligibility.

• Hospitalist and internal medicine call coverage (including Level 3 ICU admitting privileges in that role); complex multimorbidity and geriatric-focused inpatient care; ward consults.

Program Creator – Virtual Cardiac Rehab at Toronto Heart Center (2020 – 2020)

• One of Canada's early hybrid virtual cardiac rehabilitation programs; strong initial engagement; patient education materials aligned to CCS/CCN guidance.
• Related scholarly poster pathway (European Society of Cardiology).

Strategic Advisor at American Society of Preventive Cardiology (2020 – 2021)

• Prevention Centre of Excellence concept presented to leadership; platform engagement on DocMatter.

Peer Support Worker at Canadian Cancer Society (Present)

• Non-clinical peer support for people and families affected by cancer—listening, navigation, and connection to Society resources.

COVID-19 Case Manager (Non-Clinical Operations) at Ian Martin Group / Provincial Workforce (2020-12 – 2021-08)

• Province-wide case management and contact tracing with Public Health Units; high-risk workflows; Salesforce documentation.

Physician & Research Mentor at USMLE Sarthi (Remote) (2019-07 – 2021-12)

• CV, personal statement, and interview coaching; literature appraisal mentorship.

Founding Resident Leader – Journal Club at Mount Sinai Health System, NY (2016 – 2019)

• Co-founded resident clinical appraisal club.

Auditing in Biomedical Data Science (HLTC32H3) – University of Toronto Scarborough

Geriatrics Fellowship (partially completed) in Geriatrics – Mercy Health, Muskegon, MI (2022-01 – 2022-07)

Preventive Cardiology & Rehabilitation Fellowship in Preventive Cardiology – University of Toronto (2019 – 2020)

Internal Medicine Residency in Internal Medicine – Mount Sinai St. Luke's West, New York (2016 – 2019)

MBBS in Medicine – Manipal University, Mangalore, India (2008 – 2014)

Legal & Regulatory Coursework (Terms I & II) in Legal & Regulatory – Sheridan College (2022 – 2023)

Data Science Certificate in Data Science – General Assembly, Toronto (2021 – 2021)