Elina Onitskansky

Founder & CEO, Ilant Health

She referred herself for a bariatric procedure when doctors wouldn't help, then built the company around that gap. The next evidence should show whether patients are escaping that failure.

Company: 1

Snapshot

Known for

Building a precision obesity-care startup after the care system failed her personally; formerly at Molina and McKinsey.

Based: United States

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