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Paxera Health

Our journey

Driven by impact.

From personal advocacy to computational research, we are dedicated to transforming kidney care through compassion and innovation.

By the numbers

2012 — 2026

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2012

10+
Years of advocacy

The journey

  1. 2012Origin

    Kapil's grandmother, Shantimayee Acharya, crashes into dialysis with over 80% kidney damage. Her doctor's words: “count your days” — marking the beginning of a long and difficult battle against kidney disease

    Kapil's grandmother, Shantimayee Acharya, crashes into dialysis with over 80% kidney damage. Her doctor's words: “count your days” — marking the beginning of a long and difficult battle against kidney disease
  2. 2015Advocacy

    Following his grandmother's passing while waiting for a transplant — not because an organ didn't exist, but because the system failed to find one in time — Kapil begins volunteering and raising awareness for kidney disease

  3. 2018Personal

    Kapil becomes a political advocate with the National Kidney Foundation, working to reform kidney policy and improve patient outcomes

    Kapil becomes a political advocate with the National Kidney Foundation, working to reform kidney policy and improve patient outcomes (1 of 2)
    Kapil becomes a political advocate with the National Kidney Foundation, working to reform kidney policy and improve patient outcomes (2 of 2)
  4. 2021Research

    Kapil begins kidney disease research, applying computational methods to improve outcomes across AKI, CKD, and PKD

  5. 2022BdKCSE

    Gene Expression Analysis of Acute Kidney Injury presented at the BdKCSE

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  6. 2023Advocacy

    Through advocacy with the National Kidney Foundation, Kapil helps advance the OPTN Modernization Act, opening transplant infrastructure to innovation

    Through advocacy with the National Kidney Foundation, Kapil helps advance the OPTN Modernization Act, opening transplant infrastructure to innovation (1 of 2)
    Through advocacy with the National Kidney Foundation, Kapil helps advance the OPTN Modernization Act, opening transplant infrastructure to innovation (2 of 2)
  7. 2023BdKCSE

    Deep Learning for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) presented at the BdKCSE

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  8. 2023IEEE MIT

    Blockchain-Powered Supply Chain for Organ Preservation presented at the MIT IEEE URTC

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  9. 2023IEEE MIT

    Predicting dosage of immunosuppressant drugs presented at the MIT IEEE URTC

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  10. 2024ASTESJ

    Leveraging ML for Assessment of PFAS Nephrotoxicity published in ASTESJ

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  11. 2025BMES / Blood Purification

    Network-Based Kidney Allocation Simulation presented at BMES and published in Blood Purification

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  12. 2026Entrepreneurship

    Paxera Health is founded, with the goal of developing an AI-native platform to optimize kidney donor-recipient matching and adaptive clinical decision support tools

    Paxera Health is founded, with the goal of developing an AI-native platform to optimize kidney donor-recipient matching and adaptive clinical decision support tools (1 of 2)
    Paxera Health is founded, with the goal of developing an AI-native platform to optimize kidney donor-recipient matching and adaptive clinical decision support tools (2 of 2)
  13. 2026Future

    Today, we're scaling Paxera Health to revolutionize kidney transplantation and build the infrastructure for a smarter, more equitable transplant ecosystem

    Today, we're scaling Paxera Health to revolutionize kidney transplantation and build the infrastructure for a smarter, more equitable transplant ecosystem

Backed and supported by

  • NSF I-Corps
  • Beta
  • Kidney Solutions
  • Nelson
  • National Kidney Foundation
  • NYU
  • Stanford
  • MIT
  • Rhode Island Hub
  • AWS

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