2008 — 2018
Emergency Medicine Physician
Southside Medical Center
Practiced emergency medicine and served as Medical Director, building an operating-level view of where care teams need better tools.
Jared Pelo, MD · Physician builder
Building AI that helps healthcare knowwhat to do next.
I'm a physician and product leader building technology that gives patients clearer next steps and equips care teams to deliver their best work at scale.
Now building
Optum Real at Optum Insight
Throughline
Medicine → products → scale
Based in
Durham, North Carolina
01 / Professional journey
From the ER to healthcare at scale.
The throughline is simple: find the friction that keeps clinicians and patients from moving forward, then build the product that removes it.
2014 — 2017
Founder & CEO
iScribes Inc.
Founded an ambient clinical documentation company to reduce physician burden. Acquired by Nuance Communications.
2017 — 2023
Chief Clinical Product Officer
Nuance Communications
Led ambient clinical intelligence products that brought AI into the daily workflow of clinicians.
2022 — 2023
Chief Clinical Product Officer
Microsoft
Scaled ambient clinical intelligence inside one of the world's largest technology platforms.
2023 — 2025
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer
Bionic Health
Built a proactive-care platform powered by generative AI and predictive analytics. Acquired by Thrive Life Holdings.
2025 — 2026
CEO
ThriveBetter
Led the nationwide expansion of proactive healthcare and longevity programs across care, diagnostics, and therapeutics.
2026 — Now
Senior Vice President, Product
CurrentOptum Insight · Optum Real
Leading Optum Real and building AI-powered technology that helps patients and care teams know what to do next.
02 / What I build around
Four disciplines. One healthcare experience.
The strongest healthcare products connect clinical judgment, intelligent systems, useful data, and an experience people can actually act on.
01
Healthcare AI
Ambient intelligence, generative AI, and products that earn a place inside clinical workflows.
02
Proactive care
Care models that turn biomarkers, behavior, and risk into clear actions before disease progresses.
03
Clinical systems
Automation that reduces administrative work while improving quality, consistency, and scale.
04
Health data
Connected data products that make complex health information useful to patients and care teams.
03 / Keep in touch
New products, healthcare ideas, and opportunities to build with the team.
Follow the workfrom idea to care.
I share what we learn, what we ship, and what I believe healthcare technology needs to do next.