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Meet The Team

The Driving Force Behind Unephra Physiology-Based Personalized Health Monitoring Innovation

CEO & Co-Founder

Farhad Taghibakhsh, PhD

Farhad is a seasoned professional in sensor and hardware design, with a focus on medical and biomedical applications. With extensive experience from his roles at Apple (Health), Intuitive Surgical, and Qualcomm, he holds a portfolio of innovative patents that reflect his expertise and forward-thinking approach.


Farhad holds a PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and a post-doctorate training certificate from Stanford Medicine. He is committed to advancing personalized health monitoring and making meaningful contributions to healthcare technology.

Co-Founder & Medical Strategist

Pedram Fatehi, MD, MPH

Pedram is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, triple board-certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology, and in Critical Care Medicine. He is highly regarded for his expertise in evaluation and management of hypertension, shock, and kidney diseases. He actively contributes to the medical education of a wide range of trainees in clinical pathophysiology. 


Dr. Fatehi received his Medical Doctorate degree from University of Texas; Master of Public Health from Yale University; Internal Medicine Residency and Nephrology Fellowship from Columbia University; and Critical Care Fellowship from UCSF, and he is committed to advancing patient care through innovation, education, and compassion.


Chief Medical Officer

Saba Lahsaei, MD, FACC

Dr. Lahsaei is an experienced Interventional Cardiologist, and the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Unephra, a leading company in innovative healthcare solutions.

A proud graduate of Tufts University, Dr. Lahsaei specialized in interventional cardiology.


With over a decade of experience, he has built a distinguished career in cardiology, interventional cardiology, structural heart, and vascular diseases. Dr. Lahsaei has played a pivotal role in device development and clinical trials, contributing significantly to advancements in the field.

Chief Technical Officer

Astrid Bernaga, MD, MSc

Astrid is a physician, applied AI product leader, and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Unephra. Working at the intersection of clinical medicine, machine learning, and digital health, she brings a multidisciplinary background across clinical practice, AI development, and product operations, with experience building ML and NLP systems and translating clinical workflows into data-driven solutions.


At Unephra, she leads data infrastructure, contributes to data analysis and clinical pilot design, and applies large language models to translate biomarker data into meaningful, user-centered health insights.


She holds an MD from Universidad de Guadalajara and an MSc in Applied Artificial Intelligence from Tecnológico de Monterrey. Her prior work includes a cardiovascular risk prediction system built with machine learning, and co-authored research on bias reduction in large language models accepted to ACL 2025. She is committed to advancing patient-centered healthcare through the integration of clinical expertise, data science, and artificial intelligence.

Member of the Board & Advisor

Yasi Baiani

Yasi is the Founder & CEO of Raya Advisory and a LinkedIn Top Voice with 480K+ followers.


As an early Fitbit employee, she helped grow the company from 400 to 2,000+ employees and $745M to $2.2B in revenue. As Head of Product, Software Experiences, she led innovations like Sleep (the most-engaged Fitbit app feature) and Female Health (2.4M users in the first month).


At Cleo, she advanced from Strategy Consultant to SVP of Product & Marketing, launching Teens and Eldercare, unlocking a $270B+ market, and driving expansion among major clients like Salesforce and Uber.


She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

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