CEO
Avenida Innovations, India
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Dr. Karthik Rakam is a Pharm. D
CEO - Avenida Innovations
Medical Advisor - Arintra Inc USA
Dr. Karthik Rakam is a Pharm. D graduate from the first batch of Pharm. D in India (2008 -2014). He has co-founded Avenida Innovations with two verticals: Avenida Academy and Avenida Practice. Avenida Academy partners with individuals and institutions and helps them in their pursuit of professional excellence. Avenida Practice handles various healthcare projects and provides clinical pharmacy services. As CEO of Avenida Innovations, Dr. Karthik was instrumental in establishing working relation with organizations like Arintra, Mapmygenome, Suvarna Swastya, CIPACA, First Care Clinics, Knowurture, 3 Analytics, SciVoc, SUITS, MedAux, DocKare, ThinkRoman, SuJeevan Health and Wellness, Litemed, Eldorado, Vigiserve, Jiyyo etc. In 2022 Dr. Karthik co-founded Kairos R and D solutions, a CRO. He is Medical Advisor for Arintra. Inc, a YC backed start-up in the USA.
His current projects include setting up a clinical pharmacy department in a medical college hospital at Bangalore, India, introducing general and oncology clinical pharmacy services in Warangal, India, Clinical implementation of pharmacogenomics to promote precision medicine with a biotech organization in Hyderabad, India, Pilot to introduce clinical pharmacist in remote patient monitoring with an ICU group based in Hyderabad/Chennai, India, Pilot to initiate clinical services in pharmacies/hospitals outside India.
Dr. Karthik is trained to work as a Clinical Pharmacist and provide pharmaceutical care in different health care settings. He has conceptualized and designed Avenida Portal, a cutting-edge platform to engage Pharm.D students/interns effectively, track clinical pharmacy key performance indicators and optimize their participation in Clinical Pharmacy Practice.
He is a founder of an NGO, Havens of Humanity and volunteers with Isha Foundation. His professional objective is to use his knowledge and skills to change the way pharmacy is practiced in India.