Jonathan Govette
Co-Founder and CEO, Oatmeal HealthI help patients get the care they need earlier, preventing late-stage cancer. That's been the throughline across three companies and almost 20 years in healthcare.
At Oatmeal Health, I lead a team building AI that embeds into radiology workflows, turning routine lung CT scans into reimbursable cancer risk assessments. We partner with hospitals, radiology facilities, cancer centers, FQHCs, and health systems to make early detection economically sustainable.
On the Road
Techstars FounderCon
Google Next
HIMSS Conference
The Story
I've lost more than ten family members to cancer. My adoptive mother, Janet, shaped everything about why Oatmeal Health exists and who we prioritize serving. The company didn't start with a product roadmap. It started with grief, and the conviction that the tools to save lives already exist; someone just needs to build the last mile.
Before Oatmeal Health, I founded ReferralMD, where we fixed broken referral networks so patients didn't fall through the cracks. Between companies, I advised at Techstars and Plug and Play, mentoring founders building in digital health. That experience shaped how I think about what separates companies that ship from companies that stall: distribution, reimbursement, and clinical trust, not just technology.
In 2022, I co-founded Oatmeal Health in Mountain View alongside Yuri Ahuja, MD, PhD, a Harvard-trained physician and biostatistician, and Ashish Basuray, PhD, a Northwestern-trained chemist and serial entrepreneur. Three people with very different backgrounds, united by the same conviction.
I'm a CancerX alumnus, a Techstars alum, and someone who believes the biggest problems in cancer aren't scientific. They're operational.
Oatmeal Health Leadership
Companies
Oatmeal Health
Co-Founder and CEO, 2022 to PresentAI-powered lung cancer screening platform. We embed into radiology workflows to identify at-risk patients, reach them through FQHCs, and schedule screening. Think HeartFlow or Cleerly, but for lungs.
oatmealhealth.com →ReferralMD
Founder and CEO, 2011 to 2018Patient referral management platform that fixed broken referral networks across health systems, ensuring patients didn't fall through the cracks between providers.
referralmd.com →Off the Clock
Vacation
Vacation
Vegas Speedway
Awards and Recognition
- Cancer X / MassChallenge Accelerator: Biden's Cancer Moonshot Initiative (Top 16)
- Science Center Capital Readiness Program (Top 10)
- MassDigitalHealth: Innovations to Support Women+ Health (Top 9)
- AgeTech / AARP Pitch Finalist at ViVE 2024
- Cure Xchange Challenge: Health AI for Good (Top 10)
- MassChallenge 2023 HealthTech Cohort
- Health Gorilla Inaugural Accelerator (1 of 3)
- Top Prize: CUNY Public Health Innovation Accelerator (KPMG)