Leah Houston, MD

Leah Houston, MD

Leah Houston, MD is the Founder and CEO of HPEC (Humanitarian Physician's Empowerment Community), a decentralized identity and credentialing application for US-based physicians.12 She is also a Healthcare Transformer at StartUp Health.1

Career Highlights

• Founded HPEC in June 2019 to solve the problem of physician credentialing and restore privacy and trust to the practice of medicine1
• Practiced as an Emergency Physician across the US for about 10 years, primarily as a locum tenens physician2
• Experienced identity theft when a hospital used her professional identity to bill for patient care she did not render2
• Completed the Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 20233

Education

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from Albany Medical College1
• Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from State University of New York College at Plattsburgh1

Leah Houston, MD is a strategic, ethical, honest, physician visionary and expert in the field of blockchain and DAOs.4 She is passionate about building solutions that put physicians in control of their professional identities and credentials.12