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Therese Canares, MD, MBA

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Chief Executive Officer, Founder at CurieDx
📍 Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Therese Canares is a physician-entrepreneur and the CEO/Founder of CurieDx. Drawing on her decade of experience in pediatric emergency medicine at Johns Hopkins, she is developing AI-powered technology to provide smartphone-based diagnostics for conditions like strep throat. She holds an MD from NYU and an MBA from Johns Hopkins.

Outside of her startup, Therese is a vocal advocate for and member of several womens entrepreneurship and leadership groups, including The Fourth Floor and The Cru. She frequently participates in pitch events and summits aimed at supporting and elevating female founders.

She put her successful medical career on hold to launch CurieDx after seeing firsthand how technology could solve critical gaps in telehealth and reduce emergency room overcrowding.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Personality Overview

How Therese shows up

ROI Conscious
Demanding
Judgemental

They respond well to confident salespeople. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.

Priorities

Topics Therese cares about

Digital Health Innovation
Founded CurieDx to address telehealth limitations by creating smartphone-based diagnostic tools, inspired by her experiences as a pediatric emergency room physician.
AI-driven Diagnostics
Her company is focused on using computer vision and AI to allow families to screen for common illnesses like strep throat from home, aiming to reduce unnecessary ER visits.
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Career

Work history

1-2021
Chief Executive Officer, Founder
CurieDx
2014
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
10-2020
Member
The Fourth Floor
10-2022 - 11-2022
NSF I-Corps National Teams- Entrepreneurial Lead
National Science Foundation (NSF)
8-2020 - 8-2021
Member
The Cru
In the press

Media appearances

10 Innovations in 10 Years: CurieDx. Featured in Johns Hopkins University Ventures
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CurieDx wants to make AI‑powered diagnosis accessible for all. Featured in Technical.ly
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Education
2021
Master of Business Administration - MBA
The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
2018
Green Belt
Lean Sigma Prescription for Healthcare
2004 - 2008
Doctor of Medicine - MD
New York University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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