Dr. Uma Valeti is our CEO and Founder. Uma attended medical school at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry, India. After residencies at Wayne State and SUNY Buffalo, Uma completed three fellowships at the Mayo Clinic where he completed Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging training. He teaches Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University. In 2019, Uma was named a “Global Thinker of the Decade” by Foreign Policy magazine. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and SXSW.

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  Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Upside Foods

  Delicious meat grown directly from animal cells.

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  Founder in Upside Foods

  Delicious meat grown directly from animal cells.