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His strengths include evaluating scientific evidence and clinical trials, applying clinical and regulatory reasoning to asset diligence, and assessing therapeutic opportunities for early\-stage development, investment, NewCo formation, and commercialization\. At Larkin Health System, Sorab built and led a clinical\-research trial pipeline, managing IND and IRB submissions, FDA communications, investigator and IRB coordination, recruitment, vendors, and team operations\. This work supported a therapeutic plasma exchange trial in COVID\-19 patients\. His research record spans clinical, biomedical, occupational, environmental, and epidemiologic topics, with more than 50 scientific outputs and publications, as well as invited peer\-review service for Nature Scientific Reports and Transfusion and Apheresis Science\. Sorab founded Purasukh, a deterministic clinical\-triage platform developed through MVP for telehealth and school settings\. Through Nanak’s Light and prior cofounding work at Gembhira Solar, he also pursues environmental\-health solutions involving renewable energy, safer workplaces, reduced microplastic exposure, resilient communities, and what he describes as “interventional environmental medicine\.” ## Services - Preventive Medicine - Occupational and Environmental Medicine - Strategic Planning - Consultation - Task Force - Quality Assurance Standards - Injured - Daily Operations - Occupational Medicine - Injury Management - Health Promotion - Ergonomics - Return to Work - Team Building - Leadership - Healthcare - Management - Analysis - Suturing ## Highlights - Works in Occupational Telehealth at Consulting as a physician\-founder and researcher\. - Founded Nanak’s Light, a portfolio of Sikhi\-inspired community systems\-improvement and risk\-reduction projects spanning direct\-to\-consumer organic crops, skill\-building hubs, lower\-microplastic consumer goods, and Purasukh\. - Founded Purasukh, a deterministic clinical\-triage platform for telehealth and school settings, and guided development through MVP\. - Built and led a clinical\-research trial pipeline at Larkin Health System/Larkin Community Hospital\. - Initiated multiple INDs and IDEs for FDA approval and managed GCP/ICH\-aligned clinical\-trial work at Larkin\. - Supported the successful COVID\-19 therapeutic plasma exchange clinical trial NCT04592705\. - Managed IND and IRB submissions, FDA regulatory communications, investigator and IRB coordination, recruitment, vendor interactions, study documentation, and research\-team meetings at Larkin\. - Produced more than 50 scientific outputs and publications across clinical, biomedical, epidemiologic, occupational, and environmental health research\. - Serves as an invited reviewer for Nature Scientific Reports, ISSN 2045\-2322\. - Serves as an invited reviewer for Elsevier’s Transfusion and Apheresis Science, ISSN 1473\-0502\. - Serves as a board member for Acta Scientific’s Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ISSN 2581\-5423\. - Served as a board member for ACADWISE’s Journal of Applied Cell Biology, eISSN 2320\-1991\. - Analyzed infection demographics in more than 600 kidney\-transplant patients receiving alemtuzumab induction immunosuppression\. - Presented kidney\-transplant research at the American Transplant Congress and published “Infections and Outcomes in Renal Transplantation Patients Using Alemtuzumab for Induction Immunosuppression” in the American Journal of Transplant Surgery\. - Conducted clinical\-device study recruitment and management at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center\. - Explored glioblastoma epigenetic mapping and gained CRISPR experience as a Cleveland Clinic clinical research associate\. - Contributed to the third edition of “Medical Physiology” by Dr\. Boron and Dr\. Boulpaep and is listed among its contributors\. - Co\-founded Gembhira Solar Power in Thailand to advance renewable\-energy infrastructure in response to climate\-health concerns\. - Completed emergency medicine residency work at University Hospitals of Cleveland, including laceration repair, nerve blocks, resuscitation, fracture\-dislocation reduction, and acute\-care disposition\. - Completed a Transitional Year PGY\-1 at HCA Healthcare/HCA Westside Hospital, including six months of inpatient internal medicine and rotations in emergency medicine, surgery, neurology, ambulatory care, radiology, and anesthesiology\. - Served as an Occupational and Environmental Medicine resident physician at the University of California\. - Published biomedical\-optics work in the Journal of Biomedical Optics and Review of Scientific Instruments\. - Presented laser\-physics and biomedical\-optics research at APS meetings in Rochester and San Jose and at the 16th and 17th annual undergraduate research forums\. - Received a bioinformatics research scholarship and an NSF Undergraduate Research and Mentoring scholarship\. - Worked with Dr\. Samir Bali’s laboratory to demonstrate real\-time optical detection of engine\-oil degradation\. - Served as Vice President of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi after meeting eligibility requirements of at least 72 credit hours and a top\-7\.5% class rank\. - Served as Vice President of Golden Key International Honour Society during the 2011–12 school year\. - Served as a science\-fair judge for the Buckeye Science and Engineering Fair, Ohio’s premier STEM competition for grades 9–12\. - Distributed KN95 and N95 PPE to hospital procurement departments on the East and West Coasts during the COVID\-19 crisis\. - Holds National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer credentials with stated specializations in Performance Enhancement Coaching, Senior Fitness, and Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning\. ## Experience - **Certified Personal Trainer at National Academy of Sports Medicine \(NASM\)** (2026\-01\-01–present) — NASM Certified Personal Trainer \(CPT\) specialized in Performance Enhancement Coaching \(PES\), Senior Fitness \(SFS\) and Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning - **Occupational Telehealth at Consulting** (2026\-01\-01–present) - **Founder at Nanak’s Light** (2025\-12\-01–present) — Sikhi Inspired Community Systems Level Improvement and Risk Reduction Projects including vertically integrated organic crops D2C, skill building hubs, consumer goods for decreased microplastic exposure, and Purasukh, a software triage platform for telehealth and for schools that can send depressed patients or students to a physician if high risk or to a therapist if low risk, with an MVP complete\. - **Board Member at Acta Scientific** (2022\-02\-01–present) — Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ISSN: 2581\-5423 www\.actascientific\.com/ASPS\-RB\.php - **Occupational and Environmental Medicine Resident Physician at University of California** (2025\-01\-01–2026\-01\-01) - **Epidemiological Clinical Research Leader at Larkin Community Hospital** (2023\-01\-01–2026\-01\-01) - **Emergency Medicine Resident Physician at University Hospitals of Cleveland** (2023\-01\-01–2024\-01\-01) — Communication, Examination, Suturing facial and hand lacerations and bites, suture removals, managing bleed vs clotting risk in stroke patients on anticoagulants, managing STEMIs nerve blocks resuscitation burns abscess drainage eye injuries, fracture dislocation reduction Image interpretation ordering and administering vaccines, interpreting titers analgesic regiments including cold heat alternation, PT, OTC PO and topicals, lidoderm, opiate Rxs, muscle relaxants providing DME psychiatric admissions, dispo \- discharge vs admissions vs transfers, etc - **Resident Physician at HCA Healthcare** (2022\-07\-01–2023\-06\-01) — Transitional Year PGY1 with rotations including 6 months inpatient IM, EM, Surgery, Neurology, Ambulatory Care, Radiology and Anesthesiology - **Visiting Physician at Nationwide Children's Hospital** (2022\-04\-01–2022\-06\-01) — Nationwide’s IM / Peds clinic on High Street, Columbus OH with Dr Khalsa - **Invited Reviewer for Nature at Springer Science\+Business Media** (2021\-11\-01–2022\-01\-01) — Nature Scientific Reports ISSN 2045\-2322 - **Board Member at ACADWISE** (2021\-08\-01–2023\-12\-01) — Journal of Applied Cell Biology eISSN: 2320\-1991 https://www\.appliedcellbiology\.com/editorial\-board\.php - **Invited Reviewer at Elsevier Science** (2021\-03\-01–2022\-01\-01) — Invited Reviewer for the Elsevier Journal of Transfusion and Apheresis Science ISSN: 1473\-0502 - **Clinical externship at Ohio Neurology And Headache Center** (2020\-08\-01–2020\-09\-01) — Providing spg shots, botox and cgrp antagonists as newer treatments for headaches\. - **Clinical Trial Project Manager and Research Team Lead at Larkin Community Hospital** (2020\-04\-01–2023\-06\-01) — I followed GCP ICH guidelines, initiated multiple INDs and IDEs for FDA approval and prepared them with the team members\. This led to a successful clinical trial nct04592705 on Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Covid\-19 patients\. I also finalized documents related to the study and its submission, addressed patient recruitment, helped revise an IRB submission, interacted with outside vendors, attended & led team meetings to promote and make headway forward through the clinical studies\. - **Postdoctoral Clinical Researcher at Larkin Community Hospital** (2020\-04\-01–2022\-01\-01) - **Clinical rotations at Avalon University School of Medicine** (2020\-01\-01–2020\-01\-01) — Medical student rotation in Internal Medicine - **Distribution Specialist at medical tech co\.** (2020\-01\-01–2020\-03\-01) — Interacted with procurement departments in east and west coast hospitals to distribute PPE including KN95 and N95 masks for the Covid\-19 global crisis\. Sungin Medical Tech Company assessed the production process, quality inspection process and used medical grade materials to create first class quality masks in a purification workshop of 1500 square meters\. The masks consist of a three layered system which protect from 2 picometer diameter particles\. The masks are CE certified and comply with the GB2626\-2006 standard\. The company developed 15 full automatic mask production lines and independently researched KN95 and N95 masks to be fully prepared to contribute to alleviating the epidemic\. - **Judge at The Ohio Academy of Science** (2019\-04\-01–2019\-04\-01) — An opportunity to serve as a Science Fair Judge for the Buckeye Science and Engineering Fair, Ohio’s premier STEM competition sponsored by the Ohio Academy of Science for students in grades 9\-12 - **Clinical Rotations at Avalon University School of Medicine** (2019\-01\-01–2020\-01\-01) — Medical student rotations in Surgery, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Research - **Startup cofounder at Gembhira Solar** (2018\-01\-01–2019\-03\-01) — My passion for the environment and its impact on human health is exemplified by creating a Gembhira Solar Power, a startup in Thailand during a gap year in medical school\. I was motivated to do so after seeing the impact of global warming on human health, and recognizing that fundamentally stronger renewable energy infrastructure is necessary to optimize human health\. Addressing global warming through increased renewable resources will mitigate increasing vector transmitted and tropical diseases to improve health disparities - **Clinical rotations at ProMedica Health System** (2018\-01\-01–2019\-01\-01) — Medical student rotations in Radiology, Neurology, Pediatrics, Pathology, Obstetrics and Gynecology - **Clinical Rotation at Cleveland Clinic** (2018\-01\-01–2018\-01\-01) — Medical student rotation in Family Medicine - **Providing consistently excellent vehicle rental services at Turo** (2016\-01\-01–2020\-01\-01) - **Clinical Research Associate at Department of Transplant Surgery** (2015\-09\-01–2017\-02\-01) — Investigated immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients and the predominant pathogens found on culture\. Specifically investigated alemtuzumab, analyzing infection demographics encountered in over 600 kidney transplant patients\. We shared our results at the American Transplant Congress and published them in the American Journal of Transplant Surgery titled, 'Infections and Outcomes in Renal Transplantation Patients Using Alemtuzumab for Induction Immunosuppression\.' - **Graduate Student Researcher at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center** (2015\-06\-01–2015\-08\-01) — Daily from 7 AM \- 6 PM providing consent letters for patient recruitment and managing ongoing studies with clinical devices\. Worked with Alicia Gonzalez MD, Satoshi Kimura MD, Byron Rosero MD, Wai Tem Chew MD, Muhammad Shabsigh MD on clinical research teams\. We also worked on review papers on neuro\-electrolytes, the social factors of diabetes as well as on the peri\-operative use of insulin\. - **Contributor to the textbook 'Medical Physiology' at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine** (2014\-09\-01–2014\-11\-01) — Helped revise the 3rd edition of Dr\. Boron's and Dr\. Boulpaep's textbook 'Medical Physiology\.' Included in the List of Contributors\. https://www\.amazon\.com/Medical\-Physiology\-Walter\-Boron\-PhD/dp/\[contact removed\] - **Peer Tutor at Case Western Reserve University Department of Music** (2013\-01\-01–2014\-01\-01) — Neuroanatomy tutoring, specifically on cross\-sections of the brainstem and its ascending and descending paths - **Clinical Research Associate at Cleveland Clinic** (2013\-01\-01–2015\-01\-01) — Supervisor \- Daniel Lubelski\. Pursuing insights in neurological cancer therapy, I was fortunate to explore epigenetic mapping of glioblastoma conducted in the neuronal stem cell research lab of Dr\. Jeremy Rich where I gained experience with CRISPR under Dr\. Daniel Lubelski and the post\-doctoral researchers\. - **Boehringer Ingelheim Intern at Boehringer Ingelheim** (2012\-07\-01–2012\-08\-01) - **Store Manager at Celltronics Store at Tuttle Mall** (2012\-05\-01–2012\-07\-01) ## Education - Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Resident Physician — University of California (2025\-01\-01–2026\-01\-01) - Master of Science, Environmental Health Sciences coursework — UC Irvine (2025\-07\-01–2025\-12\-01) - Master of Public Health \- MPH coursework — New York Medical College (2025\-01\-01–2025\-05\-01) - Emergency Medicine, Resident Physician at University Hospitals Cleveland OH — Emergency Resident Physician (2023\-07\-01–2024\-08\-01) - Transitional Year, Resident Physician at HCA Westside Hospital Miami FL — Resident physician (2022\-07\-01–2023\-01\-01) - Public Health Certificate in Safety and Quality — Institute for Healthcare Improvement (2022\-04\-01–2022\-06\-01) - PostDoctoral Researcher — Larkin Hospital (2020\-01\-01–2022\-01\-01) - M\.D\. — Avalon University School of Medicine (2020\-08\-01) - M\.S\. Medical Physiology — Case Western Reserve University (2013\-01\-01–2015\-01\-01) - Biochemistry Bachelor’s, University Honors Program — Miami University (2009\-01\-01–2013\-01\-01) - Dublin Coffman High School (2005\-01\-01–2009\-01\-01) - Summer@Brown program, Three week residential program in Providence, Rhode Island — Brown University (2008\-07\-01–2008\-07\-01) - National Honors Convocation on Medicine, One\-week summer program in Baltimore\. — The Johns Hopkins University (2007\-07\-01–2007\-07\-01) - Medicine, Ethics, and Healthcare: two week summer residential program — University of Cincinnati (2007\-06\-01–2007\-06\-01) - Yale University (2024\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Sorab do now? Sorab is a physician\-founder, researcher, and occupational telehealth clinician in consulting\. His work combines preventive, primary, emergency, occupational, and environmental medicine with clinical research, regulatory affairs, and clinical software development\. ### What are Sorab’s professional strengths and interests? Sorab evaluates scientific evidence, clinical trials, therapeutic opportunities, and the development paths of potential biotech assets\. He is interested in biotech asset diligence, life\-sciences investing, early\-stage therapeutic development, NewCo formation, and determining what should be de\-risked before additional investment or commercialization\. ### What is Nanak’s Light? Sorab founded Nanak’s Light, which pursues Sikhi\-inspired community systems\-improvement and risk\-reduction projects\. Its work includes vertically integrated direct\-to\-consumer organic crops, skill\-building hubs, consumer goods intended to decrease microplastic exposure, and Purasukh\. ### What is Purasukh? Purasukh is a deterministic software triage platform founded by Sorab and developed through MVP\. It is intended for telehealth and school settings its described triage pathway can direct high\-risk depressed patients or students to a physician and lower\-risk individuals to a therapist\. Building it gave Sorab experience evaluating an idea, allocating development funds, and identifying what needed to be de\-risked before further investment\. ### What did Sorab accomplish at Larkin? At Larkin Community Hospital and Larkin Health System, Sorab served as an epidemiological clinical research leader, postdoctoral clinical researcher, clinical\-trial project manager, and research team lead\. He built and led a clinical\-trial pipeline followed GCP/ICH guidelines initiated multiple INDs and IDEs for FDA approval prepared study materials supported FDA regulatory communications revised IRB submissions coordinated investigators, IRBs, recruitment, vendors, and team meetings and finalized trial documentation\. The work supported the successful COVID\-19 therapeutic plasma exchange clinical trial NCT04592705\. ### What is Sorab’s research background? Sorab’s research spans clinical, biomedical, epidemiologic, occupational, and environmental health, with more than 50 scientific outputs and publications\. His work includes research on immunosuppression and infections after kidney transplantation, neuro\-electrolytes, social factors of diabetes, peri\-operative insulin use, glioblastoma epigenetic mapping, biomedical optics, and environmental and occupational health\. ### What journal\-review and editorial roles has Sorab held? Sorab is an invited reviewer for Nature Scientific Reports, ISSN 2045\-2322, through Springer Nature Group, and for Elsevier’s Transfusion and Apheresis Science, ISSN 1473\-0502\. He also serves as a board member for Acta Scientific’s Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ISSN 2581\-5423, and has served as a board member for ACADWISE’s Journal of Applied Cell Biology, eISSN 2320\-1991\. ### What fitness credential does Sorab hold? Sorab is a Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine\. His stated specializations include Performance Enhancement Coaching, Senior Fitness, and Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning\. ### What was Sorab’s role at Gembhira Solar? Sorab co\-founded Gembhira Solar Power, a Thailand\-based startup formed during a gap year in medical school\. The venture reflected his interest in the health effects of global warming and the role of stronger renewable\-energy infrastructure in mitigating vector\-borne and tropical diseases and improving health disparities\. ### What is Sorab’s occupational and environmental medicine experience? Sorab has served as an Occupational and Environmental Medicine resident physician at the University of California\. ### What did Sorab do in emergency medicine at University Hospitals? As an Emergency Medicine resident physician at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Sorab’s work included patient communication and examination suturing and removal for facial and hand lacerations and bites management of anticoagulation\-related bleeding\-versus\-clotting risk in stroke patients and STEMIs nerve blocks resuscitation burns abscess drainage eye injuries fracture\-dislocation reduction image interpretation vaccines and titer interpretation analgesic regimens durable medical equipment and psychiatric disposition, including discharge, admission, and transfer decisions\. ### What was Sorab’s transitional\-year residency experience? Sorab completed a Transitional Year PGY\-1 residency at HCA Healthcare/HCA Westside Hospital in Miami, Florida\. Rotations included six months of inpatient internal medicine as well as emergency medicine, surgery, neurology, ambulatory care, radiology, and anesthesiology\. ### What clinical rotations and externships has Sorab completed? Sorab completed medical\-student rotations in family medicine at Cleveland Clinic surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry, research, and internal medicine at Avalon University School of Medicine and radiology, neurology, pediatrics, pathology, obstetrics and gynecology at ProMedica Health System\. He was also a visiting physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s IM/Peds clinic on High Street in Columbus, Ohio, with Dr\. Khalsa, and completed a neurology and headache externship involving SPG shots, Botox, and CGRP antagonists for headache treatment\. ### What did Sorab do at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center? At The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Sorab worked as a graduate student researcher, providing patient\-recruitment consent letters and managing ongoing clinical\-device studies\. He worked with clinical research teams including Alicia Gonzalez, MD Satoshi Kimura, MD Byron Rosero, MD Wai Tem Chew, MD and Muhammad Shabsigh, MD, and contributed to review work on neuro\-electrolytes, social factors of diabetes, and peri\-operative insulin use\. ### What was Sorab’s transplant research? As a clinical research associate in a Department of Transplant Surgery, Sorab investigated immunosuppression in kidney\-transplant recipients and pathogens found on culture\. He specifically analyzed infection demographics in more than 600 kidney\-transplant patients receiving alemtuzumab induction immunosuppression\. The results were presented at the American Transplant Congress and published in the American Journal of Transplant Surgery as “Infections and Outcomes in Renal Transplantation Patients Using Alemtuzumab for Induction Immunosuppression\.” ### What was Sorab’s research experience at Cleveland Clinic? At Cleveland Clinic, Sorab worked as a clinical research associate under supervisor Daniel Lubelski and explored epigenetic mapping of glioblastoma in Dr\. Jeremy Rich’s neuronal stem\-cell research laboratory\. He gained CRISPR experience with Dr\. Lubelski and postdoctoral researchers\. ### What was Sorab’s NSF and biomedical\-optics research experience? Through a National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs/United States Antarctic Program research and mentoring scholarship with Dr\. Bonita Porter, Sorab rotated through research laboratories and presented to students about research opportunities\. In Dr\. Samir Bali’s Miami University laser\-physics laboratory, he helped demonstrate real\-time detection of engine\-oil degradation using optical sensing based on revised Fresnel theory and angle\-dependent penetration of collimated light into turbid media\. The work on reflectance profiles of divergent laser beams was presented at multiple conferences and published\. As a Miami undergraduate laser physics and biomedical optics researcher, he published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics and Review of Scientific Instruments, presented at the 16th and 17th annual undergraduate research forums and APS meetings in Rochester and San Jose, and received bioinformatics and NSF undergraduate research and mentoring scholarships\. ### What teaching and textbook\-contribution work has Sorab completed? Sorab contributed to the third edition of Dr\. Boron’s and Dr\. Boulpaep’s textbook, “Medical Physiology,” at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and is included in its list of contributors\. He also served as a peer tutor in Case Western’s Department of Music, tutoring neuroanatomy with emphasis on brainstem cross\-sections and ascending and descending pathways\. At Miami University, he tutored organic chemistry, physics, genetics, and biology one\-to\-one and as a teaching assistant\. ### What other professional roles has Sorab held? Sorab was a Boehringer Ingelheim intern a distribution specialist for a medical technology company, where he worked with East and West Coast hospital procurement departments to distribute KN95 and N95 PPE during the COVID\-19 crisis a store manager at the Celltronics Store at Tuttle Mall a Macy’s sales associate and a provider of vehicle\-rental services through Turo\. The medical\-technology company described a 1,500\-square\-meter purification workshop, CE\-certified masks compliant with GB2626\-2006, and 15 fully automatic mask\-production lines\. ### What is Sorab’s education? Sorab earned an MD from Avalon University School of Medicine in 2020, an MS in Medical Physiology from Case Western Reserve University in 2015, and a Biochemistry bachelor’s degree through Miami University’s University Honors Program in 2013\. His additional education includes MPH coursework at New York Medical College in 2025, MS Environmental Health Sciences coursework at UC Irvine in 2025, Occupational and Environmental Medicine residency education at the University of California in 2026, Emergency Medicine residency education at University Hospitals Cleveland in 2024, and a Public Health Certificate in Safety and Quality from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in 2022\. He is also listed as a postdoctoral researcher at Larkin Hospital in 2022 and as having Yale University education in 2024, without a program specified in the record\. Earlier programs include Johns Hopkins University’s 2007 National Honors Convocation on Medicine, the University of Cincinnati’s 2007 Medicine, Ethics, and Healthcare residential program, Brown University’s 2008 Summer@Brown program, and Dublin Coffman High School, completed in 2009\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/sarabjot326232623