--- title: "About Vitals Vault - Our Mission & Team" description: "Meet the Vitals Vault team and learn how our mission, clinical oversight, and comprehensive biomarker testing support clearer health decisions." canonical: "https://www.vitalsvault.com/about-us" last-updated: 2026-08-22 --- # About Vitals Vault - Our Mission & Team > Meet the Vitals Vault team and learn how our mission, clinical oversight, and comprehensive biomarker testing support clearer health decisions. About Vitals Vault # Understand your health. *Plan your next step.* Whether you’re looking into a health concern or establishing a baseline, you deserve results you can understand. Vitals Vault brings comprehensive blood testing, clear explanations, and your lab history together in one account. [Compare panels](https://www.vitalsvault.com/checkout)[See how it works](https://www.vitalsvault.com/how-it-works) Panels from $99 · Testing at Quest Diagnostics · No subscription required ![Riley Greene](https://www.vitalsvault.com/_next/image?url=%2Fclinicians%2Friley-greene.png&w=3840&q=75) ![Darwana Todd](https://www.vitalsvault.com/_next/image?url=%2Fclinicians%2Fdarwana-todd.jpeg&w=3840&q=75) ![Shamail Tariq](https://www.vitalsvault.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.vitalsvault.com%2Fimages%2Fhome%2Fclinicians-v1%2Fshamail-tariq.webp&w=3840&q=75) Independent clinician network A proactive approach to health ## Understand your health today. Plan for the life ahead. You want to stay active, think clearly, and be there for the people who matter to you. Understanding your health gives you a starting point for those conversations and decisions. Medicine 3.0 describes an approach that puts more emphasis on prevention, individual circumstances, and health over time. It considers how well we live alongside how long we live. Vitals Vault makes part of that approach more accessible: comprehensive blood testing, understandable explanations, and a record of your results over time. Your past ### Learn from your history. Bring previous lab results together. Use that history when discussing your symptoms, medications, and family health concerns with your clinician. Your present ### Understand where you stand. Explore your latest results with explanations of individual markers and related body systems. See the numbers behind each assessment. Your next step ### Follow what changes. Discuss appropriate next steps with your clinician. When you test again, compare your results and revisit the plan as your needs change. Clinical guidance ## Meet our medical and clinical advisors. Clear explanations need clinical perspective. Our advisors bring experience in medicine, metabolic health, dermatology, and mental health to the team building Vitals Vault. [![Robert Lufkin, MD](https://static.vitalsvault.com/about-us/advisor-robert-lufkin.png)](https://www.robertlufkinmd.com/) ### Robert Lufkin, MD Medical advisor Physician, author, and UCLA/USC professor with a focus on metabolic health. [![James Stirrett, ND](https://static.vitalsvault.com/about-us/advisor-james-stirrett-v2.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/drstirrett/) ### James Stirrett, ND Clinical advisor Naturopathic doctor focused on whole-person health. [![Jaree Naqvi, MD](https://static.vitalsvault.com/about-us/advisor-jaree-naqvi-v2.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/naqvijr/) ### Jaree Naqvi, MD Clinical advisor Board-certified dermatologist. [![Kunzal A.](https://static.vitalsvault.com/about-us/advisor-kunzal-a.png)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunzal-ahmed/) ### Kunzal A. Clinical advisor Licensed professional counselor. Our treatment network ## Know the people behind your care. Questions about your weight, hormones, or skin can feel personal. Meet the physicians in our treatment network and read about the concerns they treat, their training, and their experience. Clinical care is provided through independent medical partners. [Meet all 50 clinicians](https://www.vitalsvault.com/clinicians) [![Riley Greene](https://www.vitalsvault.com/_next/image?url=%2Fclinicians%2Friley-greene.png&w=3840&q=75)](https://www.vitalsvault.com/clinicians) ### Riley Greene, MD Dermatology [![Darwana Todd](https://www.vitalsvault.com/_next/image?url=%2Fclinicians%2Fdarwana-todd.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)](https://www.vitalsvault.com/clinicians) ### Darwana Todd, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology · Obesity Medicine [![Shamail Tariq](https://www.vitalsvault.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.vitalsvault.com%2Fimages%2Fhome%2Fclinicians-v1%2Fshamail-tariq.webp&w=3840&q=75)](https://www.vitalsvault.com/clinicians) ### Shamail Tariq, MD Interventional Cardiology · Internal Medicine [![Payel Gupta](https://www.vitalsvault.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.vitalsvault.com%2Fimages%2Fhome%2Fclinicians-v1%2Fpayel-gupta.webp&w=3840&q=75)](https://www.vitalsvault.com/clinicians) ### Payel Gupta, MD Allergy & Immunology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics [![Meenal Kheterpal](https://www.vitalsvault.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.vitalsvault.com%2Fimages%2Fhome%2Fclinicians-v1%2Fmeenal-kheterpal.webp&w=3840&q=75)](https://www.vitalsvault.com/clinicians) ### Meenal Kheterpal, MD Dermatology [![Amanda Kirzner](https://www.vitalsvault.com/_next/image?url=%2Fclinicians%2Famanda-kirzner.jpg&w=3840&q=75)](https://www.vitalsvault.com/clinicians) ### Amanda Kirzner, DO Anesthesiology · Obesity Medicine Why we started ## We wanted answers, too. You open a lab report. Some results are flagged; others are in range. You want to know what the numbers mean, whether they have changed, and which questions are worth bringing to your doctor. Co-founder and CEO Syed Jafri knew that frustration firsthand. Chronic health problems meant separate tests, separate conversations, and months waiting for specialists. Making sense of his health took work that he felt should have been easier. That experience shaped Vitals Vault: accessible blood testing, explanations you can return to, and a record that keeps your results together as your health changes. We want people to arrive at their next health decision better informed. ![Syed Jafri](https://static.vitalsvault.com/about-us/founder-syed-jafri.png) Founder & CEO ### Syed Jafri Syed spent 18+ years building large-scale data systems, including product and engineering work at Amazon. His own experience with chronic health problems led him to start Vitals Vault. [Meet Syed](https://www.linkedin.com/in/syedjafri/) ![Durga Prasad](https://static.vitalsvault.com/about-us/founder-durga-prasad.png) Co-founder, CPO & COO ### Durga Prasad Durga is a two-time founder with 12+ years building AI products. He previously served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Healthians. [Meet Durga](https://www.linkedin.com/in/durgaprasad-amballa/) ### Technical advisors Advising our team on data systems and AI. [Harris SyedView profile ↗](https://www.linkedin.com/in/harris-syed-63a72a132/)[Adeel SiddiquiView profile ↗](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adeel-sid/)[Mohamed AhmedView profile ↗](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamedfahmed/) A better starting point ## See what changed. Know what to discuss. Open a biomarker to see its result and history. Explore related results by body system. When you speak with your clinician, you can bring specific questions about what changed and what deserves a closer look. 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