Our Vision
We see a world where cancer patients and caregivers are empowered with the knowledge and resources they need to access the right care at the right time.
Our Mission
Navvisa’s mission is to give every cancer patient and caregiver a trusted clinical partner at their side to guide and support them throughout their cancer journey.
Our Story
Our co-founders, Nabeel and Vanessa, were united by a shared vision: to untangle the complexities of navigating cancer care. They each nave a personal experience with cancer. For Nabeel, it was watching his friend’s family struggle through the cancer process. For Vanessa, it was feeling overwhelmed by her mother’s cancer diagnosis despite her 20-year career in biotech oncology.
Buoyed by their shared belief in what technology could offer in delivering personalized cancer guidance, they assembled a team invested in the mission of providing personalized cancer navigation services to patients and caregivers.
What Does Navvisa Mean?
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is like waking up in a foreign land without maps, guidebooks, or knowledge of the language.
We think of our guidance as providing the Navigational maps and Visa passport for the journey.
Our Team

Vanessa Johnson
Co-Founder, CEO
Experience: MPH, My Health Concierge Co-Founder, Genentech, Biogen/IDEC, Celgene

Joan Forte
Chief Clinical Officer
Experience: RN, MBA; Stanford Health Care, Director, Strategic Patient Care; Co-Founder, Tandem Health

Nabeel Quryshi
Co-Founder, CTO
Experience: Evera Co-Founder, 23andMe Research, Harvard, CS/Molecular Biology

Ken Stineman
Co-Founder, COO
Experience: Ginger, Genomic Health, Double-Helix, Incyte, Intel, Princeton Electrical Engineering

Kim Garlinghouse
Nursing Lead
Experience: RN, MPH, Good Medicine, C2lt, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt

Lexi Bisbee
Sr. Project Manager
Experience: MBA, Krames / Staywell, Healthco Solutions, Stanford, UCLA

Bart Black
Head of Sales
Experience: Walmart, Well Health, Teladoc, American Express, FedEx

Lana Khavinson
Marketing Advisor
Experience: Facebook, LinkedIn, Intuit, Yahoo, American Express
Our Team of Oncology Nurses
Affiliations: UCSF, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, UCLA, Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute, University of Vermont, and more.
Our Advisors

David Kaplan, MD
Experience: Global Leader for Clinical Solutions, Mercer; Board Member / Senior Advisor / Consultant for companies in the Employee Healthcare marketplace

Elizabeth Thompson
Experience: Chairman / CEO Transcend 4Good; President, Susan G. Komen for the Cure; CEO, Lymphoma Research Foundation; President/CEO, C-Change

Jerrod Helms
Experience: Chief Commercial Officer at DarioHealth; Head of Sales, Ginger; VP of Sales, Humana; Sr. Executive, for various Employee Benefits companies

Maureen Achebe, MD
Experience: Clinical Director, Div. of Hematology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Medical Director, Ambulatory Infusion Center, BWH; Harvard Medical School

Renee Albert
Experience: Facebook, Senior Director, Health, Benefits, Well-being; McKesson, Director, Health Care Strategy, Symantec Corporation, Senior Director Global Benefits