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Dr. Lailah Kara-Newton, MD
Dr. Lailah Kara‑Newton, MD, is co‑founder and Chief Medical Officer of Aster Health, a women’s health tech company. After navigating her own experience with preeclampsia and observing the gaps in conventional women’s care, she turned her expertise as a physician and innovator toward building digital tools that support women’s health across life stages. Dr. Kara‑Newton combines clinical insight, tech‑driven thinking, and a mission to bring purpose‑aligned care into women’s health.
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You’re reading The Recalibrated Vision Newsletter, a resource for purpose‑driven physicians and healthcare visionaries transforming from career to calling. In this issue, we dive into how Dr. Lailah Kara‑Newton is using technology and innovation to rewrite the rules of women’s health and build a mission‑driven practice model.
- The Recalibrated Vision Team
Introduction & Background
In our latest conversation, I sat down with Dr. Lailah Kara‑Newton, MD, co‑founder of Aster Health. Her own experience with preeclampsia and wider exposure to systemic gaps in women’s health care sparked a journey from clinician to tech‑founder. Her story provides a powerful model for clinicians who want to build solutions, not just work around existing systems.
Why She Made the Shift
Dr. Kara‑Newton shared that while working as a physician, she encountered repeated patterns of fragmented care, limited access, and a lack of holistic support for women. Her personal journey through a high‑risk pregnancy deepened her awareness of what conventional care was missing. These insights motivated her to conceptualize a model where technology meets compassion and empowers both patients and providers.
What Their Model Looks Like
Aster Health uses digital tools and data‑driven insights to support women’s health across pre‑conception, pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond. The model emphasizes accessibility, personalized engagement, and continuity of care rather than episodic check‑ups. For physicians and healthcare visionaries, this model illustrates how combining clinical expertise and tech innovation can create new pathways for impact.
Building the Vision
Dr. Kara‑Newton described how Aster was built starting with the mission of closing gaps in women’s healthcare. She and her co‑founder clarified their value proposition, assembled a team with both clinical and technical strength, and designed workflows that integrate digital tools with real human support. They stressed the importance of validating the model early, gathering real‑world feedback, iterating the product and care model, and scaling with intention.
Impact and Experience
The results are promising. Patients using Aster report feeling more supported, informed, and connected throughout their healthcare journey. For Dr. Kara‑Newton and her team, building this tech‑enabled model has not just improved outcomes but renewed their sense of purpose in healthcare innovation. Her journey shows how purpose‑driven physicians can move beyond traditional practice and into building solutions that serve at scale.
Advice for Physicians Redesigning Their Work
Dr. Kara‑Newton’s advice for healthcare professionals includes starting with a meaningful insight from your own experience, leveraging your clinical background, and being open to cross‑discipline collaboration. She recommends testing your idea with a small pilot, building systems that combine human care with technology, and continuously refining based on user feedback. For physicians aiming to transform their career into a calling, her journey reminds us that innovation and impact often go hand in hand.
Key Takeaways
Innovation in healthcare does not mean abandoning patient‑centred care; it means amplifying it with purpose.
Women’s health offers a vast space for impact when clinicians apply their insight beyond the exam room.
Designing a new model requires clarity of mission, iterative building, and operational alignment.
When physicians become builders and visionaries, they unlock both personal fulfillment and broader impact.
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