Sema Sgaier

Co-Founder & CEO, Surgo Health

Sema Sgaier, Ph.D., is the CEO and Co-Founder of Surgo Health, a behavioral AI company dedicated to improving health outcomes by deeply understanding human behavior. By integrating behavioral science and AI, Surgos’s proprietary real-world data (RWD) platforms, BehavioralPulse™ and Mosaic™, reveal individual beliefs, desires, and barriers to health engagement.

Dr. Sgaier has close to 20 years of experience in healthcare. Prior to Surgo Health, she co-founded and led Surgo Foundation and Surgo Ventures, developing analytic products solving health problems with precision. Dr. Sgaier held several roles at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, bringing innovations in data, consumer insights, and product introduction into large-scale health programs globally.