Summary
Pavel Smirnov is a healthcare IT entrepreneur and CEO with over two decades of software experience and 12 years focused on health technology, best known for founding Health Samurai and building the Aidbox FHIR backend and CDR. He was an early adopter and active contributor to the FHIR community since 2012, helping shape the standard while enabling clients to build cloud EHRs, analytics, care coordination systems, and mobile apps. Previously he scaled WaveAccess from a three-person startup into a 100+ developer firm and led long-running EHR projects that delivered ONC-certified systems and Meaningful Use outcomes for U.S. hospitals. Based in Los Angeles, he combines hands-on product delivery with strategic standards work, and has a master’s in computer engineering from Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University. An operator at heart, Pavel’s background includes embedding and certifying hospital systems without expanding client staff—an indicator of his focus on practical, deployable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI"