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Megha Poddar

Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer, nymble health

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Megha Poddar co-founded nymble health, the Vancouver company that delivers behavioural support to patients on GLP-1 obesity medications over text messaging and WhatsApp instead of an app, and is its chief medical officer. Poddar is an obesity medicine specialist and a co-author of the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines.

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Did Megha Poddar co-found nymble health?

Yes. New Ventures BC reported on 2026-07-03 that nymble health was founded by Dr. Puneet Seth and Dr. Megha Poddar, listing Poddar as co-founder and CMO. The company's own Our approach page, read on 2026-09-24, lists Poddar as Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer.

What is Megha Poddar's medical background?

New Ventures BC wrote on 2026-07-03 that Poddar, MD, FRCPC, ABOM, is a co-author of the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines. The Primary Medicine Podcast, on 2024-04-21, described Poddar as an endocrinologist and obesity medicine specialist, a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and an adjunct assistant professor at McMaster University.

What does Poddar do at nymble health?

The nymble health Our approach page, read on 2026-09-24, says Poddar leads the company's clinical strategy and makes sure every patient interaction meets evidence-based standards of care.

Has nymble health won any awards with Poddar?

The American Diabetes Association's Innovation Challenge page, read on 2026-09-24, lists Megha Poddar, co-founder and CMO of nymble health, as a second-place winner of the 2026 Innovation Challenge, a place shared in a tie with Silverstream Medical. ADA Meeting News covered the challenge on 2026-06-08.

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