Neil Upreti

Neil Upreti, from Dallas, Texas, is pursuing an MD at Stanford School of Medicine. He graduated from Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering. Inspired by disparities seen during five years of EMS work and volunteering in free clinics, Neil aspires to increase accessibility to healthcare in resource-limited settings by developing low-cost therapeutic and diagnostic tools. He founded Fluoride Fellowship Inc., an NGO that has helped provide medical supplies to more than 20,000 individuals in underserved communities, led initiatives to commercialize novel medical devices, and interned at Siemens Healthineers. Neil has published articles on acoustofluidic devices in journals such as Nature Communications, Science Advances, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, and IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. During his time at Duke, Neil served as a Global Fellow and was awarded the Julie Anne Levey Memorial Leadership Award and Duke Distinguished Leadership Award.