Maia Hightower, MD, MPH, MBA

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Viteon Health

Dr. Maia Hightower is a board-certified internist and population-health physician who has spent two decades translating cutting-edge science into everyday clinical practice. Before founding Viteon Health, she served as Chief Digital and Technology Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer for three Top-25 academic health systems, where she led enterprise-wide precision-medicine and AI initiatives that reached more than 3 million patients.

A clinician-innovator at heart, Maia blends deep expertise in multi-omic research, health-system leadership, and venture-backed digital health to help high-performing professionals extend health-span—not just lifespan. Her vision for Viteon is simple yet bold: unite whole-body diagnostics, AI-driven insight, and concierge-level coaching so clients can add quality years to their prime decades.

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At Viteon Health, Maia leads a cross-disciplinary “pit-crew” of physicians, data scientists, and performance coaches who deliver bespoke longevity programs—turning complex lab panels and AI predictions into clear, actionable plans that optimize biology, cognition, and metabolic resilience for years to come.

Maia earned her MD and MPH from the University of Rochester, completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency at University of California, San Diego, and holds an MBA from the Wharton School. She has advised Fortune 500 employers, biotech accelerators, and federal-level precision-health initiatives, and she serves on the National Academy of Medicine advisory committee for Precision Medicine and AI.