History
GreenSHeart™ is a short name for Greenhouse for Strong Heart.
Motivated to solve social-economic challenges by advancing Digital Health through a Greenhouse concept.
GreenSHeart was founded in June 2020 by Dr Nik Nailah Abdullah with her late father, Dato Haji Abdullah Ahmad (who was a long-term chronic disease patient) together with Dr David Steinhaus.
A Greenhouse is an environmentally controlled place to grow plants, constructed in any place in the world, often using advanced technology for nourishment.
A Strong Heart from a medical perspective is a healthy heart and, from our philosophical perspective, a heart that acts with kindness to contribute to society.
Inspired by and blending these ideas, GreenSHeart uses AI technology to bring people together to facilitate learning, medical advances, and improved patient outcomes. We believe anything we want to do in benefiting the society and the economy is possible, even in a country with a limited resources -if we start with a strong heart in a greenhouse.
Founding Team
First inventor on Malaysian & United States patents for the GreenSheart™ AI platform.
Dr Nik Nailah is a computer scientist at Monash University Malaysia specializing in cognitive science and multi-agent systems. Her work focuses on cost-effective AI for underserved rural patients diagnosed with heart failure and cancer.
She was a finalist for the 2008 BlackBerry Women and Technology Award and presented her Activity States Framework at Google Mountain View, showcasing her expertise in human-agent communication.
Dr Nik Nailah teaches in the School of IT, has published papers on multi-agent AI in healthcare, and advocates for affordable digital health solutions in resource-limited settings.
First inventor on Malaysian & U.S. patents for the GreenSheart™ AI platform.
Formerly at Medtronic, Dr. Steinhaus led the heart failure business, directing cardiac resynchronization therapy and serving as liaison to government agencies and professional societies.
He chaired the Cardiology Department at Mid America Heart Institute, directed electrophysiology fellowship programs, and performed extensive clinical research on implantable cardiac devices.
A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College and an MD from Harvard Medical School, he completed his residency and cardiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Steinhaus has authored peer-reviewed publications and testified before the Senate FDA Committee.
Affiliated Scientist Team
Research Scientist Anil Raj, M.D., University of Michigan School of Medicine graduate and former US Army medical officer, led aerospace medicine research at Pensacola's Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory and at NASA Johnson Space Center.
He developed and tested the Tactile Situation Awareness System (TSAS) for the US Navy and NASA, integrating software agents with human-centered interfaces to enhance situational awareness.
Founder of Engineering Physics Propulsion Lab (EPPL) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Drakunov secured multiple NSF and NASA grants to design spacecraft prototypes and serves on advisory boards for NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium and high-tech companies.
Former Chief Scientist at NASA Ames Human-Centered Computing, Clancey pioneered heuristic classification and meta-level reasoning at Stanford’s MYCIN project and led Mobile Agents development for ISS file processing.
A fellow of AAAI and American College of Medical Informatics, his work bridges AI, human–computer interaction, and workflow analysis.
Engineering Team
IHMC research associate since 1992 with degrees in computer science. He built Project Quorum mail server networks and LLCorreo, an email tool for DOS machines targeting children.
Carff contributed to CmapTools, TSAS, and Software Agents projects, demonstrating expertise in network communications, Java-based user interfaces, 3D simulations, and distributed computing.
Sanjay, a Monash graduate in Computer Science and Computational Medicine, serves as AI Engineer at GreenSHeart and organizes Google Developer Group events. His work spans research at Conestoga Innovation & Entrepreneurship and engineering EMR systems as IT Manager at Bejan Singh Eye Hospital.
Proficient in AI, Python, Git, and agile methodologies, he drives scalable tech solutions to improve patient data workflows and make healthcare more accessible globally.
Bachelor of Computer Science from Monash University, providing a strong foundation in software development and algorithms.
Served as AI Engineer at NTT DATA Germany, developing and deploying advanced AI solutions across enterprise clients.
Founded and scaled a successful e-commerce business, demonstrating strategic vision, marketing acumen, and operational leadership.
Our Vision
Our vision is to transform chronic disease management platform with Digital Health leaving no patients and health systems behind.
Our Mission
Our mission is to contribute to human welfare by innovation in Digital Health software technology to provide systems which optimize the management of chronic disease for patients and clinicians.
GreenSHeart™ Mission Statement
Whether you are a clinician, scientist, a patient champion or a person from the industry who believes in our vision, we welcome you to join our community.
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