Longevity is a disciplined daily practice: Dr Shriram Nene

In an interview with Mint, the heart specialist talks about why longevity is not just about science but resilience as well

- Mahalakshmi Prabhakaran

Cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon, healthcare innovator, tech innovator, producer and storyteller": Dr Shriram Nene wears multiple hats that very naturally converge on one common subject: health. Moving to India from the US in 2011 with a vision to scale medicine and make it accessible to the country's billion-strong population through media and health tech, Nene today seems comfortable juggling multiple roles outside the operating room. Besides founding the AI-driven platform, Pathfinder Health Sciences that "reimagines preventive care", he is also gaining recognition as a longevity expert who has been invited to speak on the subject at events such as IISC's RISE - For Healthy Aging Longevity India Conference 2025 and the INK Experience at the 2024 TiE Global Summit in Bengaluru. And then there's his whole turn as a health influencer where he regularly doles out health and life advice on social media to his 500k plus followers.

"For me, social media is simply another operating theatre—just one where the scalpel is information," he says in an email interview with Mint on the sidelines of the Radiant Wellness Conclave 2025 recently held in Chennai, where he was a speaker. Edited excerpts: You have become a longevity evangelist in the country today. What is it about this field that drives you especially when a lot of it, in terms of solutions, remains ambiguous and inaccessible to most of us?