We optimize professional health education by creating educational ecosystems that fully incorporate technology, human design, data analytics, and evidence-based content.
We collaborate with practitioners to produce high quality educational products and opportunities for health providers the world over, regardless of where they live or their previous educational background.
Our mission is to innovate and accelerate access to quality health professional education for everyone, anywhere and anytime.
Our vision is to optimize health professional education through collaboration with partners to create sustainable hybrid educational ecosystems that fully incorporate technology, human design, data analytics and evidence-based content.
We disrupt and innovate for the future of education, not the past.
We creatively challenge and believe that challenging the status quo builds a better tomorrow.
We exist to serve our customers, not the other way around.
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Michel is a physiotherapist, a health services and policy researcher, and a global health practitioner. He spent the first part of his career as a clinician, and then as a humanitarian aid worker implementing rehabilitation education and development initiatives around the world. After many years in the field, he completed his PhD in health policy, and spent 15 years as an academic researcher, Department Chair and associate Dean of Global Health. He is a past President of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and was awarded the 2020 Enid Graham Award for his contribution to global rehabilitation.
Mike, Sudha and their three hockey playing daughters live Durham, North Carolina.
Partner & Chief Strategy Officer
Paul is responsible for our strategy and business development at Polaris Edu. He has extensive experience building and managing global businesses with partners in developed and emerging countries.
Partner & Chief Financial Officer
Nick is a lawyer who practices in intellectual property, privacy, marketing and advertising. His career spans working for some of the world’s premier technology companies. He prides himself in providing pragmatic counsel to complex problems. At Polaris, Nick supports business operations, legal, and administrative functions. Nick holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of South Carolina, a Juris Doctor from the Charleston School of Law, and a MBA from Duke University.We optimize health professional education through collaboration with respected partners to create educational ecosystems that fully incorporate technology, human design, data analytics and evidence-based content.
Digitally transform and implement hybrid and online accredited institution-based health professional educational programs.
Identify, develop and implement short and mid length hybrid continuing health professional competency MicroDegree programs.
Develop and implement impartial health professional license entry-level competency examinations.