CEO & Co-Founder
CEO & Co-Founder, Freed
San Francisco Bay Area
Reclaiming time and humanity in healthcare with AI that works for clinicians, not against them.
Former Meta engineer turned healthcare innovator, leading one of the fastest-growing health-tech companies—trusted by 17,000+ clinicians processing 2M+ patient visits monthly.
Erez Druk is the CEO and Co-Founder of Freed, an AI-powered platform that helps clinicians reclaim their time from administrative overload. A former Meta engineer and serial entrepreneur, Erez built Freed after witnessing the toll that endless documentation took on his wife, a family physician.
Today, over 17,000 clinicians use Freed to automate medical notes and reduce burnout—transforming how doctors work and reconnecting them with the purpose that first brought them to medicine.
CEO & Co-Founder of Freed — serving 17,000+ clinicians
Processing 2M+ patient visits monthly
Former Meta engineer & serial entrepreneur
Founded UrbanLeap (data-driven local government solutions)
Mission: Bringing humanity back to healthcare through AI
Erez Druk is an ex-Meta engineer and serial entrepreneur on a mission to bring humanity back to healthcare. As the CEO and Co-Founder of Freed, he's leading one of the fastest-growing health-tech companies in the world—trusted by over 17,000 clinicians and processing more than two million patient visits each month.
Freed was born from a deeply personal insight. Watching his wife, Dr. Gabi Meckler, a family physician, spend hours every night completing documentation, Erez saw firsthand how the administrative burden was draining joy from the medical profession. Determined to help her—and clinicians everywhere—he used his technical expertise to build a simple, AI-powered assistant that automates medical documentation.
Before Freed, Erez founded UrbanLeap, where he helped local governments use data to make smarter, faster decisions. That same data-driven ethos now drives Freed's mission: empowering clinicians with technology that feels intuitive, safe, and human-centered.
Erez's work has earned recognition across the healthcare and technology sectors for tackling one of medicine's toughest problems—clinician burnout—with empathy and innovation. His leadership reflects a belief that AI should never replace the human connection in healthcare—it should restore it.
Expert insights at the intersection of AI, healthcare, and clinician wellbeing
How artificial intelligence is freeing clinicians from paperwork and restoring the human connection in medicine
How small practices are surviving consolidation, administrative burden, and technology gaps through AI adoption
Building AI that doctors actually want to use—balancing 'move fast' tech culture with 'do no harm' medical ethics
Why burnout has been getting worse for years and why we can actually solve it now with the right technology
What does work look like for clinicians when AI handles all the administrative burden? Examining balance and sustainability
Mission-driven insights backed by real data and personal experience at the intersection of AI innovation and healthcare transformation
Freed's latest survey of 1,000+ clinicians shows nearly half of small-practice providers actively using AI to reduce admin time and keep their doors open. Erez brings both data and lived experience to the discussion, sharing how AI is reshaping the economics of independent medicine.
Freed's survey found that 60% of family medicine doctors now use AI to combat burnout and improve care. Erez explains why family medicine is 'ground zero' for burnout—and how AI is helping clinicians reclaim time, connection, and sustainability.
When Erez saw his wife drowning in paperwork, he turned his engineering expertise into a mission. What began as a personal solution is now one of the world's fastest-growing health-tech companies—serving 17,000 clinicians and handling 2M visits monthly.
Freed's research reveals clinicians forming grassroots AI communities to survive. Erez discusses this 'last stand' for small-practice medicine—and how technology is finally empowering clinicians to stay independent.
"AI should give clinicians their evenings back."
— Erez Druk
"Burnout isn't inevitable—it's a design flaw."
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Small practices are getting crushed right now—by consolidation, by administrative burden, by technology they can't afford. What's happening, and why does it matter?
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Erez discusses how Freed is revolutionizing medical documentation with AI
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Erez brings data-driven insights on AI innovation in healthcare, clinician burnout solutions, and the future of independent medical practices. Perfect for audiences interested in health-tech, entrepreneurship, and the human side of AI adoption.
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