Liya and Kevin

are managing the fine print of cancer treatment.

About Maia

Maia Oncology, fka Alula, is the first virtual comprehensive primary care clinic for cancer patients and survivors in the country.

The Maia team has learned how to fight and outlive many cancers, but with that comes an unintended consequence: by surviving cancer and living longer, patients will have to navigate the toxicities and long-term complications that emerge from the treatment it took to save their life. Often, patients face this alone, as we haven’t built care teams that manage the fallout of cancer treatment.

That’s where Maia comes in.

Why Now

There are 1.8 million people in the US diagnosed with cancer every year. They join 17 million survivors and 85 million family members in a community that spends $15 billion a year on non-medical expenses and yet still has to rely on word-of-mouth and Google for answers and recommendations.

Founders
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Liya Shuster-Bier

Co-founder & CEO

Liya was diagnosed with lymphoma right after B School and imagined Maia Oncology (fka. Alula) during her two years of treatment and recovery. She began her career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs and spent two years at social impact advisory Third Sector Capital Partners before getting an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from U Penn’s Wharton School.



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Kevin Oeffinger, MD

Co-founder & Chief Clinical Officer

Kevin Oeffinger, MD, is a family physician, Professor in the Department of Medicine, and a member of the Duke Cancer Institute (DCI). He is founding Director of the DCI Center for Onco-Primary Care, and Director of the DCI Supportive Care and Survivorship Center.
He has a long-standing track record of NIH-supported research in cancer screening and survivorship and has served in a leadership capacity in various cancer-focused and primary care-focused national committees and organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Cancer Society, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. He is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Maia in the news
Fierce Healthcare
Maia Oncology picks up $4.25M to build out virtual primary care clinic for cancer patients
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TechCrunch
Alula, a platform for cancer caregivers, patients and survivors, raises 2.2 million
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Well + Good
The perfect cancer resource didn’t exist when she needed It, so this 32-year-old survivor created her own
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The Hustle
Liya Shuster-Bier battled cancer. Now, she’s building a platform to make cancer “less lonely”
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