Founder’s story

A lifelong innovator, our founder, Dr Kenman Gan, began coding at just eight years old, crafting video games with Applesoft BASIC. From an early age, he believed software would transform the way diseases are diagnosed and treated.
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In 2011, Dr. Gan turned that vision into reality by founding a small software company dedicated to using cloud-based technologies to provide eyecare remotely to patients experiencing long wait times to see doctors. Over the past decade, Care1 has steadily grown into Canada’s largest AI-driven tele-eyecare platform.

With the world’s aging population, maintaining eye health will be increasingly important. Care1 is uniquely positioned to lead the way in sight preservation and advanced medical eyecare, ensuring access to innovative solutions for lifelong vision health.