Nephronaut

Intelligence to care

Exploring new frontiers in healthcare.

Nephronaut builds software for how clinicians learn, how teams find evidence and how kidney services improve.

Two NHS nephrologists in Manchester founded the company in 2026. Each programme starts from a problem we meet in clinical practice.

People × Knowledge × Systems × Impact

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Engraved drawings of a heart, brain and kidney in intersecting circles beside a globe.
Fig. 1
Intersecting knowledge for a healthier tomorrow.

Our programmes

Four connected programmes for learning, practice and better care.

Built by clinicians, for patients and the teams who care for them.

Loom / 01

Clinical simulation studio

A studio for writing curriculum-mapped clinical scenarios with AI, for teaching and simulation.

In development

AI Practice Rounds / 02

Virtual patient experience

Adaptive conversations with virtual patients, so trainees can rehearse a consultation and then review how it went.

Early preview In development Register interest

Sibyl / 03

Knowledge library

Guideline intelligence. Published clinical guidelines gathered in one place and searchable, with each passage traced to its source.

In development Register interest

Pathways / 04

Care intelligence and improvement

Clinical registries and service dashboards that show how a kidney service is performing and where its pathways can improve.

In development

The Nephronauts

Clinicians who build.

Dr John Hartemink and Dr Mohamed Elewa are nephrologists at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. The emblem, a kidney in a space helmet, marks where the company started.

Meet the team
The Nephronauts emblem: a kidney wearing an astronaut's helmet, orbited by a planet.
The Nephronauts Clinicians · Explorers

Same curiosity.
Different horizons.

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NHS teams, universities, clinical educators and industry: tell us what you are working on.

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