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David Lischner
Founder
Valant
David Lischner is a psychiatrist and the founder of Valant, a Seattle, Washington, company that makes electronic health record software for behavioral health practices. He built it because the generic record systems he used did not fit how mental health care works.
Running a Seattle Treatment Center
After finishing his psychiatry residency in 2002 he started a group practice, which became Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle. He could not find practice software that fit how psychiatrists work. "I knew that in order to successfully run and grow my practice, I was going to have to be as efficient as possible and utilize technology to my advantage," he said.
Founding Valant
In 2005 he founded Valant with his brother Ben Lischner, a former software developer at AT&T Wireless. Its software gives therapists and psychiatrists notes, treatment plans, outcome measures, scheduling, and billing designed for behavioral health. An $11 million round in July 2014 paid to build out its products and hire more than 20 people. By 2023 it served more than 22,000 behavioral health professionals in all 50 states.
He led Valant as chief executive until October 2020, when Ram Krishnan took over and he moved to a role focused on business development, product strategy, and innovation.