In the thirteen episode of Vitals and Voices, we sit down with Sakhi Patel — a PharmD student at UC Irvine, community pharmacy intern, and co-founder of CuraVoice, an AI voice-simulation platform helping healthcare students strengthen their patient communication and bedside manner with personalized feedback.

Through her work in pharmacy, education, and mentorship, Sakhi is bridging the gap between clinical expertise and human connection. She shares how growing up witnessing health literacy challenges inspired her to pursue pharmacy — a field that combines science, communication, and care.

Sakhi also opens up about building CuraVoice from the ground up, scaling it into a tool now used by dozens of students and programs across the country. Beyond entrepreneurship, she creates educational content as @sakhubitril.rx, where she makes healthcare relatable and empowers students to build systems for learning and wellness.

Tune in as Sakhi shares her insights on redefining health education, making empathy measurable, and proving that communication is more than a soft skill — it’s a clinical one.