Dr. Alex Ashmayansky
A doctor who co-founded Cost Plus Drugs with Mark Cuban after sending him a cold email with the idea for a compounding pharmacy with transparent pricing.
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9/9/2025, 5:41:28 AM
Last Updated
9/9/2025, 5:47:43 AM
Research Retrieved
9/9/2025, 5:47:43 AM
Summary
Dr. Alex Oshmyansky (also referred to as Dr. Alex Ashmayansky in some contexts) is an American radiologist, co-founder, and CEO of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (Cost Plus Drugs.com). Born in November 1984 in Denver, Colorado, he holds an MD from Duke University and a DPhil in Mathematics from Oxford. He established Cost Plus Drugs.com with Mark Cuban to combat the lack of transparency and inflated costs in the US healthcare system, particularly by challenging Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and vertical integration. His work was highlighted by Mark Cuban at the All-In Summit 2025 as a market-driven solution to healthcare issues, and he was recognized in Time's 2024 Top 100 most influential people in health.
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Extracted Attributes
Born
1984-11, Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Honors
Time's 2024 Top 100 most influential people in health
Spouse
Yes
Children
None
Education
BA in Biochemistry from University of Colorado at Boulder; MD from Duke University School of Medicine; DPhil in Mathematics from University of Oxford
Full Name
Alexander R. Oshmyansky
Alma Mater
University of Colorado at Boulder, Duke University, University of Oxford
Occupation
Radiologist, Founder/CEO of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company
Nationality
American
Family Background
Born into a Jewish family of immigrants from the Soviet Union
Alternative Name Spelling
Dr. Alex Ashmayansky (as seen in related document and prompt)
Timeline
- Born in Denver, Colorado, U.S. (Source: web_search_results)
1984-11
- Began undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, earning a BA in Biochemistry. (Source: web_search_results)
2002-08
- Served as a Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, DC. (Source: web_search_results)
2003-06
- Began medical studies at Duke University School of Medicine, earning an MD by May 2009. (Source: web_search_results)
2003-08
- Began DPhil (PhD) in Mathematics at the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar, completing it by October 2013. (Source: web_search_results)
2005-10
- Worked as a Summer Consultant for Boston Consulting Group in Atlanta, GA. (Source: web_search_results)
2007-06
- Completed a General Surgery Internship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School. (Source: web_search_results)
2009-07
- Began Diagnostic Radiology Residency and Pediatric Radiology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, completing by June 2015. (Source: web_search_results)
2010-07
- Founded the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, motivated by the skyrocketing costs of generic drugs for his patients. (Source: web_search_results)
Unknown
- Included in Time's 2024 Top 100 most influential people in health. (Source: web_search_results)
2024
- Mark Cuban discussed Cost Plus Drugs.com, co-founded with Dr. Alex Oshmyansky, at the All-In Summit 2025, highlighting it as a solution to issues within the US healthcare system. (Source: related_documents)
2025
Web Search Results
- Alex Oshmyansky - Wikipedia
Alexander Oshmyansky (born in November 1984) is an American radiologist who is co-founder and CEO of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.( Biography [edit] Oshmyansky was born in Denver, Colorado into a Jewish family of immigrants from the Soviet Union and grew up in Littleton, Colorado, about 9 miles south of Denver. He attended Dakota Ridge High School in Littleton. [...] Oshmyansky is a staff radiologist at Vision Radiology, for which he performs teleradiology at multiple locations around the United States.( He is affiliated with a number of medical institutions, such as St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.( Honors [edit] Oshmyansky was included in Time's 2024 Top 100 most influential people in health. ( Personal life [edit] [...] Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American radiologist (born 1984) | Alexander R. Oshmyansky | | Born | November 1984 Denver, Colorado, U.S. | | Education | CU Boulder (BA) Duke University (MD) University of Oxford (DPhil) | | Occupation(s) | Staff radiologist, Vision Radiology Founder/CEO, Cost Plus Drugs | | Spouse | yes | | Children | none | | Website | Cost Plus Drugs: Mission |
- Alex Oshmyansky | Cost Plus Drugs - The Patient Story
Alex Oshmyansky, MD, PhD, is the Founder and CEO of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. He shares the catalyst that made him pivot from being a practicing physician to starting a pharmaceutical company. In this conversation, he talks about the exorbitant costs of medicines along with Dr. Vincent Rajkumar, a hematologist oncologist at the Mayo Clinic, and the complicated and convoluted path from pharma to patient, and what his company is doing to offer drugs at the best prices possible. [...] # Alex Oshmyansky | Cost Plus Drugs Alex Oshmyansky, MD, PhD Alex Oshmyansky, founder and CEO of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, talks about drug pricing and what they are doing to offer drugs at the best prices they can. Alex Oshmyanksy feature # Alex Oshmyansky | Cost Plus Drugs Alex Oshmyanksy feature [...] Alex Oshmyansky, MD, PhD: [I’m] a board-certified diagnostic radiologist. I have a PhD in applied mathematics. When I was a kid, I was going to be a string theorist, so a high-energy particle physicist. I was being fast-tracked into that. With all the wisdom of a teenager, I decided that wasn’t going to be impactful enough in the real world so [I] made a hard shift [in] my last year of college and decided to major in biochemistry instead.
- Alex Oshmyansky, MD - Sanford Health News
In this episode, Courtney Collen with Sanford Health News talks with Dr. Alex Oshmyansky, founder and CEO of Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (commonly known as Cost Plus Drugs). Dr. Oshmyansky is a speaker at the 2024 Summit on the Future of Rural Health Care with the topic disrupting health care, prioritizing affordability, trust, and patient-centric solutions. Courtney Collen (host): We’re so happy to have you in Sioux Falls. Welcome. Dr. Alex Oshmyansky (guest): [...] Well, we thank you so much for your time and for being here in Sioux Falls at the third Rural Health Summit. And of course, as a guest on our “Reimagining Rural Health” podcast. Thank you so much for your time. Dr. Alex Oshmyansky: Thank you so much for having me. Thank you. Alan Helgeson: [...] Thank you for having me. Courtney Collen: As the founder and CEO of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, innovation is in your DNA. We know that. Can you tell us what programs or policies you think should be in front and center today and soon to impact affordability, trust, and patient-centric solutions in health care? Dr. Alex Oshmyansky:
- Alex Oshmyansky, MD - Key Speakers Bureau
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- [PDF] Alexander Roman Oshmyansky, MD, PhD - Cloudfront.net
all ABC News shows including ABC World News, Good Morning America, etc. • Worked directly under ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent Richard Besser Boston Consulting Group Atlanta, GA June – August 2007 Summer Consultant • Worked as a management consultant for a large regional hospital group. • Helped evaluate hospital acquisition and expansion strategy National Institutes of Health Washington, DC June - August 2003 Research Fellow • Began image processing work, specifically on solving problem [...] Hopkins Hospital July 2010 – June 2015 • Diagnostic Radiology Residency • Pediatric Radiology Fellowship Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hosp. July 2009 – June 2010 • General Surgery Intern University of Oxford October 2005 – October 2013 • PhD (DPhil Oxon.) in mathematics • Research on mathematical modelling of seizures • Awarded Marshall Scholarship, full tuition/fees Duke University School of Medicine August 2003 – May 2009 • MD University of Colorado at Boulder August 2002 – May