About Us

ThyConnect integrates patients into online communities, which help them cope with Thyroid Diseases - Hashimoto's Disease, Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, and Thyroid Cancer. Connecting patients with similar backgrounds and issues provides much-needed support. Patients can create a personal thyroid profile to graphically monitor their symptoms and treatments. 

Each patient of a thyroid disease faces unique circumstances. Since the thyroid affects energy and emotions, it is often difficult to deal with problems of thyroid hormone production. Even small tasks in our lives might become burdensome. Whether we are a young woman with a desire to start a family, an older man or woman looking forward to retirement, or an athlete, we each face problems unique to our own situation. Friends on ThyConnect share more than their thyroid problems; they share their life experiences and help one another through difficult times.

ThyConnect is the brainchild of two Princeton University students, Poshak Agrawal and Carter Greenbaum. Carter, as a male under thirty with no family history of thyroid disease, was shocked by the diagnosis and wished to find patients in a similar situation. Poshak, having seen Carter's condition as his freshman-year roommate, felt strongly about the problems faced by Thyroid patients. He also had the exposure to the start-up world having been involved with Princeton Entrepreneurship Club. Carter and Poshak partnered to create ThyConnect to assist patients of this lesser-known disease in 2009. 

The accumulation of individual experiences on this site adds up to an online encyclopedia of advice for all. We hope that ThyConnect facilitates your journey and helps to pave the road to an easier life.