Dr Marissa Dinar is a Malaysian-born medical doctor and the founder of NOVV, a digital healthcare platform focused on Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Preventative Care and Longevity.

Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Dr Marissa left Malaysia after receiving an academic scholarship to pursue medicine in Ireland. She graduated and began her medical career in the Irish healthcare system, working and training across hospital medicine and surgery.

Her career later took her to Australia, where she continued practising across the Gold Coast and Sydney. Over the years, her clinical work expanded into women’s and men’s health, metabolic medicine, weight management and preventative healthcare.

Working across different healthcare systems shaped how she began to think about medicine differently.

Dr Marissa saw that healthcare around the world is often built to respond once something has already gone wrong. Preventative medicine — understanding your health, identifying potential risks and acting earlier — remains an underused part of everyday healthcare.

And at the same time, she saw another problem: access.

For many hardworking men and women, seeing a doctor means finding time between work, family and everyday responsibilities. When healthcare feels inconvenient or difficult to access, people naturally put it off. 

Routine blood tests get delayed. Symptoms are ignored. Follow-ups are missed. People become very good at carrying on with life without truly knowing what is happening with their health.

That experience shaped NOVV.

Dr Marissa founded NOVV around a simple belief: you shouldn’t have to wait until something feels seriously wrong to start taking your health seriously.

NOVV brings doctors, diagnostics, treatment and ongoing healthcare into a digital-first model designed around the way people live today — supported by MMC-registered doctors, structured clinical pathways and licensed healthcare partners.

The aim is to make it easier for people to speak to a doctor, understand their health, address the concerns they have today and stay on top of the health risks that may matter tomorrow.

That same thinking shapes the NOVV experience itself — considered, modern and intentionally different from traditional healthcare. We believe taking care of your health should feel like something you want to prioritise, not something you put off.

For Dr Marissa, the future of healthcare is not only about treating illness. It is about helping people engage with their health earlier, more regularly and with qualified medical guidance alongside them.

Because ultimately, your health is what allows you to enjoy everything else you work so hard to build.

Healthcare should fit into your life — not wait until your health interrupts it.