Dr. Andreas (Andy) Kogelnik, MD, PhD

If there is one thing the lifestyle community has always needed, it's a doctor who gets it. Not one who raises an eyebrow when you mention multiple partners. Not one who hands you a pamphlet and sends you on your way. A doctor who actually understands that people in the ENM, swinger, polyamorous, and kink communities deserve access to real, comprehensive, private sexual health testing without judgment, without hassle, and without having to explain their lives to anyone.
That doctor exists. And his name is Andy Kogelnik.
Dr. Andreas (Andy) Kogelnik, MD, PhD is the Founder and Laboratory Director of ProDx Health and the Founder and Director of the Open Medicine Institute. He holds an MD from Emory University School of Medicine and a PhD in Bioengineering from Georgia Institute of Technology — a combination that gave him a rare ability to think like both a clinician and an engineer. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Stanford University Medical Center, where he went on to serve as research faculty before launching his first ventures in precision medicine.
Before ProDx, Dr. Kogelnik founded the Open Medicine Institute in 2011 — a research-driven clinic in Mountain View, California dedicated to tackling some of the most dismissed and under-researched chronic illnesses in modern medicine, including ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, and long COVID. At a time when mainstream medicine was shrugging off these patients, Andy built an entire institute around taking them seriously. He led CDC-funded clinical research networks, held fellowships from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, and advised some of Silicon Valley's most forward-thinking biotech organizations. That track record of going where the need is greatest and building something to meet it is exactly what led him to ProDx.
ProDx Health is a CLIA-certified, at-home STI and hormone testing laboratory based in Menlo Park, California — and it is unlike anything the sexual health space has seen before. Dr. Kogelnik built and operates the lab in-house, which means faster turnaround times, tighter quality control, and results delivered to a HIPAA-compliant private portal in as little as 24 to 48 hours. No doctor's appointment. No insurance required. No waiting rooms. No awkward conversations. Just accurate, clinical-grade results sent straight to your phone.
But what makes ProDx truly significant for our community is this: it became the first home-collection STI testing kit in history to receive PASS certification — the same rigorous standard used to protect performers in the adult industry. For lifestyle folks who know what PASS means and why it matters, that is not a small thing. That is a game changer.
The Pro 13 Kit — ProDx's most comprehensive panel — screens for 13 infections across multiple anatomical sites including genital, rectal, and throat, covering the kinds of exposures that people in the lifestyle actually have and that standard clinic panels routinely miss. It tests for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis B and C, Mycoplasma genitalium, trichomoniasis, and more. ProDx also offers nationwide hormone testing — testosterone, cortisol, thyroid — for the people who want to stay not just safe, but truly optimized.
Dr. Kogelnik came to us personally referred by the legendary Susan Bratton — and the fact that she sent him our way, for the first time ever, tells you everything you need to know. This man is not just building a product. He is actively working to change the culture around sexual health testing and make it something our community can actually use, trust, and be proud of.
You can find Andy and everything ProDx has to offer at www.prodxhealth.com.