IKS HEALTH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Human Resources Officer
- EVP
- Member of the Executive Team
Abhay is responsible for managing all our people processes and systems across India & the US. He will lead the charter in helping us build a Culture marked by agility, focused execution, collaboration, empowerment and respect. He will be mandated to develop and implement Talent Strategies which will support our aspiration of high growth and our vision of becoming an organization which is in the business of delivering insights.
Abhay comes with a very strong track record of driving Organizational and Leadership transformations. He brings with him over 25 years' strong experience in working on people agenda. Abhay joins us from Cipla, where he was the Chief Talent Officer. At Cipla, he was responsible for driving the Talent and Capabilities strategies at the global scale. Organization Effectiveness, Talent Acquisition, Learning and development, Talent Management, and executive compensations have been areas of interest and expertise.
Abhay is an alumnus of Delhi University and Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, where he completed his masters in History and Human Resources respectively. He has also acquired certifications in Psychometric Assessment tools. He is pursuing certification in Executive Coaching from ICF.
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Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Strategic Accounts
As Senior Vice President, Strategic Accounts, Ajay leads client support for IKS Health's enterprise clients, creating strategic partnerships and driving customer success. His responsibilities include creating customer value, overall execution of business goals, customer excellence and identifying strategic upsell win-win solutions that enable high customer satisfaction.
Prior to joining IKS Health, Mr. Madatiparambil worked with Lionbridge Technologies where he was responsible for driving business value for the company's healthcare division. Mr. Madatiparambil has also worked with Freddie Mac where he was part of a team that identified, prioritized and performed business analysis for the Credit Policy and Portfolio Management group. Mr. Madatiparambil holds a Bachelor's degree in Business from Gujarat University, and an MBA from Texas A&M University.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Optum Health, IKS Health Advisory Board
- Physician, Public Health Leader and Health Care Executive
Dr. Amar Desai is a physician, public health leader and health care executive with over two decades of experience transforming the healthcare system and helping patients lead healthier, more fulfilled lives.
Through his work at the intersection of direct patient care and health care systems, Dr. Desai has developed innovative delivery models that improve clinical outcomes, increase affordability, and transform the experience of being a healthcare consumer. By translating clinical excellence into economic value, Dr. Desai has improved care delivery in a range of settings, including early-stage start-ups, organizational turnaround, Fortune 200 companies, and academic health systems.
Currently, Dr. Desai serves as President for Health Care Delivery at CVS Health where he is responsible for the company's health services organization and care delivery strategy across primary care, physician enablement, and technology enabled value-based care. In his role, he oversees retail health, behavioral health, and the development and implementation of payor-agnostic products and services.
Prior to his current role, Dr. Desai served as President and CEO of Optum Pacific West, building and operating the largest multi-payor value-based care delivery organization in the country. In this role, he oversaw Optum's care delivery organizations throughout California, Oregon, and Washington comprised of more than 20,000 physicians and serving 2.5 million patients.
Prior to his current role, Dr. Desai served as the President of HealthCare Partners, a leading integrated delivery network serving over 700,000 patients. Dr. Desai also served as CEO of University of Southern California (USC) Care where he led transformative growth and positioned the university's medical center as a regional leader for complex care. Prior to USC, Dr. Desai was a senior executive at DaVita, a global leader in dialysis care, where he advanced integrated kidney care models and led corporate strategy for the enterprise.
Early in his career, Dr. Desai served as an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company. Dr. Desai received his Bachelor's and Medical Degrees from Brown University, and his Masters in Public Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Keck School of Medicine at USC and has previously held faculty appointments at Stanford School of Medicine and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- EVP
- Member of the Executive Team
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Chairman
Mr. Desai is a Senior Partner at J. Sagar Associates, a national law firm in India. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions, derivatives, corporate and financial laws and international commercial arbitration. He is on the boards of many public and privately held companies including Praj Industries Limited, The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited, Man Infraconstruction Limited, Jubilant Foodworks Limited, Star Health and Allied Insurance Limited, Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited among others.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Physician Integration, Dignity Health & Executive Vice President, CommonSpirit Health
In his role at Dignity Health, Bruce is responsible for the enterprise physician integration strategy and operation inclusive of all employment models, clinical integration, and population health management. Bruce leads the development of cooperative relationships between physicians and Dignity Health hospitals and management, profit and loss responsibility, physician related mergers and acquisitions, and provides leadership to the development of physician support mechanisms that facilitate the alignment of physicians and Dignity Health entities. He is a member of the system Executive Growth Team and participates in system wide strategy development, mergers, and acquisitions.
Prior to Dignity Health, he served as the Executive Vice President of MED3000, a national technology and physician practice management company. In that role, Bruce was responsible for national managed care operations, payer and provider risk management contracts, and emergency response operations. In addition, Bruce held executive positions at WellPoint as Vice President Network Management, inclusive of Commercial, Medicare, Medi-Cal, and ancillary provider contracting, Chief Operating Officer for Premier Practice Management, Senior Vice President Mergers and Acquisitions for MedPartners, and Vice President Operations for Mullikin Medical Centers.
A former member of the organization's advisory board, King joins the board of investors after serving as the senior vice president of integration at Aetna, one of the nation's largest health plans. His responsibilities at Aetna included leading the provider network strategy and implementation planning for the Humana acquisition. King also had profit and loss responsibility for National Accounts, a division serving Aetna's largest customers. Additionally, he served as head of Aetna's provider network strategy and contracting policies.
Job Titles:
- President and Chief Operating Officer, Veritas Veterinary Partners
Chris is currently the President of Veritas Veterinary Partners, a leading nationwide provider of Emergency and Specialty Veterinarian services. Prior to this role, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Optum Tri- State. For over 20 years he had been the Chief Operating Officer of CareMount Medical, PC (formerly known as Mount Kisco Medical Group). Mr. Sclafani was an integral member of the executive leadership team at CareMount and was a key participant in the development of the strategic and operational direction for the Group.
Prior to joining CareMount, he was a Senior Vice President at Putnam Hospital Center (PHC). Before PHC, Mr. Sclafani worked for Central Hudson Gas and Electric. Right after college, he served four years as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy.
Mr. Sclafani earned his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Villanova University and a Master's in Business Administration degree from Fordham University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- VP - Sales
David is the Senior Vice President of Sales and leads the sales team to significant growth year over year. His focus and passion for helping clients with their largest problems is what drives him every day. David's ability to connect with his team and effectively inspire them to grow and excel is a core component that attributes to continuous success. He is a key spokesperson on sales related matter and through his leadership maintains a high level of motivation and morale.
David is a career Healthcare industry change agent with a long-proven track record of developing, managing, and closing large enterprise deals consisting of services and technology enabling his clients to achieve the best outcomes.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Derm Partners
David Fitzgerald is the Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Derm Partners. Frontier is a dermatology platform based in the Pacific Northwest of 40+ locations and 105+ providers. The group is focused on medical and aesthetic dermatology through high growth and process standardization. David also consults with groups and firms regarding the next step in equity transactions. He is the former CEO of Proliance Surgeons. David has more than 32 years of experience in healthcare. He received his MBA from the University of Utah. He spends what free time he has with his family-enjoying sporting activities, water and snow sports, learning to golf, traveling (hopefully someday again), and spending time at home.
Member Emeritus, IKS Health Advisory Board Dr. David Torchiana, MD serves as Chairman of Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO) at Massachusetts General Hospital and has also been its Chief Executive Officer since 2003. MGPO is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation, and the largest physician group practice in New England, representing more than 2,000 physicians. Dr. Torchiana was the Chief of cardiac surgery at Mass General from 1998 to 2003. He completed residencies in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital before joining the Department of Surgery in 1989.
He is a member of American College of Surgeons and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and a trustee of Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Torchiana is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Operations, Revenue Optimization Services
Deval Majmudar leads IKS Health's revenue optimization vertical that comprises some of the largest client delivery teams. Deval has extensive expertise in assessment, migration and delivery management both in onshore and offshore delivery models. Deval is known for turning around businesses and has consistently achieved & maintained high levels of customer satisfaction for large provider enterprises at IKS Health. He has a proven track record of enabling optimal clinical and operational outcomes for clients through growth by optimizing productivity, revenue capture and collections.
Deval demonstrates success in leading and working in multi-cultural environments and has contributed in large account acquisitions, building teams, steep ramp-up and project initiation, and interfacing with customer leadership teams. Deval has been the recipient of the Global Leadership Award for People Management and holds a Bachelor in Commerce from Mumbai University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Emeritus
- Chief Executive Officer of the American Medical Group Association
Dr. Fisher has been the Chief Executive Officer of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) since 1980. He also serves as the President of AMGA and Chairman of the Board of AMGA's subsidiary, Anceta, a health informatics company engaged in the development and utilization of a national data warehouse comprised of comprehensive, longitudinal patient healthcare information.
Prior to becoming the Chief Executive Officer of AMGA, Dr. Fisher served as the first Executive Director of the American Academy of Physician Assistants in Alexandria, Virginia. He is an immediate past chair and a member of the Board of Directors of the American International Health Alliance; the American Association of Medical Society Executives; the American College of Healthcare Executives; and the American Society of Association Executives.
Job Titles:
- Chief Medical Officer of Total Health and Network, CIGNA Healthcare Member
- Cigna 's Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Total Health
Dr. Alan M. Muney serves as Cigna's Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Total Health and Network. Dr. Muney is responsible for Cigna's clinical strategy and policy, health advocacy programs, coverage policy, and quality measurement and improvement. As lead for Total Health and Network, Dr. Muney is responsible for the market medical and clinical nurse executives, total health physician operations, total health clinical operations, dental clinical operations, as well as medical, behavioral and dental contracting. Dr. Muney also oversees Cigna's team of doctors, dentists, nurses and behavioral health clinicians involved in the company's health management and wellness programs.
Before joining Cigna, Dr. Muney was an Executive Director in the Private Equity Group at The Blackstone Group, and the CEO of Equity Healthcare, which he founded to manage the healthcare costs of Blackstone's portfolio companies. While at Blackstone, he also served on the Board of Directors of Vanguard Health System and Team Health. Dr. Muney was the executive vice president and chief medical officer of Oxford Health Plans and chief medical officer of United Healthcare of the Northeast region from 1998-2007. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and chief medical officer for Avanti Health systems, a division of NYLCare health plans. He was also regional medical director for Mullikin Medical Centers, a large multispecialty medical group in California. In these positions, Dr. Muney had responsibility for business development, utilization, quality and disease management programs, employer health benefit design strategies, and external relationships with health care professionals, regulators, and the media. He is a frequent lecturer on issues in managed health care.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Physician
- Senior Vice President, Clinical Support Solutions
Dr. Barbara Hodne is a highly accomplished physician and leader with over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry. She works alongside various teams to represent Clinical Support Solutions to our future and existing partners and works with the Product Team to drive enhancements in the existing and future IKS products.
Prior to joining IKS Health, she was the Chief Quality Officer at The Iowa Clinic, where she was responsible for leading the organization's quality improvement initiatives. Dr. Hodne is also a board-certified family physician and has served in a variety of leadership roles throughout her career, including medical director, associate quality director, and member of the board of directors.
Dr. Hodne is a passionate advocate for quality healthcare and has a proven track record of success in improving patient care. She is a member of the American Medical Group Association's Quality Council and the Iowa Medical Society's Committee on Legislation. She is also a charter member of the Population Health Leaders Network and an advisor to the Obesity Collaborative.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Co - Founder of the APF Innovation Learning Program
- Senior Vice President, Care Design & Innovation
Dr. Crocker is responsible for designing new products and solutions as well as refining/improving existing services within the Clinical Care Solutions pillar of IKS Health's Provider Enablement Platform for both current and prospective clients. He is passionate about team-based care and culture, technology and innovation, and the patient voice in healthcare transformation.
Dr. Crocker is a general internist/primary care physician and most recently served as Medical Director of the Ambulatory Practice of the Future (APF) at MGPO, where he provided clinical care and conducted collaborative research in the application of technologies to the field of primary care to enhance the knowledge and quality of innovative, patient- centered, team-based care.
Dr. Crocker brings over 20 years of clinical experience and thought leadership in team-based, patient-centered primary care, clinical operations, and healthcare innovation. In 2010, he co-founded and later served as medical director of one of Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) premier primary care practices in Boston, MA. He has participated in multiple aspects of practice design and operations improvement. He is published on a wide range of topics including post-discharge telephone follow-up, point of care testing, technology-assisted apprenticeship in chronic disease management, embedded health and wellness coaching, and the patient-centered medical home. Dr. Crocker also helped establish the first practice-centered PFAC (patient-family advisory committee) in his organization.
Dr. Crocker is the co-founder of the APF Innovation Learning Program which established a "living laboratory" within the clinical primary care environment to partner with academic and industry leaders to explore, design, create and test technological solutions to present and future day challenges in primary care. While there, he spearheaded the design, implementation, and scaling of what is now IKS' AssuRx centralized prescription renewal service to reduce staff administrative burden and introduce a new standard of safety in the prescription-renewal process. He also led primary care-based Scribble and New Chart Prep implementation and utilization.
A graduate of Tuft University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Dr. Crocker received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and attended Boston University Medical Center for residency in Internal Medicine as well as an additional year as chief medical resident.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Clinical Services Product and Outcomes Excellence
Dr. Kelly Reed came on-board IKS Health this fall after practicing as a family medicine physician in Des Moines, Iowa. She served as the family practice section Chief and on the Board of Directors at the Iowa Clinic.
She is a graduate of Drake University and has completed her medical degree from Des Moines University. Dr. Reed has worked many years in roles representing Iowa physicians and patients in the arena of legislative advocacy.
Dr. Reed is serving her second term on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Medical Society and through her years serving in these advocacy roles, directorships and being on The Iowa Clinic Finance Committee, she has recognized the need for innovative evolution of the value based medicine and the necessity of developing efficiencies in the business and practice of medicine while striving for the best quality outcomes.
Dr. Reed also served as the executive lead of the IKS Scribble Committee at The Iowa Clinic after successfully deploying Scribble as an essential tool in improving clinical efficiencies and excellence in patient satisfaction and quality outcomes.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Head - Value Based Care
As Chief of Operations Excellence, Coding Delivery Head at IKS Health, Dr. Mitul plays a major role in the organization's overall performance, leading organizational strategy, promoting operational effectiveness and elevating team performance through innovative leadership. He leads business-driven people strategy which supports and aligns to the overall business strategy at IKS Health and are essential to driving the organization's transformation journey. He oversees all aspects of compliance, learning, global employee experience and the Human Capital function at IKS Health.
Under Dr. Mitul's leadership, IKS Health is building a great success story for employees. He drives the organization's approach to highlight the skills and capabilities that employees need to develop in today's innovative technology driven environment. He fosters a culture of full spectrum participation, emphasizing inclusion and collaboration at IKS Health.
A 13-year veteran at IKS Health, Dr. Mitul has extensive experience leading organizational transformations, driving large scale growth, talent acquisition, leadership development, and succession planning. He has also held leadership positions in marketing, product management, client operations, organization design, talent management and business transformation and service groups. He is armed with several years of healthcare experience that spans across pharmaceuticals, diagnostic, hospital, and insurance industries.
Prior to his current role, he served as Head of Department - Marketing, Customer Service and Billing at Asian Heart Institute, one of India's premier tertiary care cardiac hospitals. Their healthcare delivery systems and customer care are looked upon as benchmarks in the hospital industry. Among other achievements at the Asian Heart Institute, Dr. Mitul successfully implemented processes that led to the Daily Sales Outstanding (DSO) reducing from 90 to 36 days. He has been an independent practitioner of general medicine and holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from Pune University. In addition, he has expert training in Hospital Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Job Titles:
- President and CEO of Baylor College of Medicine
- President, CEO and Executive Dean, Baylor College of Medicine, IKS Health Advisory Board, IKS Health Advisory Board
Dr. Paul Klotman began serving as president and CEO of Baylor College of Medicine on Sept. 1, 2010. He received his B.S. degree in 1972 from the University of Michigan and his M.D. from Indiana University in 1976. He completed his medicine and nephrology training at Duke University Medical Center. He stayed at Duke as a faculty member, rising to the rank of associate professor of medicine before moving to the NIH in 1988, where he became chief of the molecular medicine section in the laboratory of developmental biology. In 1993, he became chief of the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory in the NIDR/NIH. In 1994, he moved to Mount Sinai School of Medicine as the Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine and the chief of the division of nephrology. In 2001, he was selected to be the chair of the Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The College's Board of Trustees named him as the school's new president in July of 2010.
Klotman's research has been a blend of both basic and clinical research in molecular virology and AIDS pathogenesis. He developed the first small animal model of HIV associated nephropathy using transgenic techniques. He is the author of more than 200 publications, and he has been a visiting professor and lecturer internationally in the field of HIV pathogenesis. He has been elected to both the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He is on the editorial boards of journals both in the United States and in Europe, and he has served on and chaired numerous study sections including those from the NIH, the American Heart Association, the National Kidney Foundation, and the VA research service.
In addition to his laboratory efforts, Klotman has been an active clinician, teacher and mentor. Students from his laboratory have won prestigious scientific competitions. He has trained more than 50 clinical fellows, postdoctoral fellows, and students in his laboratory since 1984, most of whom are independently funded. And, he was named Physician of the Year by Mount Sinai nurses. As the chair of medicine, he moved the department of medicine at Mount Sinai to a top tier academic program by expanding the faculty practice, increasing basic and clinical research revenues, developing new community projects and focusing on the educational mission.
Klotman serves on the scientific advisory boards of biotech, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. He also serves on the board of several companies including those with interests in natural resources and conservation.
At Baylor, he oversees the only private health science university in the Greater Southwest, with research funding of nearly $400 million. The medical school is ranked as one of the top 25 for research and one of the top ten for primary care by U.S. News & World Report. The School of Health Professions is among the best 15 in the nation and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is rated in the top five percent. In addition, the College is home to the first National School of Tropical Medicine in North America. The College is ranked first among all Texas colleges, universities and medical schools in federal funding for research and development, and is ranked second in federally funded research expenditures by the National Science Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Chief Clinical Services and Innovation Officer
- SVP of Customer Success
Dr. Peng has nearly two decades of senior health care executive leadership with multi-state health care systems. He has deep expertise in physician groups, health plans, PBM operations and value-based care models.
Prior to IKS Health, Dr. Peng served as the Executive Vice President and President of Physician and Ambulatory Service of SSM Health, a multi-state, fully integrated health system with annual revenue of $7 billion. Peng was accountable for the achievement of its six regional medical groups with 1,600 employed providers and post-acute care including ambulatory platforms. He previously worked at Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, Va., where he served as vice president and senior medical director of Sentara Medical Group, where he oversaw the clinical operations of more than 300 primary care and ambulatory specialty providers in at least 60 sites. He also was involved in innovations around patient centered care and moved toward population health.
He has created a new business platform integrating multiple regional physician organizations with regional post-acute and ambulatory assets under a single organizational, operational and clinical structure to deliver a comprehensive system of care to achieve the ‘Quadruple Aim'.
He is a veteran in the healthcare world and a national leader in Clinical Quality, Innovation, Physician Performance and engagement demonstrating competence with board of trustees, physicians, religious sponsors, employees, community leaders and elected public officials.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Chief Clinical Services and Innovation Officer
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- EVP and General Manager of the Value - Based Care
- Executive Vice President & GM of Value - Based Care
Dr. Sri Madabushi is the EVP and General Manager of the Value-Based Care (VBC) at IKS. In his role, he oversees Product and Operations efforts to help build out and scale our VBC business rapidly.
Prior to IKS he was a co-founder of Google Health and helped lead its global business development efforts over the past 8+ years. Sri has held a variety of high-profile roles there across different business units such as Health, Brain (Google's premier AI/ML team), and Cloud. Prior to that, Sri was associated with Novartis Diagnostics where he was the Region Head & GM of Southeast Asia. He started his career as a management consultant at ZS Associates and is trained as a scientist with a Ph.D. in Computational Biology from Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX). He has a bachelor's degree in Human Biology & Biophysics from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi, India).
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Strategic Accounts
In here role as Senior Vice President, Strategic Accounts, Emma supports our continued growth and business development in the Northeast US. She has her over 13 years of healthcare experience across multiple disciplines, including insurance services, clinical grant writing, physician operations, and healthcare management consulting services. Her experience at all levels, from strategic to operations, with national exposure helping numerous physician organizations, hospitals, and health systems address their challenges and execute upon opportunities, helps make her a true strategic partner for IKS clients.
Emma received her Bachelor of Science, majoring in business administration with a concentration in healthcare, from Stonehill College in Boston, Massachusetts and her Master of Business and Master of Healthcare Administration from Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Clinical Support Solutions
- Senior Vice President, Technologies
As Senior Vice President, Technologies at IKS Health, Gaurav leads a strong technology team that has been instrumental in the design, development and delivery of emerging technology solutions and services that support the full spectrum of IKS Health services and its expanding business. Gaurav has been associated with IKS Health since its inception and has built the technology team from scratch. He has helped build credibility across the client base by providing innovative and robust solutions that address some of the most complex business issues faced by clients as well as improving the productivity and performance of internal staff.
Gaurav's comprehensive grasp of evolving technology, years of experience in industry and management skills has enabled IKS Health to champion the use of innovative IT solutions. He is a passionate advocate of the need for organizations, particularly in the Healthcare sector, to develop the capacity to both imagine and execute technical innovation.
Gaurav has worked with Physiotherapy Associates and Lionbridge Technologies Inc. before joining IKS Health where he was responsible for driving business outcomes with business process re-engineering and automation with technology products. During his association with Lionbridge, he played a pivotal role in developing and maintaining a $1.5 million Medicaid Application Tracking System for Golden Ventures, Fort Smith-AR that resulted in annualized efficiencies of $10M for the corporation. Gaurav comes with vast experience of developing and implementing technology solutions across Healthcare Value Chain.
Job Titles:
- Chief Medical Officer
- Leader
- Member of the Executive Team
- Chief Product Officer NCDs Threaten Progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Dr. Terrell leads the clinical leadership team for IKS Health that provides clinical input and guidance for product evolution with the aim of improving care delivery and patient safety.
Dr. Terrell is a national thought leader in the US for healthcare innovation and delivery system reform; also a serial entrepreneur in population health outcomes driven through patient care model design, clinical and information integration, and value-based payment models. She is also a practicing general internist.
Job Titles:
- Chief Digital Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
Hernan is the Chief Digital Officer at IKS Health, responsible for leading our Digital Health Solutions feature cluster and technology team. He will lead IKS Health's digital transformation agenda.
With an academic background in Electrical Engineering and a Latino Entrepreneur Fellowship from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Hernan has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry. He has held leadership positions in global organizations such as Nokia, Cisco Systems, iTOi.ai, Shape Security, and Mural, where he delivered exceptional results.
As a Technology Executive with global experience across Latin America, Europe, Asia, and North America, Hernan has served as an Enterprise Software and SaaS Leader in Sales, Product Management, and General Management. He is a trailblazer in the tech industry and founded iTOi.ai, the first company to leverage Machine Learning to professionalize instant user-generated videos to help businesses grow. Hernan has been a keynote speaker and has been featured in major publications like Businessweek, Wireless Review, PandoDaily, TechRepublic, CNET, and TheNextWeb. He has also been granted three patents in the Cloud Video applications SW and HW domains.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Chief Operations Officer, AQuity Solutions
Jason has over 20 years of experience as a change agent in health information technology, advanced workflow design, business process outsourcing (BPO), and global service delivery models. He is recognized for fundamentally changing the competitive landscape in the clinical documentation services industry by leveraging various technologies with premium global labor services. His diverse background includes expertise in all aspects of merger and acquisition activities, cultural integration, and positive financial performance.
Job Titles:
- Chief Growth Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
- Chief Growth Officer & Whole - Time Director
Since co-founding IKS Health in 2007, Joe Benardello has led the organization's strategy and marketing as the organization has grown to serve many of the United States premier health institutions. Addressing the ever-changing challenges and trends of the healthcare industry, he drives solution design, implementation, and delivery to fundamentally address the regulatory, technological, and fiscal challenges facing healthcare organizations today.
With a background in technology, Mr. Benardello served as Vice President at Lionbridge Technologies for several lines of business inclusive of healthcare. He joined Lionbridge Technologies from eTesting Labs, where he built and led the go-to-market strategy. Under his leadership, eTesting Labs was strategically acquired by Lionbridge Technologies in 2002.
In 2007, Mr. Benardello co-founded IKS Health and remains at the helm of the company's global Healthcare Solutions organization. He brings more than 20 years of executive management experience to the organization and has a proven track record enabling clients, including organizations ranging from start-ups to the Fortune 500, structured both for profit and not-for-profit, to navigate change in their industries successfully and experience significant growth.
JOHN WHITHAM - Chief Commercial Officer
Job Titles:
- Chief Commercial Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
John is the Chief Commercial Officer for IKS Health. He will be leading growth efforts in the health system segment leveraging synergies to be realized from the recent integration of IKS Health and AQuity. These growth efforts will drive greater impact to the current and prospective IKS Health client base.
Prior to IKS Health, John was a Partner and growth leader with Guidehouse. He has 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, with over 20 years experience in management consulting. He is a seasoned industry leader with a passion for developing optimal, customized partnerships with clients that drive overall impact, enable key organizational strategies, enhance financial performance, and mitigate risk. He prides himself in developing client relationships that directly add tangible impact through aligned incentives and delivering results.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Team
- Chief Integration Officer
Kashyap is the Chief Integration Officer for IKS Health and is leading the integration of IKS Health with AQuity Solutions after the two organizations joined forces. A results-driven, globally savvy, seasoned executive, recognized as an outsourced healthcare solution industry visionary. He has a proven track record for driving business expansion while simultaneously streamlining operations to ensure maximum profits through the development and implementation of financial controls. He is recognized for his solid leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, which enable him to establish rapport with all levels of the organization, across all geographies.
Kashyap is a highly accomplished result-driven executive with a proven record exceeding 20+ years of progressive experience. Expert in finance and operations management in overseeing all aspects of a multi-million dollar global conglomerate. Led the company to a $1BN+ exit by spinning off technology assets. Robust restructuring experience to drive growth and profits, IPO, and capital raising experience from banks and private equity.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Dr. Keith (Tony) Jones received his Medical Degree from the University of Alabama (UA) School of Medicine in 1986. He completed an anesthesiology residency and postgraduate studies at Mayo Clinic, which included advanced training in Neuroanesthesia and a Postdoctoral NIH Research fellowship. Dr. Jones was a member of the faculty of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and practiced in the Department of Anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic for 15 year, and then served as the Alfred Habeeb Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) from July 2006 to October 2017. Dr.Jones is currently the President of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation and Chief Physician Executive of the UAB Health System. Dr. Jones also serves on the Joint Operating Leadership Council for UAB Medicine and the Executive Cabinet of the UAB Health System, as well as Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs in the UA School of Medicine.
Job Titles:
- CEO of Privia Medical Group North Texas
- Chief Executive Officer, Privia Medical Group North Texas, IKS Health Advisory Board
Dr. Larry Tatum serves as the CEO of Privia Medical Group North Texas. As a founding member of Texas Health Care, PLLC, in 2003 and a member of Texas Health Care, PA from 1995-2002, Dr. Tatum has experienced the value and high success of a multi-specialty group governed and led by physicians. His experience in bringing together over 300+ providers geographically dispersed throughout North Texas and successfully working to improve healthcare is why he seeks to continue his journey rewarding physicians for the value they create.
Dr. Tatum graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston in 1979. After completing his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor University Medical Center Dallas in 1983, Dr. Tatum began his gynecology practice in Fort Worth. Dr. Tatum began his medical career as a self-employed physician in a solo medical practice over 30 years ago after completing his residency and internship. He is a member of the Texas Medical Association, the Tarrant County Medical Association and is a diplomat of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (board-certified).
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Chief Information Officer at IKS
Marty is the Chief Information Officer at IKS, responsible for implementing and managing technology to support the IKS organization and its customers. Marty has recently joined IKS from the AQuity Solutions group where he held the Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer positions.
Marty has over 35 years of diversified technology management experience holding leadership positions in global organizations including AQuity Solutions, Ashland Oil (APAC), Verizon (GTE wireless) and Delta Airlines (TranQuest).
Marty has extensive experience with building best in class IT organizations through best in class secure and stable environments, innovative tools, techniques, and a high-touch customer supporting infrastructure.
Under his leadership he has built industry leading security frameworks that focus on Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability across all areas of the business.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Dean, Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer, Duke University, School of Medicine, IKS Health Advisory Board
A pioneering physician-scientist, Dr. Klotman's research interests are focused on the molecular pathogenesis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 (HIV-1) infection. Among many important contributions to this field, Dr. Klotman and her team demonstrated that HIV resides in and evolves separately in kidney cells, a critical step in HIV-associated kidney disease. Most recently, her group has been defining the role of integrase-defective lentiviral vectors for the delivery of an HIV vaccine.
Dr. Klotman is past president of the Association of American Physicians and past president of the Association of Professors of Medicine. She was elected to membership in the Academy of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Klotman is a former president of the Duke Medical Alumni Association and received a Duke University School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award in 2015.
Job Titles:
- Chief Administrative Officer, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, IKS Health Advisory Board
- Distinguished Administrative Leader
Ms. Williamson is a distinguished administrative leader serving as the Chief Administrative Officer for the Mayo Clinic Laboratories. Previously she served as chief administrative officer for Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Prior to that she was chief administrative officer for Mayo Clinic Health System, chair of Mayo Clinic Practice Administration, and director of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.
Her 25-year career with Mayo Clinic has provided opportunities ranging from developing the Ask Mayo Clinic nurse triage service and serving as vice chair to contracting and payer relations and vice chair of Mayo Clinic Health System to various leadership roles at all three Mayo Clinic locations. In addition to her Mayo Clinic responsibilities, Ms. Williamson currently serves as a board member of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and a board member of Resoundant, and has previously served as a board member of CentraCare Health System in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Prior to working for Mayo Clinic, she worked in the Strategic Services Division of Anderson Consulting and as director of budgeting for Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.
Ms. Williamson has served on the Mayo Clinic Management Team, Mayo Clinic Clinical Practice Committee, Midwest Executive Operating Team, and Mayo Clinic Administrative Team and is a member of the Mayo Clinic Board of Governors and Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Arizona State University and an MBA from Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Healthcare Leader
- Senior Vice President, Outcomes Excellence and Product Innovation, Revenue Optimization
Mayank Pant is an accomplished healthcare leader and entrepreneur. In the past two decades he has consulted and advised some of nations most influential healthcare organizations helping them manage cost, optimize revenue and deploy technology. At IKS Health, Mayank leads the product innovation and growth pursuits for our Margin and coding practices
Before coming to IKS, Mr. Pant co-founded Reventics Inc. At Reventics, Mayank headed the new product innovation and growth strategy. Before Reventics, Mr. Pant spent over a decade at Sutherland Healthcare Solutions in India and the US, managing different roles across P&L management, Customer advisory and innovation.
Mr. Pant is an alumnus of Northeastern University, Boston, where he completed his MS in Innovation. Mr. Pant lives with his wife and two children in Bridgewater, NJ, and enjoys reading, mentoring start-ups, and traveling with the family.
Mr. Amit Goela has a distinguished profile in the Indian financial and securities market with over 30 years of experience. He was associated with several leading corporate houses on strategy planning and investments. He is associated with Rare Enterprises and heads the research and investment team at Rare Enterprises. Mr. Goela has been an advisor for various companies in the areas of macro-economics, equity research, both public and private markets, corporate restructuring, investments and arrangements including mergers and acquisitions, and advisory for stakeholder value creation. He is currently on the board of VA Tech Wabag, a company focused on water treatment, in India. He has an MBA in finance from the University of North Florida.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer, Lightbeam Health Solutions
- Strategist
A 33-year veteran of the healthcare IT field, Mr. Patrick Cline is a highly respected strategist and experienced operator. He became the CEO of Lightbeam Health in 2012, and is a certified executive coach, mentoring leaders in balance, communication, teamwork, and goal achievement. At IKS Health, Mr. Cline is the Advisor and Executive Coach to Joe Benardello, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President.
From 2009 - 2011, he served as the President and Chief Strategy Officer of Quality Systems Inc. Mr. Cline was responsible for identifying and overseeing the continued growth of QSI through the development and management of partnerships and strategic alliances that expanded and strengthened its market presence and capabilities. Prior to QSI, Mr. Cline served as President of NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, one of the first electronic health record systems. NextGen was acquired by Quality Systems, a small publicly-held division of QSI, where Pat and his team eventually stayed on to run the NextGen subsidiary. Before the start of his illustrious journey in healthcare, Mr. Cline was with the Marine Corps. At the age of 21, he developed one of the industry's first medical practice management systems.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Founder
- Member of the Executive Team
- Founder & CEO Driving Patient Behaviour Change Can Only Be Done If We Make Significant Investments in Collecting, Curating, Processing, Leveraging Data
- Founder, CEO & Whole - Time Director
- Founding Chief Executive Officer, and Member of the Board of Directors
Mr. Sachin K. Gupta leads IKS Health as the company's founding Chief Executive Officer, and member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Gupta founded IKS Health in 2006 with the goal of building the leading provider enablement platform that enables providers enterprises deliver better, safer and more efficient care at scale with a strategic blend of expertise and technology. Armed with a unique blend of entrepreneurial spirit, executive acumen and strategic vision, Mr. Gupta continues to shape and lead the organization on the path of rapid growth and success. A computer science engineer by training, Mr. Gupta also serves on the Board of Abridge, a pioneer in Generative AI for healthcare and as the Board observer for SIFT Healthcare, an AI focused technology company that is aiming to deliver data-driven denial management and patient payment optimization.
Prior to founding IKS Health, Mr. Gupta served as a Director of Strategic Accounts at Lionbridge Technologies, a leading technology enabled service provider. Mr. Gupta led the healthcare provider initiatives at Lionbridge which included partnering with Beverly Enterprises (now Golden Living) in its very successful financial turnaround. Mr. Gupta has a successful history of working in and/or building technology enabled organizations such as Majoris (now Valtech), Rolta and Selectica that enabled Fortune 500 Enterprises to operate more efficiently.
Sachin K. Gupta, Founder & CEO Driving patient behaviour change can only be done if we make significant investments in collecting, curating, processing, leveraging data.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Chief Executive Officer at Rare Enterprises
Mr. Utpal Sheth serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Rare Enterprises and is responsible for Investment Management, Risk Management and Institutionalization. Mr. Sheth started his professional career at erstwhile ASK Financial Consultants and went on to be the Head of Research there. Mr. Sheth has been Independent Director of Cineline India Limited since 2010. Mr. Sheth served as a Non-Executive Independent Director at Cinemax India Limited from 2010 to 2013. He has been a faculty member at the BSE Training Institute, UTI Institute of Capital Market, National Institute of Financial Management, IIS Institute of Management and other such organizations.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Strategic Accounts
Nicole Davis is responsible for client relations, solution design, and improving margin growth for clients. She has over 2 decades of experience in consulting and revenue cycle management within large hospital and academic medical center environments, both for clinic-based and hospital-based services. Prior to joining IKS Health, Ms. Davis worked with North Shore/LIJ Health System managing the entire revenue cycle for clinical departments including Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery. She also worked for Per-Se Technologies (now McKesson), managing a number of hospital-based physician practice groups where she was responsible for the performance of all revenue-related functions.
Ms. Davis has a bachelor's degree in international business from the University of California at Davis. She is an active member of HFMA, Healthcare Leaders of NY, and MGMA.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Strategic Revenue Growth
Mr. Sarathy has played a pivotal role in shaping IKS Health's go-to-market strategy since 2008. A seasoned executive with experience across multiple industries including Management Consulting, Venture Capital and Business Process Management, he continues to be at the helm of new service offerings and solutions development at IKS Health.
Prior to joining the company, Partha served as Vice President - Knowledge Services at WNS, a leading Global Business Process Management company. Among his various roles at WNS, Partha helped set up and grow the Research and Analytics division, where he helped define the offerings, sell the services, and manage delivery. He also led the Pre-Sales/Solutions function, where he was responsible for conducting diagnostic studies for prospective clients; developing suitable solutions to address their requirements; preparing proposals and presentations; and pricing.
He has previously worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers, as a management consultant in the strategy consulting practice. He has also served as a management consultant at A.F.Ferguson; investment analyst at the Boston-based venture capital firm, View Group; and marketing manager at Philips.
Partha holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Calicut, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
Peter leads Global Customer delivery across all 4 feature clusters of our Provider Enablement Platform. He is a senior level operating executive with over 25 years' experience, and has demonstrated success in building and/or transforming organizations in both the public and private sectors. He has held senior positions of President, Chief Operating and/or Chief Financial Officer across multiple industries including healthcare, where he specialized in strategic, financial and operational transformations. Most recently, he served as CFO/COO of PRGX Global Inc., a global data analytics and professional services firm with operations in over 30 countries. Under his leadership, PRGX achieved 20+ year highs in Revenue and EBITDA, and saw a 300% increase in share price over a 4 year period. Prior to PRGX, Pete served as President & CFO of Physiotherapy Associates, one of the largest out-patient physical therapy companies in the U.S., where he was introduced to IKS as a client.
Job Titles:
- Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
- EVP
- Member of the Executive Team
Sameer Arora - Chief Strategy Officer, SVP
Job Titles:
- Chief Strategy Officer
- Member of the Executive Team
- SVP
Sameer Arora as our Chief Strategy Officer works closely with the CEO and our leadership team to drive cross-functional strategic programs to enable our growth journey.
Sameer has nearly three decades of experience in professional services in consulting and executive leadership roles with Accenture (Andersen Consulting), Syntel Inc., and Atos Group. Sameer graduated with honors as a Production Engineer from VJTI, Bombay, and completed his Post Graduate in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He started his post-MBA career as a management consultant with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) driving process and technology transformation programs for global clients across industries. Sameer completed the Vision and Leadership Unfolding Excellence (VALUE) executive development program in 2022, covering Strategy in the Age of Digital Disruption, Leadership for Digital Transformation, and Culture & Change, from INSEAD, France.
Job Titles:
- President of CenterWell at Humana, IKS Health Advisory Board
Dr. Shetty is the incoming lead for Centerwell, Humana's health care services business. In his new role, he will report to Humana President and CEO Bruce Broussard and will serve as a member of Humana's Management Team starting April 1.
Previously, as President of Steward Health Care System, Sanjay Shetty, M.D., led day-to-day operations and strategy for Steward Health Care's integrated health system in the United States, including 39 hospitals, a large multispecialty medical group, and Steward's accountable care organization. Prior to being named to the newly created role of President of Steward Health Care System in March 2021, Dr. Shetty most recently served as President of Steward's South Region. Throughout his tenure at Steward, Dr. Shetty has also held the roles of President of Steward Medical Group and President of Steward Health Care Network, as well as Vice President of Radiology, bringing a breadth of knowledge to this role to benefit Steward's patients, providers and staff.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Marketing
Sarah joined IKS Health as Senior Vice President, Marketing. She brings with her a distinguished 15-year track record in healthcare technology and strategic marketing. As Medigy's 2019 Healthcare Marketer of the Year, and a valuable industry speaker and podcast guest, Sarah has consistently demonstrated expertise in navigating the complex healthcare landscape, leveraging her deep understanding of market trends and regulations to drive impactful go-to-market strategies. Her experience spans across various roles in marketing, product management, and portfolio marketing, where she has significantly contributed to enhancing product positioning, thought leadership, and market penetration.
Sarah has a well rounded understanding of healthcare B2B through her experience in EHR integration startups and larger organizations like Stericycle, across patient facing technology and services. Most recently, Sarah served as the Vice President of marketing at Carenet Health where she led a cross functional team to remarkable achievements. Her role at IKS Health will primarily focus on product marketing, account-based marketing, content, and marketing operations.
Sarah completed her education in Biology and Biochemistry from the University of North Texas as a pre-med candidate before discovering and pursuing her true passion at the intersection of sales, product, and marketing.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President & Chief Physician Liaison Officer, Optum Health, IKS Health Advisory Board / CEO & Market Leader, Optum Tri - State Region / CEO, CareMount Health Solutions, LLC
Dr. Hayworth is the CEO and Market Leader of Optum TriState Region, having become its president in March, 2021; he is also the CEO of CareMount Health Solutions. One of five regions in the Optum nationwide network, Optum TriState comprises three large multispecialty groups, CareMount Medical, ProHEALTH NY, and Riverside Medical Group, with 2,250 providers serving over 2 million patients at 630 locations.
Dr. Hayworth has a national reputation as an authority on practice administration; multispecialty group management; and adaptation to the rapidly changing environment in health care, including the transition to value.
Dr. Hayworth has been the President and CEO of CareMount Medical (formerly Mount Kisco Medical Group, PC) for more than 20 years, overseeing a nearly 15-fold expansion in the size of the group prior to its becoming part of Optum Tri-State in late 2020. In 2019 Dr. Hayworth became Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of CareMount Health Solutions, LLC, a collaborative physician-owned management services organization.
Dr. Hayworth is a consultant to the Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell; he is a past associate dean at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is past chairman of the board of the American Medical Group Association.
Dr. Hayworth chairs the advisory board for IKS Health; he is a past advisor to MedPro; and he is a senior advisor to Arsenal Capital Partners, Amulet Capital Partners, and WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG). He is the non-executive board chair of US Digestive Health. He was selected by Becker's Hospital Review as one of their "105 Physician Leaders to Know" in 2019 and "112 Physician Leaders of Hospitals and Health Systems" in 2018.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Customer Success Team
Scott is a highly accomplished Sales and Marketing leader with over 25 years of experience in the healthcare and technology industries. As Senior Vice President, Customer Success, he works alongside our operations and clients to enable success.
Prior to joining IKS Health, Scott was the Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at New England Life Care, where he was responsible for leading the growth of the organization's home infusion business and 503B compounded drug businesses. Scott has also served in a variety of leadership roles throughout his career, including Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer, General Manager, and member of the board of directors.
Scott is a passionate advocate for reducing the cost of healthcare and has a proven track record of success in improving patient length of stay throughout the Health Systems in New England. Scott has led hospital driven Advisory Boards to create new pharmacy solutions, he was also a creator of the Population Health Symposium series at New England Life Care and an advisor to the Board of Directors.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Senior Vice President, Customer Success Team
As SVP of Customer Success, Shane focuses on all aspects of client growth, relationship development, and quality delivery and execution of all engagements that drive organic growth and strong relationships with our clients.
With over 13 years of experience as an innovative operational leader within the healthcare industry, Shane has served as the COO of a retail healthcare organization, as well as SVP of Operations for American Health Network, part of Optum. Prior to Optum, he served as a Medical Service Officer in the United States Army and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for efforts in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan as a medical capabilities advisor and operations leader. In 2014, he was selected by the U.S. Army Surgeon General as the 2014 recipient of the Captain John R. Teal Leadership award as the single highest performing Medical Operations Officer in the entire active U.S. Army.
During his career, Shane has successfully tackled several transformative projects to include the centralization of administrative functions, the transition of revenue cycle platforms, the implementation of virtual healthcare service lines, and the execution of new technology applications including Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Vice President, Product and Marketing
Siddharth Thakkar is the VP Product & Marketing at IKS Health, assuming the product leadership role for our Clinical Support Solutions and Value-based Care solutions along with managing Marketing & Public Relations. His mandate includes ensuring that IKS Health builds a superior product portfolio that stays ahead of the disruption curve and enables our clients to deliver better, safer and more efficient care for their patients. He has played multiple roles at IKS before taking on this position, most recently helping manage the CEO's office. Prior to IKS, he spent 12 years working for Intelenet Global Services (now Teleperformance) in various Project Management roles supporting banks and financial institutions in the US and the UK.
Job Titles:
- Chief Development Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the Executive Team
Taylor Curtis joins IKS Health as Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer. He comes with 25 years of experience in investment banking, corporate strategy, business development and treasury solutions. Most recently, Taylor served as Head of Healthcare Corporate Banking for Texas Capital Bank, where he was responsible for bank's relationships with provider groups, home care and hospice companies, behavioral health providers, pharmaceutical services businesses and healthcare IT companies.
Prior to Texas Capital Bank, Taylor served as a Managing Director for Cowen and a predecessor firm, MHT Partners, where he led the healthcare services M&A advisory team. Prior to joining MHT Partners in 2011, he served in a variety of roles including Director of Corporate Strategy for ORIX USA Corporation, Assistant Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations for Concentra Inc. and Director of Corporate Development for Electronic Data Systems Corporation. Taylor began his career in New York with Greenhill & Co., a boutique mergers and acquisitions advisory firm.
In 2013, Taylor was named Finalist, Dealmaker of the Year by ACG DFW and DCEO, based on transactions he led that year, and he was named a Winner of the 5th Annual 40 Under 40 M&A Advisor Recognition Awards, based on his career accomplishments, professional expertise, and community service. Taylor graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in the Business Honors Program and Finance.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Emeritus
- Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
- Primary Care Physician and Senior Vice President for Population Health at Massachusetts General Hospital
Trained in both internal medicine and pediatrics, Dr. Ferris is a practicing primary care physician and Senior Vice President for Population Health at Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare in Boston. He is also an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and holds degrees from Middlebury College, Oxford University, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Former positions include Vice Chair of Pediatrics at Mass General and Medical Director of Mass General Physicians Organization. He leads the Partners Healthcare Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and is responsible for design and implementation of system-wide care delivery changes that will improve patient health, improve patient experience of healthcare, and reduce the healthcare cost burden. Dr. Ferris has over 100 publications in the areas of healthcare quality measurement, risk adjustment, population management, and information technology. He has served on multiple committees