Physician
executive with broad senior leadership experience, carefully
cultivated to deliver on the education, teaching and research
mission of academic health care systems
- Leadership in
all spheres of academic medicine: Department, Practice Plan,
Hospital and University
- Established
research track record in basic, clinical and outcomes research,
teaching and patient care
- Highest leadership
positions in professional societies and non-profit foundations
- Advisor to
the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention
- Senior advisor
to major pharmaceutical companies, venture start-ups and
Wall Street
Experience
10/01
to date:
President and CEO, New England Health Care Foundation, Boston,
MA
NEHCF is an independent
501(c)(3) corporation that employs directly or through Pratt
Medical Group (which it is a member of) all the ~ 500 physicians
at Tufts-New England Medical Center, with annual revenues
~ $150 million (inclusive of Pratt Medical Group)
Direct reports – COO, CFO, Director of HR. CEO reports
to the Board of Trustees of the NEHCF
4/01
to 9/01:
Interim Chief Operating Officer, Tufts-New England Medical
Center (T-NEMC), Boston, MA
T-NEMC is the principal
teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine,
with ~ 350 beds (mainly tertiary); ~$450 million in revenues,
including ~$50 million in research
Direct Reports – VPs of Nursing, In-patient Services,
Ambulatory Operations and Clinical Support Services. COO reports
to the CEO
11/00
to 3/01:
Senior Vice-President, and Executive Director, President’s
Council, T-NEMC, Boston, MA
3/99
to 3/01:
Vice-Chairman for Strategic Development, Dept. of Medicine,
T-NEMC, Boston, MA
6/93
to 3/99:
Staff physician, Division of Nephrology, T-NEMC, Boston, MA
2/89
to 6/90:
Chief, Division of Nephrology, St John's Medical College Hospital,
Bangalore, India
• Built and
grew the dialysis program 400%; and Built and grew the transplant
program 200% over 18 months
Board of
Directors
1. Chairman, International
Nephrology Network (2003 to present)
Physician office Group Purchasing Organization that provides,
practice management, disease management, clinical trials and
GOP services to nephrology offices
2. Vice-Chairman,
New England Medical Center Indemnity Corporation (2002 to
present)
Risk Management Captive based in the Cayman Islands (in association
with Marsh, Inc.)
3. Board of Directors,
Satellite Health Care, Inc., Redwood City, CA (2000 to present)
Diversified health services company with several lines of
business including Satellite Dialysis (dialysis provider),
Satellite laboratory Services, Satellite Capital (Venture
Capital) and Satellite Research
4. Board of Directors,
Wellbound, Inc. (2002 to present)
Innovative dialysis provider model that focuses on joint ventures
with physicians to provide home dialysis solutions, both peritoneal
dialysis and newer hemodialysis or hemofiltration offerings
5. Board of Directors,
Kidney Care Partners (2003 to present)
Coalition of pharmaceutical companies, device companies, dialysis
and service providers, professional societies and non-profit
organizations in the kidney disease and dialysis space
6. Board of Directors,
5nQ (2000 to present)
Internet based inventory management solutions for high-ticket
devices such as cardiology, radiology, etc.
7. Board of Directors,
National Kidney Foundation (1998 to present)
World’s largest foundation in the field of kidney disease,
whose affiliates cover all 50 states
8. Board of Directors
, Youth That Care, Inc (2001 to present)
501(c)(3) that provides youth in the United States opportunities
in leadership development through community service and philanthropy
and health care assistance to developing countries by shipping
used medical equipment, disposable medical supplies and medical
literature to deserving medical institutions
9. Board of Trustees,
International Society of Artificial Organs (1998 to present)
10. Board of Directors,
National Kidney Foundation of Maine (2002 to present)
Corporate
Advisory Boards
1. Amgen, Inc.,
Thousand Oaks, CA (1999 to present)
2. Founder and
Member, Medical Advisory Board, Renal Management Strategies
(RMS), Baxter HealthCare Corporation, McGaw Park, IL (1996
to 03)
3. Corporate Medical
Director, International Health Specialists, Newton, MA (1995-98)
4. Sigma Tau Pharmaceuticals
(2001 to present)
5. Terumo Medical
Corporation, Cottontail, NJ (1997-2001)
6. Millennium Pharmaceuticals,
Cambridge, MA (1999-2000)
7. Venture Capital
Due Diligence
• New Enterprise Associates, Menlo Park, CA; Delphi
Venture, Menlo Park; Atlas Venture, Waltham, MA.
8. Investor Meetings
• Formal and informal investor meetings on behalf of
Amgen and Genzyme
• Annual Health Care conferences: SG Cowen, DeutcheBank,
JP Morgan, Thomas Weisel Partners, others
9. Others
• Scientific Advisory Board, Aksys Ltd, Lincolnshire,
IL (1997 to present).
• Scientific Advisory Board, KIBOW Biotechnology, Philadelphia,
PA (1997 to 2003)
• Chairman, Registry Advisory Board, Amgen, Thousand
Oaks, CA (2001 to present)
• Consultant, Gambro Healthcare, Nashville, TN (1996-97)
• Consultant, Baxter HealthCare Corporation, McGaw Park,
IL
Academic
Appointments
1. Professor of
Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA;
and Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts
Univ., Boston, MA
2. Professor International
Faculty of Artificial Organs (INFA), (Baylor College of Medicine;
University of Utah; University of Ghent, Belgium; University
of Rostock, Germany; University of Strathclyde, UK; University
of Bologna, Italy; University of Osaka, Japan; Rene Descartes
University, France; Sapporo Medical College, Japan
3. Visiting Professor,
St. Johns National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bangalore,
India; University Federal of Sao Paulo – Escola Paulista
de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
4. Honorary Lecturer,
Department of Bioengineering, University of Strathclyde, Scotland,
U.K.
Editorial
Board of Scientific Journals
• Associate
Editor, Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy; Assistant Editor,
Seminars in Dialysis
• Member, Editorial Board of 12 Journals (past or present):
Hypertension Dialysis Clinical Nephrology; Kidney International;
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology; Journal of
the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs; Indian
Journal of Nephrology; Graft; Transplant Infectious Disease;
American Journal of Kidney Diseases; Nephron; Journal of Chronic
Kidney Disease
Professional
Leadership
National
Kidney Foundation
President (2002-2004); President-Elect (2000-02); Executive
Committee, Council on Dialysis (1995 to present); Vice-Chair,
Executive Committee, Council on Dialysis (1995-97); Chair,
Executive Committee, Council on Dialysis (1997-99); Chair,
Early Intervention and prevention Task Force (1997-98); Member,
Research and Training Agenda Committee (1997); Member, Medical
Advisory Board, NKF-MA, RI (1998 to present); Continuing Medical
Education Committee (2000 to present); Chair, National Medical
Advisory Board (2000-02); Medical & Scientific Advisory
Board (2000 to present)
American
Society of Transplant Physicians
Scientific Studies Committee (1994-97); Program and Publications
Committee (1996-97); Committee on Organ Donation (1999 to
present)
American
Society of Nephrology
Practice Parameters Committee (1997 to present); Clinical
Science Committee (1998-2001)
Renal
Physician Association
Physicians Accountability Committee (1999 to present)
Scientific Program Committees
1995 Annual Meeting of the National Kidney Foundation (USA);
1995 Annual Meeting of American Society of Nephrology - Chairman,
Hemodialysis; 1996 Spring Clinical Meeting of the National
Kidney Foundation (USA); 1996 Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Transplant Physicians; Chairman, 1997 Annual Meeting
of the National Kidney Foundation (USA); Co-Organizer, Dialysis
Theme, 1997 International Congress of Nephrology; 1997 International
Society of Artificial Organs; 42nd Annual American Society
of Artificial Internal Organs Conference; 2nd International
Conference on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy; Annual
Meeting of American Society of Transplant Physicians, Co-Chair,
Kidney; 3rd International Conference on Continuous Renal Replacement
Therapy; 43rd Annual American Society of Artificial Internal
Organs Conference; Co-Chair, “Strategies for Influencing
Outcomes in Pre-ESRD and ESRD patients” jointly sponsored
by the NIH, NKF, RPA and ASN; 2002 Annual Meeting, National
Kidney Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Scientific Advisory Committee, United States Renal Data System
(1995-99); Scientific Study Section, “Interactive Research
Project Grants” (1997); Scientific Study Section, “Explorative
Grants in CRF in Children” (1997); Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee
on “End Stage Renal Disease” (1997); Planning
Committee, National Kidney Disease Education Program (2001);
Planning Committee, Kidney Disease Clinical Trials Task Force
(2002); Planning Committee, Hepatitis C in Nephrology (2002)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Committee to update recommendations for prevention & control
of HCV (1998); Committee to Update recommendations for prevention
and control of blood-borne and other pathogens in the hemodialysis
settings (1998); Committee to address problems of bacterial
infections in dialysis units (1999)
Awards
& Honors
• "National
Merit Scholarship", Government of India (1974).
• "Silver medal" for the best performance
in the M.D. examination (1985)
• "Best paper award", API and CSI (Karnataka
Chapter) (1990)
• "Fellowship Award", International Society
of Nephrology (1990)
• "Upjohn Young Investigator Award", American
Society of Transplant Physicians (1991)
• "Young Investigator Award", American Society
of Transplant Physicians (1992)
• "Best Research Paper Award", International
Society of Blood Purification (1992)
• "Clinical Research Award", American Society
of Gastroenterology (1993)
• "Grant-in-Aid Award", American Society of
Transplant Physicians (1993)
• "Young Investigator Award", National Kidney
Foundation (USA) (1993)
• “FIRST Award”, National Institutes of
Health (USA) (1996)
• “State-of-the-Art-Lecture”, American Society
of Nephrology, San Antonio, Texas (1997)
• “State-of-the-Art-Lecture”, World Congress
of Nephrology, Sydney, Australia (1997)
• "Young Investigator Award", American Society
of Transplant Physicians (1998)
• “Outstanding Faculty Award”, Tufts University
(1998)
• “Graduation speaker”, EMP Class of 2000,
Kellogg School of Management (2000)
Research
& Training
Three major areas
of research
• Laboratory – “Cytokines and Cellular Mechanisms
in Dialysis”
• Clinical Trials – “Hepatitis in Dialysis
and Transplantation”
• Outcomes & Economics – “Indices and
Cost of Care Among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease”
• More than 25 Post-Doctoral trainees
Research Funding
• National Institute of Health: 1998-02, RO1 DK45609,
"Biocompatibility and Hemodialysis". Total costs
$990,061. Role: Principal Investigator.
• National Institute of Health: 1996-01, R29 DK48876,
"Hepatitis C in Dialysis and Transplantation". Total
costs $567,000. Role: Principal Investigator.
• Approximately $3,000,000 in Foundation/Industry grants
over the past five years.
Scientific Publications
• Papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals –
more than 200; Abstracts at scientific meetings – more
than 250; Invited lectures – more than 100 in the past
three years
Editor - Dialysis and Transplantation: W.B. Saunders Company,
1999 – lead textbook in nephrology
Education
1981 M.B.B.S. (equivalent
to M.D.), St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India
2000 M.B.A., J. L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
Univ., Evanston, IL
Post-doctoral
Training
1983-1985 Resident,
Department of Medicine, Postgraduate Institute, Chandigarh,
India
1986-1988 Fellow, Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute,
Chandigarh, India
1990-1992 Clinical & Research Fellow in Nephrology, Tufts-New
England Med. Center, Boston, MA |
