Dr. Shrank is CEO of Aradigm, a new company focused on improving access, affordability, and sustainability of cell and gene therapies. He was formerly the chief medical officer at Humana, chief medical officer of the Health Plan at UPMC, chief scientific officer at CVS Health, and the inaugural director of the Evaluation Group at the CMS Innovation Center. Shrank started his career as a practicing internist and health services researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
In their candid conversation, they explore:
- How an "unplanned" career led to extraordinary impact and continuous growth, and learning
- Why clinicians can't afford to stay on the sidelines
- The reality of transitioning from big corporate roles to startup life
More on Will: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-shrank-1a727147/
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Dr. Jasik is a board-certified pediatrician with a career spanning health technology startups, multidisciplinary care, education, and research. Prior roles in digital health include serving as Chief Medical Officer at Omada Health. At Verily, Carolyn supports the clinical and research teams to create and test the next generation of precision medicine solutions for chronic disease. She also holds a post as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She completed her medical degree at the University of Chicago and her residency, fellowship and research training at UCSF. In their candid conversation, they explore: - The framework for integrating clinical voices into product development and the importance of alignment - How to turn “healthy conflict" into breakthrough innovation - The importance of cultural alignment - Practical strategies for clinicians entering the tech world More on Carolyn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-bradner-jasik-md-67107b7/ More from me: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reenapande/ - Substack: https://reenapande.substack.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reena_pande/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reena.pande - X: https://x.com/reena_pande #leadershiprounds #prescribingleadership #conversationswithclinicians #clinicians #leaders #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #healthcare #healthcareexecutive #clinicianexecutive #entrepreneurship #health #innovation
As Chief Medical Officer of OncoHealth, Dr. Norden leads clinical affairs and strategy, a cancer digital health company helping health plans, employers, oncologists, and patients navigate the physical, mental, and financial complexities of cancer. An accomplished neuro-oncologist, Dr. Norden previously served as CMO of COTA, an oncology company focused on the curation and use of real-world data and as Deputy Chief Health Officer and lead physician for oncology and genomics at IBM Watson Health. Dr. Norden’s career began at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, where he served as Associate CMO and led clinical trials for patients with glioma, meningioma, and seizures in brain tumor patients.
Dr. Norden attended medical school at Yale School of Medicine and completed his residency training at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals, before completing a neuro-oncology fellowship at Dana-Farber. Dr. Norden also earned an MPH from the Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
In their candid conversation, they explore:
How to network authentically and build meaningful professional relationships
How to translate clinical expertise into business impact from day one
What makes CMO-CEO relationships truly effective
Hard lessons from both successes and setbacks in healthcare technology
More on Andrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-norden/
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Dr. Feifer has dedicated his career to improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare and the health of populations served. Most recently, he served as Chief Medical Officer at InnovAge, a multi-state provider of PACE programs, serving frail dual-eligible seniors by delivering comprehensive patient-centric care, enabling them to age independently for as long as possible. Prior to joining InnovAge, he was executive vice president at Genesis HealthCare, one of the nation’s largest skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and long-term care providers. Before Genesis, Dr. Feifer was Aetna’s Chief Medical Officer of National Accounts and previously served as Vice President of Clinical Program Innovation and Evaluation at Medco, where he was responsible for the organization’s portfolio of care enhancement programs. Dr. Feifer’s experience extends to various boards and committees, providing strategic and fiduciary leadership. He currently is a director at the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, one of the largest healthcare accreditors. A graduate of Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Feifer is a board-certified internist with experience in population health, primary care, geriatrics, and urgent care medicine at the Fallon Clinic. He received his MPH in Health Services Management from Columbia University, and is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut.
In their candid conversation, they explore:
Why physician executives face higher standards—and how to exceed them
The art of building allies and mastering pre-meeting dynamics that drive real organizational change
Why being "multilingual" as a leader is essential for physician executives
Moving toward compelling opportunities rather than away from clinical frustration
The importance of bringing both clinical expertise and business acumen to leadership roles
More on Rich: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-feifer/
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Dr. Liz Kwo, MD, MBA, MPH, is the Chief Commercial Officer of Everly Health, a digital health company serving millions of people annually by expanding access to virtual-first disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Before this, Dr. Kwo served as Deputy Chief Clinical Officer for Elevance. Dr. Kwo has founded several venture-backed companies throughout her career, including InfiniteMD (acquired by Consumer Medical) and New Pathway Education and Technology Group (acquired by EIC Education), and she has also held leadership positions at American Well and Medtronic. As a Harvard-trained and practicing Preventive Medicine physician and health tech pioneer, she's at the forefront of integrating A.I. and emerging technologies in healthcare. Dr. Liz's book Digital MD: Revolutionizing the Future of Healthcare, published by Forbes, dives into digital health's future. Dr. Kwo holds a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University, an MD from Harvard Medical School, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and an MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
In their candid conversation, they explore:
More on Everly: https://www.everlyhealth.com/
More on Liz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizkwo/
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Dr. Neel Shah, MD, MPP, FACOG, is Chief Medical Officer of Maven Clinic, the largest virtual clinic for women's and family health, and visiting scientist at Harvard Medical School. He is also the co-founder of the March for Moms Association, a coalition of more than 20 leading organizations dedicated to increasing public and private investment in the wellbeing of mothers, and the founder of Costs of Care, an NGO that curates insights from clinicians and patients to help delivery systems provide better care. His work to build equitable, trustworthy systems of care is featured in the documentaries “Color of Care,” produced by Oprah Winfrey, and “Aftershock,” which is currently streaming on Hulu. Dr. Shah serves on the advisory board of the National Institutes of Health, Office of Women's Health Research.
In this episode, we explore:
The transition from clinical practice to entrepreneurship
What it truly means to be a Chief Medical Officer in healthcare tech
How clinicians can leverage their unique skills in business environments
Finding your path when the "obvious" career trajectory doesn't feel right
More on Maven: https://www.mavenclinic.com
More on Neel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neeltshah
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We’re thrilled to announce that Reena's podcast is relaunching under a new name: Leadership Rounds with Dr. Reena Pande! You can expect the same great host, just with a new name and fresh look. Each month, Reena will explore lessons of exceptional healthcare leaders through candid conversations with outstanding clinician executives who are catalyzing change across our industry. Stay tuned! We'll be dropping our first monthly episode is dropping May 14th.
Dr. Matt Patterson is the President of WelbeHealth, an organization that provides high quality, integrated, clinical and social care for vulnerable seniors through their PACE program. In his role as President, he oversees all operations for the business. He has long been dedicated to improving the value, accessibility, and experience of healthcare for all people and their caregivers. He’s led market changing innovation across clinical, operational, and technology domains with AirStrip, McKinsey & Company, and the United States Navy.
In this episode, we talk about what he calls "The Love Economy" and what it means to lead with authenticity and vulnerability. He shares some of the unique qualities that clinician leaders bring to the entrepreneurial world. And we discuss how his experience in the Navy and as a consultant at McKinsey shaped his skillset and perspective as a healthcare executive.
More on WelbeHealth: https://welbehealth.com/
More on Matt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbpatterson
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Erika Pabo, MD MBA is a physician, executive leader, and entrepreneur with deep experience building, operating, and transforming businesses across the value-based healthcare ecosystem. She currently serves as Chief Transformation Officer & Operations Leader for Humana’s Primary Care Organization, the largest senior focused primary care business in the country that operates in market as Centerwell, Conviva and Elite. Erika previously served Co-President at Author, a company she helped incubate and operate as a business segment within Humana and where she still sits on the board. Prior to that, she served as Medical Director for Population Health and Associate Director for Primary Care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital System where she still sees patients today. She received her MD and MBA from Harvard and her bachelors degree from Yale.
In this episode, Erika and I have a fun conversation discussing:
- How she learned how to understand her value, show her value, and bring all of herself to her role as a clinician and an operator
- Her inspiration to pursue an joint MD/MBA degree and other approaches to acquiring the skills needed to be successful
- What she sees as the special strengths that clinicians bring to the business world and why she thinks some of the most transformative leaders are indeed clinicians
- How success arises from having curiosity and mutual respect, developing a shared language, having a growth mindset, and from clear articulation of roles and responsibilities
- On the heterogeneity and the historically limited view of the role of the "clinical leader" and why she has sometimes had to “over-index” on being an operator as a result
- On navigating life and work and being present through it all
- A special note of appreciation for the innumerable clinicians on the ground doing the hard work of caring for patients without whom the system would not function
- And much more!
More about Humana’s Centerwell: https://www.centerwellprimarycare.com/
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For this next episode of #ConversationsWithClinicians, I really wanted to highlight a duo, a great clinician executive alongside their non-clinician partner-in-crime, to shine a spotlight on how a partnership across disciplines can flourish and thrive and be a cornerstone for a company’s success. Today's guests are Ami Parekh, MD JD, Chief Health Officer at Included Health and Robin Glass, President at Included Health. In this wonderful conversation, we cover:
- How they and their teams work with one another
- The importance of the clinical voice at the executive table- Knowing your "why" and why it's important to care about the business as a clinical executive
- About prioritizing relationships, having a growth mindset, and understanding how to evolve your leadership approach as you ascend in your career
- The hard stuff... Managing difficult moments together, navigating ambiguity
- The tangible skills and intangible qualities that make a clinical leader (or any leader) great.
- On "getting" to work with clinicians vs. "having" to work with clinicians
- And some final advice you have to listen to!
About Ami: Ami Parekh, MD, JD, is the Chief Health Officer at Included Health where she leads the strategy, operations and quality for their national primary care, urgent care, behavioral health, clinical navigation and population health management practices. She also currently serves on the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Board of Directors. Prior to Included Health, she was Chief Medical Officer for Population Health and Clinical Integration for UCSF Health. She previously worked as a consultant for McKinsey and Company and worked on Capitol Hill serving as the co-convenor for Obama’s 2008 campaign Health Policy Committee. Ami completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She attended Yale Medical School and Yale Law School, and graduated Phi Beta kappa from Williams College majoring in political science and biology.
About Robin: Robin Glass leads the sales, marketing, client success, growth strategy, channel partnership, and GTM operations teams, responsible for growing our number of clients and members, company growth and strategy, and the retention and success of partnerships with our clients. She has over 20 years of experience building and scaling growth organizations for innovative healthcare companies. Prior, she was Chief Customer Officer at Evolent Health, a publicly-traded value-based care company. Robin has a BA in Public Policy from Duke University and an MBA and Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three daughters.
About Included Health: Included Health partners with leading organizations, health plans, and employers to provide high-quality care for their employees and members — no matter where they are in their health journey or what type of care they need, from acute to chronic, behavioral to physical. More at: https://includedhealth.com/
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Dr. Minal Patel is the currently the founder and CEO of Abacus Insights. After beginning his career as a physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, he served as consultant at McKinsey, and held several roles at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey including Chief Strategy Officer. His former company Care Management International was acquired by iHealth Technologies.In this fun and wide-ranging conversation, Minal and I discuss his decision to pursue business and entrepreneurship, the role of mentors and role models, staying true to your mission, tapping into the expertise of those around you, and some final tidbits of sage advice!
Learn more about Abacus Insights at https://abacusinsights.com/
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This Virtual Roundtable hosted live on May 14, 2024 highlighted the experiences of three clinician CEOs leading early stage, venture-backed healthcare companies:
- Jess Gaulton, MD, CEO of FamilyWell Health
- Nicki Tessler, PsyD, MBA, CEO of BeMe Health
- Rachel McCrickard, LMFT, CEO of Motivo Health
In this episode, we explore lessons learned at the intersection of business and clinical disciplines. Hear about their experiences moving from clinical care to entrepreneurship, founding and building early stage companies, navigating life and leadership, and much more.
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reenapande/
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