The team at DMAI comprises of the board of directors and the Global Advisory board to define the road map, shape the strategy , give direction and direct the implementation of the agenda & program for DMAI. The board of directors and the advisory board comprises of the top notch corporate leaders with a wide range of experience from across the globe.
Hon. Chairperson : Tracey Moorhead
Tracey Moorhead
is the Honorary Chairperson of DMAI. Tracey Moorhead is President and Chief Executive Officer of DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance. DMAA convenes all stakeholders providing services along the care continuum toward the goal of population health improvement. These care continuum services include strategies such as health and wellness promotion, disease management and care coordination. Based in Washington, D.C., DMAA represents more than 200 corporate and individual members in promoting the role of population health improvement to raise the quality of care, improve health outcomes and reduce preventable health care costs for people with chronic conditions and those at risk for developing chronic conditions.
Ms. Moorhead is recognized as a leading health care advocate with considerable experience in public policy and coalition management. She effectively directs policy formulation and strategic advocacy efforts, as well as represents the disease management community before the media, allied organizations and constituents, and all levels of government.
Ms. Moorhead previously served as Executive Director of the Alliance to Improve Medicare (AIM), a bipartisan coalition advocating comprehensive Medicare improvements. AIM supported enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. As AIM's Executive Director, Ms. Moorhead coordinated and moderated educational and policy briefings for congressional staff; directed AIM's policy research, development and communications efforts; and developed grassroots programs in conjunction with AIM member organizations.
In addition to her role with AIM, Ms. Moorhead served as Vice President, Government Relations, for the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC). In this role, she coordinated a nationwide, multi-million dollar grassroots outreach campaign to senior citizens and partner organizations to increase awareness and participation in new Medicare benefits.
Ms. Moorhead brings to DMAI her rich international experience in healthcare and will provide the much needed thought leadership to DMAI.
President : Rajendra Pratap Gupta
Rajendra Pratap Gupta
is the President and Director of DMAI. Rajendra is an international healthcare & retail expert ,a sought after speaker and also writes for various international publications. He is a pioneer in Disease Management , Retail and Telemonitoring in India .Rajendra has worked in fortune 500 companies at senior positions.He is widely recognized for his innovative thinking and practical approach on complex issues. He has launched many path breaking ideas in the areas of Retail, Customer Service , Marketing Strategy & Operations . Currently, he is pursuing board positions as his full time profession & adds value as a board member to companies in USA & India across sectors spanning Healthcare, Retail , IT amongst others. Rajendra is also on the Advisory board of World Health Care Congress USA & World Health Care Congress, Europe & President of Country First .
His detailed profile is available at :www.linkedin.com/in/rajendragupta . Rajendra’s articles on Healthcare and Retail can be downloaded from : www.rajendra.groupsite.com
His blog can be read at : www.rajendrasays.blogspot.com / www.rajendragupta.wordpress.com
Director: Girish Rao
Girish Rao, Managing Director & CEO, Nova Medical Centers Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore.
Mr. Girish Rao has total experience of 21 years and spent most of his career in Sales and Marketing functions across industries. Mr. Girish Rao’s experience includes domestic and international assignments in industries spanning consumer durables,telecom and web enabled services.
He co-founded TTK Healthcare Services Private Limited (TTK HCS) in 2002 perceiving the potential of India’s healthcare insurance sector in India. As a founder CEO of TTK Healthcare Services Pvt. Ltd., he has been instrumental in building it into India’s leading Third Party Administrator (TPA) servicing leading public and private sector insurance companies. This Company is now successfully transitioned as a joint venture with Swiss Reinsurance Company.
He headed Swiss Re’s Health initiative in Asia as Managing Director, Strategic Development – Health, Asia.
He is currently heading Nova Medical Centers Pvt. Ltd. Nova Medical Center offers world-class Day Care Surgical procedures with the focus on minimally invasive surgeries and a state-of-the-art technology and equipment, and adheres to global standards.
Member on other Board / Committees
- He was a Member of the Health Advisory Board of British Telecom in FY 2008.
- He is a founder member of Self Insurance Institute of America’s (SIIA) - The committee is specifically dedicated to providing focused education and special services to the international self-insured market.
- He is member of CII Working Group on Health Insurance “Policy and Standars” and leads “Provider Network Management” stream.
- He was Co-chairperson of ‘Payor and Provider Group’ constituted by CII at CII Health Insurance Summit 2008.
- He was member of the Health Insurance Sub Group as well as the Group on Rural Health Insurance constituted by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Regulatory body in India.
- He was also on the panel of Sub Commission of National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (NCMH), Govt. of India.
- He was a member of CII - Core Group of Health Insurance Summit 2007 and CII South Region Healthcare Sub-committee 2007-08.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Management Studies.
Secretary : Dr Nikhil Damodar Datar
Dr Nikhil Damodar Datar MD, DNB, FICOG, FCPS, LLB, DGO, DHA, PGDMLS
Awards
Director : Dr. V.K. SINGH
Dr. V.K. SINGH
Surgeon Rear Admiral V.K. Singh ,VSM (Retd.) is MBBS, Masters in Hospital Administration and Diplomate National Board in Hospital and Health Care Management. He was awarded Vishist Seva Medal (VSM) for services at Zambia by the President of India. He has served as Dy. Chief Medical Officer of United Nations and has been to 23 countries on various assignments. He has published many articles in National and International Journals and Chapters in various books. He had conceived and executed Telemedicine project linking service hospitals of Jammu & Kashmir with Delhi. He is on Advisory board of many hospitals and visiting faculty as well as examiner of many reputed institutes and universities. He was Consultant of National Disaster Management Authority.
He is at present President of Academy of Hospital Administration, Principal Consultant and Board member of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers, Assessor of European Foundation for Quality Management, Member of Core Group Indira Gandhi National Open University, Member of National Health Committee of Confederation of Indian Industry and Director of International Institute of Health Management Research, New Delhi.
Director : Col.(Retd.) Satnam Singh (M.A., PGDPM, M.B.A.)
Satnam Singh served the army for 27 years at various levels of command. Also served Haffkine Bio-Pharma Corp. Ltd. (Govt. Undertaking), producing life saving drugs, for 6 years from 19990 to 1996 as in Charge Administration , and has been working as Working as Executive Director, National Kidney Foundation, since 1997.
Awards :Got best performance awards from Governor, continuously for three years at State level. Won various awards, appreciations & recognition in the field of studies, sports & on-job performance. Had the privilege of chairing/co-chairing sessions, giving talks at International levels. Had the opportunity of visiting Istanbul, Cappadocia (Turkey), Los Angeles (USA), Prague (Czech Republic), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Berlin (Germany), Adelaide, Melbourne (Australia), Auckland, Christchurch (New Zealand), Singapore, Dublin (Ireland) and Sicily (Italy).
The Global Advisory board of DMAI comprises of industry leaders from across the Globe . Members include
Honorary Chairman : Blake T. Andersen, PhD
Blake Andersen has been a leader in chronic disease prevention & management, health psychology, and learning and organization performance from over 20 years . Dr. Andersen began his career as a clinician and founding partner of a Seattle medical center and later went on to serve as a clinical educator in health psychology and behavioural medicine—with a strong interest in health behaviour change, adherence support, and successful aging. He served on the clinical faculty of the University of South Florida’s (USF) College of Medicine (Division of Psychiatry & Behavioural Medicine) where he supervised physician residents.
He was also a faculty member with the USF Department of Gerontology. Later in his career, Dr. Andersen was a team leader with Andersen Business Consulting’s US Strategy, Organization and People (SOP) practice, where he led organization development, performance improvement, change management, and learning and development engagements for some of the largest health and service corporations in the US. He has also led or consulted on health care systems change projects for US and international government units - including states, provinces, and health ministries.
Dr. Andersen received his Ph.D. in Psychology in 1986 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He went on to complete a post-doctoral residency at Western State Hospital in Tacoma and post-doctoral study in Health Psychology and Psychoneuroimmunology at the USF College of Medicine. Dr. Andersen has delivered keynote and development programs around the world on topics ranging from the practice and application of population health improvement, disease management and health coaching; health behaviour change facilitation; lifestyle change and treatment adherence; and regional, community and organizational health care performance improvement.
PROF. K.GANAPATHY M.Ch. (Neuro), FACS, FICS, FAMS Ph.D
Dr. R.P. Ilangho, MD, FRCP(Glasg), DTRD
Dr. R.P. Ilangho is the Vice-President (Medical) of BreatheEazy Clinic, for Apollo Hospitals Group. BreatheEazy Clinic is India’s first Disease Management Programme since 2003.Apollo Hospitals Group is a pioneer healthcare institution, which started from Chennai, India in 1983; and heralded the beginning of state-of-the Art Corporate medical care for India & adjoining countries(India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ghana, Nigeria, Republic of Mauritius, Qatar, and Kuwait). Dr.Ilangho is a Senior Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and an Interventional Pulmonologist (Bronchoscopist) based out of Chennai, India since 1990.
He is unique in heading India`s first Disease Management Program, as a practicing doctor, for the last eight years. He has been a vital anchor in keeping alive Disease Management, donning an evangelical role, in the propagation of DM in India and globally; with a passionate zeal and futuristic vision.
He graduated from the prestigious Stanley Medical College, Chennai and has undergone his post- graduation in Respiratory Medicine from the legendary Madras Medical College – Institute of Thoracic Medicine, where he was the University (State) first rank holder in Respiratory Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow, United Kingdom. He has a rich clinical experience in having worked in both the Indian government sector and private sectors. He has been a consultant at various corporate hospitals. He is the Executive Editor for `Apollo Hospital Proceedings`, a medical journal, since 2003. He is actively involved in the activities of the Indian Medical Association since 2001 and is presently the President of the Apollo-Thousand Lights Branch. He is the Academic Co-ordinator for Post Graduates in Respiratory Medicine at Apollo Hospitals since 2005, when the recognition for Diplomate in National Board (DNB) – equivalent to MD., was achieved. He lectures for other specialty DNB students including Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2003. He is faculty for the course of Fellow in Emergency Medicine (FEM) since 2000, now changed to Diploma in Emergency Medicine (DEM). This is a joint venture with the Royal College of General Physicians, United Kingdom.
He has done international clinical research as a Principal Investigator in Clinical drug trials which were subject to the US Food and Drug Administration (US-FDA) audit. He is trained in ICH – GCP (International Conference on Harmonization – Regulations – Good Clinical Practices). He has published scientific articles – in national and international journals; and presented at and chaired sessions at various conferences. He is a Life-member of the Indian Chest Society, American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) – USA – Indian Chapter; Indian Association of Bronchology, Association of Physicians of India, and Indian Critical Care Society. He has organized International Chest Meets and attended International Chest Conferences. He has given numerous live media talks on prime television and radio channels. He is keenly interested in global clinical research, synergizing western and eastern science.
He has actively contributed as a member of the Global Advisory Board of the Disease Management Association of India (DMAI), in terms of creating the first International population health management WIKI page creation, and presently for the review and revision of the Dictionary, work group assignment of assigned definitions of the 2nd edition of Disease Management terminology. He has also contributed with his ideas to the implementation of the Indian CCCP.
Dr.Ilangho is 100% sure that Disease Management with Wellness is the future of healthcare (with intense global research) and has dedicated his clinical career for the same!
