Biography
Dr. Patel co-founded MyDoc and is responsible for business strategy and execution. He is also currently a Managing Director of Saena Partners, a Singapore-based investment company. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President at Chandler Corporation, a multi-billion dollar investment fund based in Singapore. In this role, he founded and led the investment team responsible for investing in healthcare businesses in South and Southeast Asia. His responsibilities included leading the onthe- ground incubation and early growth of a regional healthcare chain, as well as serving on the boards of several early-stage healthcare and education businesses throughout the region.
Research Interest
Dr Snehal Patel, MD, ESQ, will be able to share an in-depth look into the Asian industry, as well as the potential for growth in this market. His presentation and talk will focus on the Asian healthcare industry and how digital health is paving the way for a better and efficient industry that is patient centric, data-driven and simple. Using technology and digital platforms, healthcare is moving into a new age of easier access, improving quality and transparency for both the patient and payor side.
Biography
Mustafa Z. Younis is an internationally recognized scholar and was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Research of Healthcare Financial Management. Dr. Younis has authored and published over 200 articles, abstracts and presentations in refereed journals and meetings, and has presented at national and international conferences. Dr. Younis has administrative experience as Senior Advisor for the President at Zirve University, Turkey and as Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Florida International University (FL, USA) where he led the accreditation efforts for the Healthcare Management Program. Dr. Younis has a history of playing visible roles on the editorial boards of journals as Chief Editor, Guest Editor and Editorial board member of leading journals such as IJMR, JHCF, Inquiry, JHHSA, JPBAFM.
Research Interest
his latest research and work in progress as well as cross-industry trends and strategy implications.
Biography
Sandeep Sherlekar, M.D., was born and raised in Hong Kong and did his Medical Education at Delhi University in New Delhi, India. He was chosen among a few elite groups of applicants to do residency in Anesthesia at the highly acclaimed “All India Institute of Medical Sciences.” After moving to the United States, he re-certified in Anesthesiology Residency at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. He was chosen to serve as Chief Resident and helped establish the Pain Clinic during his tenure. Dr. Sherlekar went on to do his specialty fellowship in Interventional Pain Management at Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Sherlekar began his esteemed career as a Pain Management Specialist and Anesthesiologist in Maryland in 1996. He founded Capital Area Pain Management Associates and was the Chairman of Anesthesiology for 10 years at Civista Medical Center. To keep updated with current trends in Anesthesiology Dr. Sherlekar continues to work part-time at Johns Hopkins. He is Board Certified in Pain Management and actively participates in International Society of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery, The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, American Pain Society, and North American Spine Society. Dr. Sherlekar has been working for many years with patients with low back, neck pain and spinal pain. He has a special interest in spine pain but has been managing patients with a myriad of symptoms and complaints that include pelvic pain, headaches, fibromyalgia, He has been publishing articles in Pain Management Journals over the years and has written and lectured extensively on the subject around the country. Dr. Sherlekar and all the physicians, surgeons, and anesthesiologists at American Spine, place a high value on patient education. Dr. Sherlekar enjoys educating doctors and patients alike about herniated disc, bulging disc, spinal arthritis, foraminal stenosis, and other back and neck problems so that patients can find relief from pain and other debilitating symptoms.
Research Interest
Spine pain
