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Nirav Shah
Nirav R. Shah, MD, is senior scholar at Stanford University’s School of Medicine. He is a distinguished health-care leader with experience as an operator, scientist, innovator, and regulator. His expertise spans public health, public and private health insurance, and clinical operations across the continuum of care. At Stanford, Shah conducts research on improving health-care quality and safety while lowering cost, driving adoption of digital technologies, and quantitatively evaluating the resulting value for US and international health-care systems. Shah is board-certified in internal medicine and is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale School of Medicine. He is an advisor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, senior fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, independent director of STERIS plc, and trustee of the John A. Hartford Foundation. Previously, he served as chief operating officer of Kaiser Permanente in Southern California and as commissioner of the New York State Department of Health.