Rushika Fernandopulle: Repairing Healthcare

Jefferson Humanities Forum presents the Carlin Foundation Annual Lecture on Healthcare Innovation

Rushika Fernandopulle: Repairing Healthcare

What does it take to transform values of health equity and patient-centered care into industry-changing business models? Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP, is a physician who has spent decades improving the quality of healthcare delivered to patients. He is Chief Innovation Officer at One Medical, a membership-based primary care practice on a mission to make getting quality care more affordable, accessible, and enjoyable for all. He was co-founder and CEO of Iora Health, a value-based care primary care group based in Boston MA that delivered better quality, lower costs and improved satisfaction for both patients and teammates. Rushika joined One Medical as part of the One Medical acquisition of Iora in 2021. Rushika was the first Executive Director of the Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement, and Managing Director of the Clinical Initiatives Center at the Advisory Board Company. He is a member of the Albert Schweitzer, Ashoka, Aspen, and Salzburg Global Fellowships. He serves on the staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital, on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, and on the boards of Families USA and the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care. He earned his A.B., M.D., and M.P.P. from Harvard University, and completed his clinical training at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts General Hospital.

To learn more about Dr. Fernandopulle and his innovative vision for healthcare, check out his talk, posted below, Connecting for Change: Redesigning Primary Care, which he gave at the Mayo Clinic in 2013.

Moderator: Marc-David Munk, MD, MPH, MHCM, Sidney Kimmel Medical College Class of 2003, is President of Steward Health Care Middle East, the Dubai-based affiliate of Dallas-headquartered Steward Health Care. After graduating from SKMC, Dr. Munk completed his residency and fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh and later completed a master’s degree in management from Harvard University. He has since held a variety of leadership roles in academic, government and new-entrant healthcare companies—including serving as Chief Medical Officer and VP for Accountable Care at Iora Health from 2016 to 2018, where he was mentored by Dr. Fernandopulle. Dr. Munk and his spouse, Dr. Martina Stippler, Associate Professor and Vice-Chief of Neurosurgery at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, have led the Carlin Foundation since its inception in 2018.

About the Carlin Foundation Annual Lecture on Healthcare Innovation

The purpose of the Carlin Foundation Annual Lecture on Healthcare Innovation is to stimulate innovation in medicine and medical care delivery by exposing students and other attendees to notable speakers and ideas. The Foundation encourages the selection of speakers who will challenge participants to think creatively and innovatively about the difficulties and opportunities facing healthcare, looking, in particular, to experts and industries outside of healthcare.

About the Jefferson Humanities Forum

Each academic year, Jefferson Humanities & Health explores a thought-provoking theme from a wide range of perspectives, inviting reflection and action around how we improve lives. During 2022-2023, the Jefferson Humanities Forum hosts multidisciplinary scholars and thinkers to investigate the theme of Repair.

Questions? Contact Kirsten Bowen, Humanities Program Coordinator, Student Affairs, at kirsten.bowen@jefferson.edu.