Health 2049: Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, Co-Founder & CEO, Iora Health

Jason Helgerson co-hosts the Health 2049 podcast with Bisi Williams of the Massive Change Network.

Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle challenges the status quo of health services from the ground up. In our discussion, he talks about the myriad ways we can create a world of more empathetic and equitable health. 

Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle is a practicing physician and co-founder and CEO of Iora Health, a venture backed, national de-novo primary care group based in Boston MA. He 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, and Salzburg Global Fellowships. He is also an Aspen Health Innovators Fellow. He is co-author or editor of several publications including Health Care Policy, a textbook for physicians and medical students, and Uninsured in America: Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity. 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. (Masters in Public Policy) from Harvard University, and completed his clinical training at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts General Hospital.