Dr. Bhupinder Chaudhary is presently working as associate professor at the Department of Hospital Management and Hospice Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He is associated with the healthcare sector for more than two decades. Pursuing the bachelor’s in medical sciences and master’s in health and hospital administration and formally working in this industry for more than 15 years provided him an opportunity to explore this sector in cross-sectional view. After completing Doctorate in Hospital and Health Management, he successfully completed Post-doctorate in Healthcare Studies from the United States. He possesses industry exposure having worked with the public sector as hospital administrator and accreditation co-ordinator in one of the largest teaching hospitals in western India. During his industry tenure, his contribution was significant in the areas of NABH, NABL, HMIS, and RSBY apart from routine hospital administration. Professionally, he is an academician, researcher, and trainer in the ever changing healthcare and allied sectors. His areas of interest include health economics, healthcare delivery system, quality management, disaster management, healthcare tourism, aging, healthcare-IT, and HRM in healthcare. His research acumen has also been excellent and has many publications and presentations to his credit in national and international Journals and conferences. He has also conducted and organized various trainings with reference to different aspects of health and hospital administration.
Dr. Dinesh Bhatia pursued his PhD in Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Engineering from MNNIT, Allahabad, India with Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Mumbai University. He completed his MBA (Dual Specialization) from IMT Ghaziabad. He is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya, India. He was selected for the Young Scientist Award (BOYSCAST) by Government of India to pursue research in osteoarthritis (OA) for one year at Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Department, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA, where he was leading a multidisciplinary team of researchers. He is also the recipient of INAE Fellowship Award by the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He was selected as one of the twelve young biomedical scientists by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Government of India, to pursue research fellowship in the field of sensory prosthetics at University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He has attended biomechanics and human gait training at Munich, Germany, and training of use of rTMS, EEG, and EMG equipment(s) in disabled children in Ivanovo, Russia. He delivered an Invited Talk on Gait and Osteoarthritis in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has several research papers in reputed journals, conference, seminars, and symposia with teaching and research experience of close to 20 years. He is invited panel member of many professional bodies, editorial boards, committees, government bodies, societies, and forums. He has worked on several funded projects from Government of India on physically challenged, disabled, and paralyzed persons and few projects are still ongoing. He has authored/published 300+ articles, 14 books, and 30 books chapters till date and supervised several UG, PG, and doctoral students. His research focuses on understanding muscle mechanics, joint kinematics, and dynamics involved in performing locomotion and routine tasks and undermining it effects during an injury or disease. His areas of interest are medical instrumentation, biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering, medical informatics, signal and image processing, marketing, and international business.
Dr. Mahesh Patel is a seasoned healthcare executive whose expertise spans over 15 enriching years within the realms of hospitals, ambulatory care centers, healthcare quality management, projects, and multi-site leadership. He has master’s degree in Hospital Management from the Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration and a Homeopathic Medical Graduate from the Maharashtra University of Health Science. He is associated with Aster DM Healthcare as a Head of Operations, Licensing and New Initiatives, and has worked with reputed JCI Accredited organizations like Apollo Hospitals, India, and NMC Healthcare, UAE.
He is a keen academician and has served 6 years as a visiting faculty and examiner at the Department of Hospital Management, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, India. He is more than an accomplished executive; his fervor for knowledge shines through as an ardent scholar, boasting an impressive collection of published works in indexed journals. Also, he recently published a chapter on “Principles and Implementation of Quality Management and Patient Safety Systemsin Ho
