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DHN Leadership Council

A Trusted Forum for Leaders Shaping Healthcare’s Future

Anchored by Digital Health News, the Council provides a trusted space for grounded dialogue, informed perspectives, and collective learning across geographies.

The DHN Leadership Council is an invitation-only forum of experienced leaders from across the healthcare ecosystem-spanning hospitals and health systems, digital health, MedTech, diagnostics, life sciences, Big Tech, and policy- integrated with a select group of global leaders contributing international perspective and benchmarking.

What the DHN Leadership Council Is

The DHN Leadership Council serves as a trusted space for experienced leaders to share grounded insights, challenge emerging assumptions, and guide healthcare transformation with clarity and credibility.


The Council brings together senior decision-makers across the healthcare ecosystem—including providers, public health, pharma, medtech, digital health, technology, and policy—integrated with global leaders contributing international perspective and benchmarking.

Membership is by invitation only and is extended to individuals based on their role, experience, and influence on healthcare transformation in practice.

This is not an association, governing body, or commercial forum. It is a leadership platform built on credibility, discretion, and insight.

Why the Council Exists

Healthcare transformation is shaped by leaders who operate at the intersection of strategy, technology, policy, and execution. The DHN Leadership Council exists to:

Cross-Sector Dialogue

Enable thoughtful, cross-sector dialogue within the healthcare ecosystem

cross-dialogue

Real-World Perspectives

Bring together perspectives that reflect real-world decision-making and adoption

Global
Connection

Connect India's healthcare leadership with US and global experience

Ecosystem Thinking

Support research, discourse, and ecosystem thinking that extends beyond events

For DHN, the Council strengthens institutional credibility and reinforces its role as a global-facing healthcare intelligence platform.

DHN Leadership Council

Meet the First set of leaders shaping the healthcare globally

Dr. RS Sharma

Dr. RS Sharma

Chief Advisor, Digital Health News, Ex-CEO, National Health Authority, Former Chairman - TRAI

Dr. Uma Nambiar

Dr. Uma Nambiar

CEO, Indian Institute of Science Medical School Foundation & Chairperson, DHIA (DHIndia Association)

Dr. Feby Abraham

Dr. Feby Abraham

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, Texas

Cdr. Navneet Bali

Cdr. Navneet Bali

Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, Clearmedi Healthcare

Mandar Kulkarni

Mandar Kulkarni

National Security Officer - India and SEA, Microsoft

Ben Patel

Ben Patel

VP and CTO at University of Cincinnati Health, Ohio

Dr. Sunil K Khetarpal

Dr. Sunil K Khetarpal

Deputy Director General, Association of Healthcare Providers - AHPI

Sarang Deshpande

Sarang Deshpande

VP, Information Systems - Data & Analytics, Franciscan Health, Indiana

Jai Prakash Dwivedi

Jai Prakash Dwivedi

CIO, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre

Joy Chakraborty

Joy Chakraborty

Chief Operating Officer, P D Hinduja Hospital

Who We Invite

Membership reflects the breadth and depth of the healthcare ecosystem. We invite individuals with senior responsibility and decision-making scope across:

Health systems and hospitals

Digital health and health IT

MedTech and diagnostics

Pharma and life sciences

Big Tech healthcare practices

Public health, policy, and digital public infrastructure

US and international healthcare leadership roles

Membership is person-based, not organization-based.

What Membership Represents

  • Association with a trusted healthcare intelligence platform
  • Opportunity to contribute informed perspectives to ecosystem dialogue
  • Peer exchange across India and global healthcare leadership
  • Early visibility into research themes and insights

Participation Principles

Invitation-Only

Individual-based membership

No Commercial Activity

No solicitation, pitching, or promotional activity

Confidentiality

Chatham-style discussions

Professional Conduct

Editorial integrity maintained

Annual Review

Membership renewal process