Chirag D. Patel

About Chirag

Chirag Patel brings nearly 20 years of progressive experience in health care strategy and leadership, with proven success as both a leader within a leading regional health system as well as a management consultant, having worked with leading national academic medical centers, integrated delivery systems and community providers.

As an executive at a leading integrated health system in Illinois, Chirag led strategic planning and business development functions for the system’s provider and health plan divisions. As a consultant at industry-leading firms, Chirag served as a strategic advisor to multiple health systems, leading the development of growth strategies, payer partnership initiatives, value-based care strategies and M&A planning and evaluation on both the buy and sell side.

Aside from his professional experience, Chirag remains engaged as a student mentor and former advisory board member of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Northwestern University, where he earned his BS before pursuing an MA in the Learning Sciences, also at Northwestern.