Mahesh Krishnan, MD, MPH, MBA is the group vice president of research and development at DaVita, and in his current role is a corporate intrapreneur, looking to build multiple high growth business on DaVita’s existing service platform. Dr. Krishnan founded and co-leads the DaVita Venture Group, DaVita’s external innovation arm. He also oversees the clinical aspects of DaVita’s pharma strategy and implementation function, and oversees parts of public policy in DC.
Dr. Krishnan was DaVita’s founding International Chief Medical Officer overseeing thirteen countries and the Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Research. He has successfully managed and grown multimillion-dollar P and L’s and overseen large cross function implementation teams and budgets. Dr. Krishnan previously led Medical Policy, Nephrology Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Epogen Global Development and Epogen Medical Affairs at Amgen Inc, and spent five years in clinical practice.
A graduate of Pennsylvania State University’s 6 year accelerated medical program, Dr. Krishnan earned his Doctor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College and did an Internal Medicine Residency and Chief Residency at Georgetown. He completed a fellowship in Nephrology, a Master of Public Health, and a Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins University. A sought-after expert and public speaker for transforming healthcare delivery, Dr Krishnan has served on a number of public and private corporate boards including Halozyme Therapeutics, Chinook Therapeutics, Miromatrix Medical, and Pathalys Pharma. He has founded and chaired multiple industry consortiums on data interoperability, serves as a member of the CMS’s standing healthcare quality measurements renal committee, and was a member of advisory boards for the FDA, CMS, NIH, and HHS. He is the Chair of Kidney Care Partners, the cross-industry trade group and a recognized expert in domestic and international payment, quality and innovation policy and the chair of Pre Medicine-Advisory Council for the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Krishnan has written three books, authored three textbook chapters, and has over seventy peer reviewed publications.