Akhilesh Gandhi
@akhileshgandhi
Doctor-MBA driving AI-enabled healthcare innovation, clinical strategy, and commercial growth.
What I'm looking for
I am a Doctor-MBA with 12+ years of global experience at the intersection of clinical medicine, AI-driven healthcare innovation, and commercial strategy, having worked across India, the UK, and global markets. I have built AI-enabled healthcare products, accelerated pharma workflows, scaled telemedicine operations, and driven enterprise partnerships that improved quality, growth, and patient outcomes.
My accomplishments include leading medical affairs and telemedicine quality initiatives, designing GenAI solutions for pharma medical-legal review, optimising clinical trial protocols to improve enrolment and reduce screen failures, and architecting national-scale health transformation blueprints. I combine clinical credibility, product leadership, and commercial acumen to deliver measurable impact in patient outcomes and business metrics.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Director & Head of Medical Affairs
Practo Technologies Pvt. Limited
Oct 2025 - Present (5 months)
Overhauled telemedicine clinical quality and patient safety protocols, lifting customer satisfaction from 78% to >90% and improving patient-reported outcomes by 20%; led Medical Affairs team and closed a B2B insurance deal enrolling 20,000 employees.
Led GenAI MLR review and AI clinical trial platforms delivering ~$30M combined client value, reducing review cycles by 40% and improving trial enrolment speed by 18% while driving multi-client scale.
Led AI cardiovascular risk tool development on 50,000+ patient records and implemented digital workflows for a paperless proton cancer centre, improving patient flow and clinical IT integration.
Manager, Business Development & Strategy
Biocon
May 2017 - Dec 2017 (7 months)
Executed in-licensing deals and medical device collaborations generating ₹115 Cr in revenue and devised go-to-market strategy for an oncology drug to improve access for 5,000 patients.
Clinical Trust Fellow
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016 (7 months)
Performed ~100 trauma and orthopaedic surgeries with low morbidity and developed a spinal trauma protocol that saved £10,000/month in MRI costs; awarded for outstanding patient experience.
Surgical Resident Medical Officer
RMO International HealthCare LLP
Feb 2015 - Jun 2015 (4 months)
Managed high-volume surgical inpatients during intensive on-call periods with complication rates <0.5% across multidisciplinary consultant teams.
Senior House Officer, Surgical ICU
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Feb 2014 - Oct 2014 (8 months)
Redesigned pathology workflows saving £4,000/month and reduced CT wait times by 4 hours; performed ~50 invasive ventilator and cardiac procedures with <10% morbidity.
Surgical Resident Medical Officer
Central India Cancer Research Institute
Mar 2013 - Feb 2014 (11 months)
Revised biohazard waste policy reducing cross-infection by 5% and founded a cancer support group serving 80+ families to provide structured psychosocial support.
Medical Officer
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital
Feb 2012 - Mar 2013 (1 year 1 month)
Led Universal Health Scheme implementation benefiting 40 underprivileged families and organized a 300-patient surgical camp in a high-need region.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Indian School of Business
Post-Graduate Program in Management, Management (Strategy & Healthcare)
2016 - 2017
Activities and societies: Consulting project: go-to-market strategy for ambulance aggregation and Emergency Response System start-up.
Completed Post-Graduate Program in Management with a major in Strategy and specialization in Healthcare; developed a go-to-market strategy for an ambulance aggregation and emergency response start-up.
Wrexham Maelor NHS Hospital
European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) Certification, Paediatric Life Support
2015 - 2015
Certified in European Paediatric Life Support (EPLS), covering major European paediatric life-saving procedures.
North Middlesex University Hospital
Advanced Life Support (ALS) Course, Advanced Life Support
2013 - 2013
Grade: 92%
Completed Advanced Life Support (ALS) course with a score of 92%, demonstrating proficiency in adult medical emergency resuscitation skills.
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Medicine
2007 - 2012
Activities and societies: ICMR research scholarship recipient for a Critical Care Medicine research paper.
Completed Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS); awarded an ICMR research scholarship for original research in Critical Care Medicine.
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