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Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP
Rushika Fernandopulle, M.D., M.P.P. is the founder of Renaissance Health, a leader in the design and implementation of high performing, innovative health care delivery systems. He works with a select group of progressive physician groups, hospitals, employers, and public agencies to create new ways to deliver care to dramatically improve quality and service and reduce overall expenditures. He was the first executive director of the Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement, an effort to leverage top faculty from across Harvard University and senior leaders in health care organizations to tackle the largest, most difficult problems facing the health system. As part of this role he was involved in research on many aspects of the U.S. health care system including racial disparities in care, clinical information systems, pay for performance, and the uninsured.
Prior to these positions, Dr. Fernandopulle was managing director and chief medical officer of the Consumer Health Initiative and managing director of the Clinical Initiatives Center, both divisions of the Advisory Board Company, a membership-based research and consulting firm located in Washington D.C. Dr. Fernandopulle is the coauthor or editor of several publications including Health Care Policy, a textbook for physicians and medical students; Uninsured in America: Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity, a book describing what it means to be uninsured in America; and several articles on improving the quality of care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Fernandopulle earned his AB, MD, and MPP (Masters in Public Policy) from Harvard University, completed his clinical training at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts General Hospital, is board certified in internal medicine, and serves as an attending physician on the medical service at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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