Mahek Shah

Dr. Mahek A. Shah leads and directs the Value Measurement for Health Care practice at Harvard Business School. As the Senior Researcher and Senior Project Director, he implements time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) globally to understand real and actual costs of care delivery. He’s also Associate Faculty at Ariadne Labs, led by Atul Gawande. Dr. Shah is the co-author of Harvard Business School (HBS) case studies. Dr. Shah’s research has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), World Health Organization (WHO), the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Forbes. He delivered a TED talk at Harvard: Bringing Patient-centered Design to Healthcare. Shah speaks globally on the future of health care delivery, value-based care, measurement, innovative delivery models, and the business of healthcare. Dr. Shah advises the World Economic Forum, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and serves on the New England Journal of Medicine’s Catalyst Insights Council. Prior to medicine, Dr. Shah worked on Wall Street at Citigroup’s Global Corporate and Investment Bank. Dr. Shah received his Doctorate of Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine and Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies cum laude from Rice University. He is a competitive tennis player and races sports cars. Stay engaged with Dr. Shah on twitter @Mahek_MD