Neelam Sekhri Feachem, MS
Associate Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine
Ms. Sekhri Feachem has over 30 years of experience in health policy, financing, and management of health care systems.
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She served as health financing and policy advisor at the World Health Organization from 2003- 2007, where she provided technical and policy guidance to a wide range of countries on health financing, with a particular focus on private and public insurance, and methods to complement public financing with private funding instruments. Most recently Ms. Feachem served as Senior Vice President for Global Access and Alliances at Napo Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical firm.
As founder of The Healthcare Redesign Group Inc. since 1994, Ms. Feachem heads a consultancy firm that has been recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the fastest-growing privately-held companies in the San Francisco area. She advises governments and international organizations on health reform, financing, and policy.
Prior to founding The Healthcare Redesign Group, Ms. Feachem spent 14 years with Kaiser Permanente where she held executive positions in hospital and medical group management, organizational development, and finance.
Ms. Feachem has served on various Boards including the Commercial Advisory Board of the British National Health Service, Working Group on Private Insurance for the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD), INMED Partnerships for Children, and the Board of Directors of the Alameda County Medical Center.