Amol S. Navathe

Dr. Amol Navathe, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. A practicing physician, health economist, and engineer, he specializes in delivery transformation and policy design, leveraging advanced health data analytics and technology to enhance healthcare delivery across numerous large health systems. His expertise includes analyzing physician and hospital economic behavior, focusing on claims data to assess care costs, quality, and appropriateness, which is crucial for evaluating health system performance and policy design. Dr. Navathe has significant experience with large-scale government initiatives, having served as Medical Officer and Senior Program Manager for the $1 billion federal Comparative Effectiveness Research program. He is also a thought leader in the field, founding the academic journal Health Care: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation, where he serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief, and is the Founding Director of the Foundation for Healthcare Innovation. His impactful research on healthcare costs and quality has been published in top journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Health Affairs, and Health Services Research. Dr. Navathe completed his medical training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, pursued post-graduate training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and earned his PhD in Health Care Management and Economics at The Wharton School at Penn.