Biography
Ayesha Khalid is a Board Certified ENT surgeon with approximately 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. She completed an MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management in the Sloan Fellows Program - a program focused on innovation and global leadership. Ayesha is a systems thinker and a healthcare innovation enthusiast. While at Sloan, Ayesha joined MIT H@cking Medicine to help promote disruptive thinking in healthcare. She serves as Chief of Division of Otolaryngology at the Cambridge Health Alliance. She has served for several years as Clinical Director of the Yale School of Medicine Center for Biomedical Innovation
Prior to Sloan, Ayesha served on several Boards for medical organizations, performed cutting edge basic science and clinical research in sinonasal disease. As a practicing clinician, understands the healthcare change process and the need to foster cross-disciplinary engagement. Ayesha served as VP of Business Development at Doctella, a digital health start up with a recent successful exit. Ayesha is deeply committed to the patient voice in healthcare. She serves on the Board of Global Genes - a rare diseases patient advocacy organization and helped set up and lead their Medical and Scientific Advisory Board.
Industry Expertise (3)
Health Care - Facilities
Medical/Dental Practice
Health Care - Providers
Areas of Expertise (9)
Digital Health
Clinical Trials
System Analysis
Clinician
Surgery
Innovator
BD Otolaryngology
Stem
Medical Education
Education (2)
Massachussetts Institute of Technology: M.B.A., Innovation and Global Leadership 2014
Penn State University: M.D., Medicine 2003
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Affiliations (1)
- American Board of Otolaryngology
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