Nova Medical Centers, a multi-specialty day care surgical centre, has appointed Sudhir Bahl as the president and chief operating officer to lead the overall operations of the company. He will be based out of Delhi and will also be the head of Max-NOVO SPV and serve on the board of the SPV. Bahl will be responsible for steering the growth of overall Nova operations in India and additionally be engaged directly in managing the doctor empanelment.
Bahl is a healthcare delivery industry and domain specialist with 18 years of experience in transforming companies across healthcare sector. His practice spectrum spans from general management, business development and corporate affairs in both India and International healthcare markets. He has played a pivotal role in two successful start-up companies in the healthcare space.
Commenting on the new appointment, Suresh Soni, chairman, Nova Medical Centres said, “Considering the competitive market scenario, effective operations and leadership is the key to success for any sector now. We are happy to have Sudhir on board as his expertise will help to take Nova to newer heights and his experience shall give further impetus to our business.”
His practice spectrum includes assignments at leadership position in strategic growth and P&L Management, consulting, healthcare information technology solutions and customer service management in medical equipment technology. He has worked extensively in Middle East in his assignments with GEMSIT and Apollo Hospitals Group. In his last assignment, Bahl was one of the founder directors and COO of IVEN Medicare India and led the organisation into an impressive profit making business enterprise for investor ICICI Venture Fund Management.
He has worked as vice president of Apollo Hospitals for three years, in senior position for ten years with GE Healthcare and with Wipro Technologies healthcare IT solutions for two years. He had a short stint with Abu Dhabi government as a healthcare consultant and is known for his vision, strategic thinking, positive attitude and high energy levels and displays tremendous leadership qualities by focusing on mentoring and people development.
With his strong interpersonal, facilitation and presentation skills, Bahl has successfully handled multiple assignments in areas of international projects management, managing Clinical Operations, implementing Healthcare IT solutions, customer service management for medical equipment and technology. He also has considerable expertise in healthcare franchising and brand marketing.
Bahl said,“It’s a great feeling to be part of a professional startup company in ever growing healthcare space. I am delighted to be given the opportunity to head the Nova Medical Centers across India and internationally. Day care surgery is a well established clinical practice across the globe. With this concept gaining momentum in India, this new assignment gives me opportunities to create a large network and immense value for the investors.”
Bahl an electronics engineer and an MBA with specialisation in international business management is also a GE Certified SIX SIGMA (Green Belt) for process and performance Improvement. He has served on the Board of four companies and worked closely on industry associations like CII for initiatives in Healthcare Industry.
Nova, a premier day care surgical center, opened its first centre in Koramangla, Bangalore in May 2009. Nova is funded by the GTI Group; a New York based private investment company, and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a leading global venture capital firm.