Nilay Shah, Ph.D.
Chief Strategy Officer, Dell Medical School
Professor, Department of Population Health
Cullen Trust for Higher Education Distinguished University Chair in Value-Based Care, Dell Medical School
About
Nilay Shah, Ph.D., leads enterprise-level strategy, growth initiatives and long-term planning during a pivotal phase of building an integrated academic health system. In this role, he works across clinical care, research, education and operations to align priorities, guide investment decisions and advance digitally enabled, patient-centered models of care, with particular focus on digital health, artificial intelligence-enabled capabilities and strategic partnerships.
Shah also holds a faculty appointment as professor of population health and serves as the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Distinguished University Chair in Value-Based Care. Prior to joining Dell Med, he spent many years at Mayo Clinic in senior leadership roles within the Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, including as endowed research director and chair of the Department of Healthcare Delivery Research, where he helped shape enterprise strategy around learning health systems, value-based care and data-driven decision-making.
More recently, Shah served at Delta Air Lines, bringing an operator’s perspective to corporate health care strategy, transformation and scale. Across sectors, he is recognized for translating evidence into action and helping complex organizations move from strategy to execution.