Physician Leader, Global Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
Better care, run well, powered by data and AI.
Dr. Sarika Mohan | MBBS, MD Microbiology, CPHQ, COBE (UC Berkeley)
Artificial Intelligence (Stanford) · Data Science and AI (UC Berkeley) · Principal Consultant, Sarika Mohan Consulting, Jaipur
Impact
15+ years of results across four countries
India, Sri Lanka, Qatar and the United States. Hospitals, national programmes, airlines and health systems.
Services
Where I can help
For hospitals, diagnostic networks, health tech companies, governments and global health programmes.
Clinical Governance and Patient Safety
Risk frameworks, incident learning and safety culture that holds up beyond audit day.
Operational and Business Excellence
Process redesign, performance dashboards and cost conscious quality for growing groups.
Digital Health, Informatics and AI
EHR rollout and adoption, quality data pipelines and practical AI for clinical and operational teams.
Laboratory Quality and Microbiology
Lab networks, IPC and biosafety, so results are accurate, timely and acted upon.
Primary Care and Population Health
Gap assessments, improvement programmes and hub and spoke models for public and private systems.
Accreditation Readiness and Capability Building
JCI, NABH, NABL and ISO support alongside your own team, plus training that sticks.
Experience
Global experience
- California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA): led EHR delivery across 9 counties, 250 clinics and programmes, 2,000+ locations, with 99% user adoption and 500+ DrFirst users trained.
- Built 80+ training modules, cutting post go live support by 50%.
- Population Health Learning Center with UCSF for Health Plan of San Mateo: programme lead for 80+ primary care practices including Stanford Health; trained 100+ primary care staff across San Mateo and San Francisco.
- Manager, Clinical Governance, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Qatar Airways Medical Division.
- Led the first ever quality and regulatory collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, Qatar.
- Reduced harm by 25%+, improved referrals by 15%+, ran the first safety training for staff; the division became a training centre for similar units across Qatar.
- Headed quality at MGM Healthcare, Chennai and Nawaloka Hospitals, Colombo (400 beds each), leading first time JCI accreditation at both.
- Trained 2,500+ staff at each hospital and delivered a 25 to 30% improvement in quality indicators, including infection rates, at both.
- US CDC funded programmes with NACO: improved quality and use of resources across 250 blood banks and 80 laboratories in India and the national STI and HIV laboratory network in Sri Lanka.
- Trained 2,000+ staff; drafted and reviewed 20+ national guidelines published by the Ministry of Health, India.
About
A physician who speaks clinic, boardroom and code
I am a microbiologist by training and a quality leader by practice. Over 15 years I have worked inside hospitals, national programmes and health systems in India, Sri Lanka, Qatar and the United States.
My work sits where clinical excellence, business excellence and digital health meet. I help organisations make care safer, run operations better and turn data and AI into everyday decisions.
Now based in Jaipur, I work with clients across India, the GCC and South Asia, in person and remotely.
Credentials and education
- MBBS and MD Microbiology
- CPHQ, Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality
- COBE, Certificate of Business Excellence, UC Berkeley Executive Education
- High Impact Leadership Program, UC Berkeley
- Data Science and AI, UC Berkeley
- Artificial Intelligence, Stanford
- Excellence Award, Valli Hospital, India; Safety Excellence Awards, Qatar Airways
Ways to work together
Flexible engagement
Every organisation is different, so the engagement model is shaped around your needs.
Let's talk
Whether you are a hospital group, diagnostic network, health tech company or public health programme, I would be glad to explore how we might work together.