Mohit Kaushal

Dr. Mohit Kaushal is a partner at Aberdare Ventures.

Mohit has had an extensive career within clinical medicine, venture capital and health policy. He was most recently the inaugural Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development at West Health a unique set of entities focused on lowering health care costs through medical research, healthcare policy and investment. He developed the West Health Investment Fund strategy, sourced and led investments in Humedica (acquired by Optum Health), Change Healthcare, RxAnte and goBalto.Previously, Mohit was the Director of Connected Health with the Federal Communications Commission, where he established the agency’s first dedicated health care team. During his time in the Obama administration, he was also a member of the White House Health IT task force, a cross agency team focusing on implementing the technology aspects of Health Reform. Prior to this position, Kaushal was an investment professional at Polaris Venture Partners, and worked for Merrill Lynch’s Health Care Investment Banking Group and the World Health Organization. Kaushal holds an MBA from Stanford and an MD with distinction from Imperial College, London.In addition to his role at Aberdare Ventures, Mohit is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University and serves on the curation team at TEDMED. He has been appointed to the Consumer Technology Workgroup of the Health IT Standards Committee and to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics advising HHS on Data Access and Use.

Mohit has had an extensive career within clinical medicine, venture capital and health policy. He was most recently the inaugural Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development at West Health a unique set of entities focused on lowering health care costs through medical research, healthcare policy and investment. He developed the West Health Investment Fund strategy, sourced and led investments in Humedica (acquired by Optum Health), Change Healthcare, RxAnte and goBalto.

Previously, Mohit was the Director of Connected Health with the Federal Communications Commission, where he established the agency’s first dedicated health care team. During his time in the Obama administration, he was also a member of the White House Health IT task force, a cross agency team focusing on implementing the technology aspects of Health Reform. Prior to this position, Kaushal was an investment professional at Polaris Venture Partners, and worked for Merrill Lynch’s Health Care Investment Banking Group and the World Health Organization. Kaushal holds an MBA from Stanford and an MD with distinction from Imperial College, London.

In addition to his role at Aberdare Ventures, Mohit is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University and serves on the curation team at TEDMED. He has been appointed to the Consumer Technology Workgroup of the Health IT Standards Committee and to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics advising HHS on Data Access and Use..