Malak Atut
Former Chief Strategy Officer at a large hospital network. Operator first; deep healthcare-systems expertise. Designs the program each cycle and recruits the panel.
LinkedIn ↗New York, NY
The team · 2026GHF · Venture Forum
The people in the room when the check is decided.
Operators who built and sold healthcare companies. Investors who write the next round. Clinicians who run the floors. Together they read every application, sit on the panel, and place the $100K–$10M check.
3Leadership
6Sector leads
8Investor panel
22Advisors
Yale Club, NYC · 2025
A note from the Executive Director
The best founders aren’t just moving faster — they’re in the right race. It’s like slamming an accelerator after you’ve already picked the right ladder to climb.
I built two healthcare companies before I started reading other people’s pitch decks for a living. Both times, the thing that mattered wasn’t the round — it was who came to the first three customer meetings. Venture Forum is built around that observation. We bring the people who can become your first three customers, and we make sure they stay in the room long enough to actually say yes.
Every name on this page reads applications. None of them delegate it. That’s the deal.
Dr. Nikki BajajExecutive Director, Global Health ForumAlso: Founder, Hope Oncology · Founder, Cancer Clarity MD
01 /Leadership
The three who run the programme.
The co-chairs and the executive director. They set the thesis, write the cheque, and decide which five companies make it to the stage.
Dr. Nikki Bajaj
Founder of Hope Oncology and Cancer Clarity MD. Practising oncologist; sold two companies; reads every application. The reason there is a Venture Forum at all.
LinkedIn ↗Houston, TX
Gautam Bazaz
Two healthcare exits. Active angel across U.S. and India. Sits on the panel, writes the cheque, decides which five companies make it to the stage.
LinkedIn ↗Mumbai · NYC
02 /Sector leads
Six sectors. One operator each.
A working healthcare operator owns each of the six categories. They run the first sector interview, score the materials, and lobby for one company in the panel room.
03 /The panel
The eight votes that place the cheque.
Hospital trustees, payor heads, growth-stage investors, and strategic operators. Live on the day; behind closed doors after.
Kamal Singh
Investment Professional
WestBridge Capital
Sava Kobilarov
Founder & Managing Partner
Vault Advisors
Dr. Girish Juneja
Co-Founder
Grand Rapids Pain Center
Dr. Achintya Moulick
GHF Trustee
Global Health Forum
Aloke Nandy
Strategic Capital
GHF Network
Girish Navani
Founder & CEO
Healthcare IT
Sashi Reddi
Investor & Operator
GHF Network
Dr. Aman Mahajan
Health-System Executive
Multi-State Network·Advisory Panel
Seven senior advisors at the helm.
The senior advisors who counsel the chairs, broker access, and call the shots on follow-on rounds. They don’t need introductions in the room.
Sanat Chattopadhyay
GHF Trustee
Global Health Forum
Samin Sharma
GHF Trustee
Global Health ForumShashank Samant
Operator-Investor
IndependentSumir Chadha
Investor
WestBridge Capital
Leo Holt
Operator
IndependentLarry McMichael
Senior Advisor
IndependentMarshall Schwartz
Senior Advisor
Independent04 /Advisors
Twenty-two people on speed dial.
Operators, clinicians, and strategists. They don’t sit on the panel. They sit on the phone when one of our portfolio founders calls at 11pm.
Suvajit Basu
Operator
GHF Network
Shalvi Singh
Strategy
GHF Network
Mahesh Chand
Operator
GHF Network
Dr. Shane Creado
Clinical Lead
Independent
Ranju Das
Operator
GHF Network
Justin Drew
Strategy
GHF Network
Dr. Nidhi Goel
Clinical Lead
Independent
Dr. Vivek Gumaste
Clinician
Independent
Dr. Avinash Jayaswal
Clinical Lead
Independent
Dr. Dipak Nandi
Clinician
Independent
Dr. Sumul N. Raval
Clinical Lead
Independent
Edward Chan
Operator
GHF Network
Dr. Aviral Roy
Clinical Lead
Independent
Anish Sankhavaram
Operator
GHF Network
Abhishek Shankar
Technical Co-founder
GHF Ventures
Dr. Deepak Sharma
Clinical Lead
Independent
Zain Raza
Operator
GHF Network
Reima Shakeir
Clinical Professor
NYU Stern School of BusinessRakesh Kaul
Daljit Singh
Raj Gore
Simmardeep Gill
We’re hiring · 2026
If you read healthcare for a living, come read it with us.
Three open roles for the 2026 cycle. All are based in NYC, all carry application-review responsibility from week one, and all report directly to Malak or Nikki. No associates. No analysts. No layers.