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Rushika Fernandopulle, M.D., M.P.P. is a practicing physician who is the Co-founder and CEO of Liza Health, a startup building a new AI-enabled platform for longitudinal Primary Care. He was the co-founder and CEO of Iora Health, an early innovator in Primary Care redesign which was acquired by One Medical in 2021, and then the combined company was acquired by Amazon in 2023. Prior to this, Rushika was the first Executive Director of the Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement and Managing Director of the Clinical Initiatives Center at the Advisory Board Company. He is a member of the Schweitzer, Ashoka, Aspen, and Salzburg Global Fellowships, and is on faculty at Harvard Medical School. He serves on the boards of the Asian American Foundation, Families USA, and Premera Blue Cross, and is a member of the Lancet Commission for Person Centered Care. He earned his A.B., M.D., and M.P.P. from Harvard University, and completed his clinical training at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts General Hospital.