Apollo, one of the world's largest vertically integrated healthcare provider, announced appointment of Dr Madhu Sasidhar as President of its hospital division.

In this role, Dr Madhu will oversee Apollo's hospital business and will focus on continuing to deliver the world's best clinical outcomes, coupled with enhancing Apollo's hallmark patient care and experience.

Prior to joining Apollo, Dr Madhu held various roles at Cleveland Clinic, including President of Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital. Dr Madhu is a practicing physician with US board certifications in internal medicine, as well as pulmonary and critical care medicine. He is a published author with numerous contributions to book chapters, journal articles, and peerreviewed publications.

Dr Madhu is also a self-taught programmer with expertise in big data systems and holds a patent through Cleveland Clinic Innovations for a technology he invented. He completed his medical education at JIPMER, Pondicherry, and pursued further studies in Internal Medicine at St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. He also completed fellowships in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Yale University, New Haven, USA, and earned his Global Executive Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.      

Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy, Founder Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, said, "Our mission is to deliver the world's best care to our patients. I am pleased to welcome Dr Madhu Sasidhar to the Apollo family. He brings global experience along with a unique combination of administrative excellence, deep clinical understanding and technology expertise. These will be instrumental in Apollo's next phase of rapid growth. I wish him all the best and look forward to collaborating with him so we can bring more cutting edge treatments across more facilities to more patients across India and the world."

Dr Madhu's appointment is part of a planned transition that has been in effect since he joined Apollo as its Chief Strategy Office in October 2023. As part of this transition, Dr. K Hari Prasad, the outgoing President of Apollo Hospitals, will be retiring from his position after a distinguished 27 years career at Apollo.

The board places on record the outstanding role played by Dr Hari Prasad over his 27 years career with Apollo.