Saquib Rahim, MD, MBA

Healthcare Executive, Clinical Leader & Board Advisor l Bridging Business, Clinical, and AI/Tech Strategy to Optimize Patient Outcomes and Drive Macro-Level Change

New York, New York, United States

About

Dynamic, thoughtful leader who develops innovative technology and combines business and clinical strategies to deliver improved outcomes and efficiency. Passion for tackling cost, quality, access, and patient/provider engagement challenges. Dr. Saquib Rahim leads at the intersection of business, clinical, and technology leadership to deliver on three strategic imperatives: – Meld business and clinical strategy with operations to improve care delivery. – Reduce friction across all healthcare system verticals using analytics and technology. – Optimize health outcomes by creating and promoting personalized products. Dr. Rahim has amassed a wealth of expertise developing clinical and tech-enabled strategy within provider, health system, payer, pharma, and startup organizations. LEADERSHIP IN ACTION: - Led Janssen’s real world evidence (RWE) initiatives deployed across all major disease areas for its $17B+ Immunology therapeutic area, enhancing asset development and clinical trial efficacy for 10+ assets impacting 30M+ patients globally. - Reimagined the digital patient experience for Aetna’s 23M members across all major service lines to launch a transformational consumer tech platform that raised engagement and net promoter score (NPS) by 10 points. - Influenced and inspired senior leaders at Merck to embrace the role of digital health and analytics in pharma’s future by running U.S. initiatives for the Global Commercial Digital Accelerator. - Envisioned, created, and deployed core products for 3 VC/PE-backed healthcare technology start-ups. STEWARDSHIP CREDENTIALS: - Expertise spanning mature multibillion-dollar organizations, innovative start-up divisions, and VC/PE-backed companies. - Excellence across payer, provider, health system, pharma, and health technology environments. - Attending physician in New York-Presbyterian system. Clinical faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College. - Harvard MBA. Northwestern University School of Medicine MD. Board certified in Internal Medicine. - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health board member driving multimillion dollar schoolwide educational initiatives. - Co-author of teaching case on outcomes measurement now part of Harvard Business School’s healthcare curriculum.

Experience

  • Chief Clinical & Strategy Officer at Flexbone
    Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

  • Attending Physician & Clinical Faculty at Medisys Health Network, Inc.
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

    Provide mentorship and supervision as clinical faculty in Internal Medicine.

  • Chief Medical Officer, Primefocus Health (subsidiary of LG Electronics) at Primefocus Health
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Subsidiary of LG Electronics. AI-enabled remote patient management care platform bridging care between clinic visits. Initial partnership with state of West Virginia.

  • Healthcare Subject Matter Expert at L.E.K. Consulting
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Board Of Directors at CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
    Nov 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 8 mos

    Appointed to top-ranking school of public health (#15 in the nation and #2 in greater NY). Core member of finance and external engagement committee. Guide development of strategy and mission for major school-wide educational initiatives.