Ravi Thadhani

Dr. Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH, serves as the Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer for Cedars‑Sinai Health System. Prior to this he oversaw Emory University’s renowned academic health sciences enterprise, which included 11 hospitals and top-tier schools of medicine, nursing and public health. At Emory, he led a fiscal turn-around of the health system, markedly improving operating margins, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care focused on supporting the health and wellbeing of patients around the state. Thadhani joined Emory from Mass General Brigham, where he served as Chief Academic Officer and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Thadhani has extensive experience in clinical and translational research. His academic focus has been developing diagnostics and therapeutics for patients with preeclampsia. He and his colleagues developed the first FDA approved test for preeclampsia in May 2023, and they are now working on therapies for this devastating condition. Thadhani is the recipient of several honors and awards and he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2025.

Thadhani earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1991. He received a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame. He also completed the LEAD Innovation Certificate Program in 2020 at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.