Dr Ashutosh Patil

Public health physician (BAMS) with an MBA in Healthcare Management and over 6.8 years of progressive clinical and administrative experience across India's primary healthcare system. Currently serving as a Community Health Officer under the Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centre (AB-HWC) initiative of the Government of Maharashtra, leading frontline delivery of 13 essential Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) service packages to an empanelled population.

Trained

Mid-Level Health Provider (MLHP) with proven leadership in managing multidisciplinary field teams (ANMs, ASHAs, MPWs), driving maternal and child health outcomes, noncommunicable disease (NCD) screening programmes, and community-based health data systems. NABH-certified in healthcare quality standards. Seeking to bring frontline public health expertise and programme management capability to global health roles with WHO, UNICEF, and JHPIEGO, particularly in primary healthcare strengthening, maternal-newborn-child health (MNCH), NCD prevention, and health systems capacity building.

Community Health Officer - Government of Maharashtra (Ayushman Bharat-HWC) - Nashik, India

(2022-01)

Leading comprehensive primary healthcare delivery for an empanelled population under India's flagship Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centre programme, covering all 13 essential CPHC service packages.

• Conduct detailed history-taking and physical examinations to identify disease conditions early, providing first-level management across the full range of national health programme conditions.
• Coordinate patient referrals through case documentation and the CPHC-IT system, liaise with receiving facilities, and provide pre-referral stabilization to ensure seamless continuum of care.
• Deliver complete antenatal care including screening for hypertension, gestational diabetes, and anaemia, alongside immunization services; manage high-risk newborns and screen for congenital anomalies and developmental delays.
• Detect and manage Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), provide adolescent health counselling including substance-abuse screening and referral, and treat anaemia and micronutrient deficiencies.
• Provide the full basket of family planning services, post-partum/post-abortal counselling, primary STI/RTI management, and safe-abortion guidance.
• Diagnose, treat, and follow up vector-borne diseases (malaria, dengue), TB (DOTS), and leprosy (MDT/DPMR).
• Lead population-level screening (age 30+) for hypertension, diabetes, and oral/breast/cervical cancers, with structured referral pathways and ongoing medication management for enrolled NCD patients.
• Screen for refractive errors and common ENT/eye conditions, run elderly health camps and home visits, and provide emergency medical response and mental health screening/referral.
• Supervise frontline workers, manage population health data systems, oversee essential drug/vaccine inventory, and represent the facility in administrative and financial reporting to district authorities.

Medical Officer - Nashik Municipal Corporation - Nashik, India

(2021-04 - 2022-03)

• Delivered outpatient and preventive care services within an urban municipal health system, managing common acute illnesses, infections, and public health screening for a high-volume patient population.
• Contributed to municipal-level disease surveillance and reporting during a period of high public health demand.

General Physician - Private Practice - Nashik, India

(2016-06 - 2021-04)

Provided independent primary and general medical care, building strong diagnostic and patient-management skills across a broad range of conditions for nearly five years.

Associate Consultant - Kaizen Solutions - India

(2015-03 - 2020-09)

Served in an advisory/consulting capacity supporting healthcare-related projects, contributing clinical insight to organizational initiatives over a five-and-a-half-year engagement.

Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery - Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery - Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (2013)

MBA - Healthcare Management - D.Y.

Patil

Institute of Management, Pune (2018)

Mid-Level Health Provider (MLHP) Certification - Mid-Level Health Provider - Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (2022)