About Dr. S. Saravana Kumar

Dr. S. Saravana Kumar is the Chief Executive Officer of Dr. Mehta’s Hospitals, Chennai, India, with extensive experience in healthcare leadership, quality improvement, and patient safety.

He is the Executive Co-Chairman and Past President of the Society for Emergency Medicine India (SEMI) and serves as Chair of the Emergency Medicine Development Committee (EMDC) of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM).

He also serves as Chair of the IFEM Technical Committee on Quality Standards, contributing to the development of international quality and patient safety standards for emergency care, including an international framework designed to support quality improvement, patient safety, and excellence in emergency care.

As CEO, he oversees hospital operations, clinical governance, quality, patient safety, strategic growth, and organisational performance across Dr. Mehta’s Hospitals.

His professional interests include patient safety, healthcare quality, clinical governance, emergency medicine, healthcare leadership, and system-wide quality improvement.

He has been actively involved in developing practical quality frameworks that translate accreditation and standards into measurable improvements in frontline healthcare delivery.

He is also involved in healthcare innovation and digital health initiatives, including collaborative projects with ISRO and AHPI on the geotagging of Emergency Departments and healthcare infrastructure across the country.

Dr. Saravana Kumar is the Editor-in-Chief of the National Journal of Emergency Medicine (NJEM) and is actively involved in medical education, leadership development, and professional capacity building.

He has served as faculty and speaker at numerous national and international conferences and programmes, addressing themes related to patient safety, quality improvement, emergency care, healthcare leadership, and health-system transformation.

He was awarded the  CAHO Young Quality Champion Award in 2019 for his contributions to healthcare quality and patient safety.