Krishna Udayakumar

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Krishna Udayakumar

IPIHD

As head of global innovation for Duke Medicine, Dr. Krishna Udayakumar is responsible for global strategy and global business development. Krishna also serves as executive director of the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery and co-principal investigator for the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke, both of which support the growth of health innovations globally. He is an associate professor at Duke University, and his work has been published in leading academic journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, and Academic Medicine. Born in Bangalore, India, Krishna holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia as well as a doctor of medicine degree and a master’s in business administration from Duke University.