In the 17th episode of BYOB: The Healthcare Podcast, the team sits down to speak with Monica Shah. Monica has spent the better part of her career working in the international areas of major health systems domestically and abroad. Monica spent time working in Singapore for Johns Hopkins International and currently works within the international affairs division of Weill Cornell Medicine. She shares how different business models of international healthcare are seen across academic medicine and how her work today differs from some of her early work in the City of New York.

Monica Shah – Director of the Office of International Affairs for Weil Cornell Medicine

Monica V. Shah presently serves as Director of the Office of International Affairs for WCM. Prior to her role as Director, Monica helped drive Global Initiatives for WCM through project management of WCM’s proposal to build a Greenfield hospital in Shanghai. Before joining WCM, she was a part of the Strategy & Analytics team with NewYork-Presbyterian Global Services, where she managed strategic department initiatives and consulting projects in the Middle East. Monica also served as Project Administrator for Johns Hopkins Medicine International in Singapore. In this capacity, she led strategic and new business planning for the hospital and regional affiliates. Monica has degrees in Cultural Diversity and International Health Studies and Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Connecticut, along with a Master of Health Administration from Johns Hopkins.

The crew asked Monica the following questions:

• Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your healthcare background?
• When people think of international healthcare, they may think of public health work or doctors without borders. Can you describe the underlying business models for international healthcare at AMCs?
• In your healthcare journey you worked at Johns Hopkins International for a couple of years. How would you describe JHI’s business model?
• You currently serve as the Director of the Office of International Affairs at Weill Cornell Medicine. Can you tell us what the job entails and how you landed there?
• What are some of the partnerships that Weill Cornell Medicine has established or is establishing?
• What insight into international health systems have you gathered from your work?
• What advice would you give to early careerists or students who are interested in getting into international healthcare?

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