Che L Reddy

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Biography

Dr Che L Reddy is a physician and Associate Director at the Health Systems Innovation Lab at Harvard University. As the first member of HSIL, he has greatly benefited from the mentorship of Prof. Rifat Atun under whom he has led the Lab’s innovation and translation portfolio, overseeing the creation of the HSIL approach to Venture Building, and over 15 international research collaborative projects on health system performance related to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and surgery.

His work is situated within the emerging field of Health Systems Innovation, with two core streams: (1) health systems dynamics and performance, and (2) innovation in very early-stage AI ventures. He has authored over 30 publications—including in The Lancet, American Journal of Surgery, Lancet Oncology, British Medical Journal, and Journal of the American Medical Association—and has delivered over 40 invited presentations globally.

Dr Reddy previously served as a Paul Farmer Fellow in the Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery and Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He has also contributed extensively to curriculum design, student mentorship, and teaching across Graduate and Executive Education Courses at Harvard.

He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town, completed his postdoctoral studies at Harvard Medical School, and MPH at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Publications

• Global Adoption of Value-Based Health Care Initiatives Within Health Systems: A Scoping Review.

  Douglas AO, Senkaiahliyan S, Bulstra CA, Mita C, Reddy CL, Atun R. JAMA Health Forum 2025 May 02

  PMID: 40377931

• The economic burden of ischaemic heart diseases on health systems: a systematic review.

  Rittiphairoj T, Bulstra C, Ruampatana C, Stavridou M, Grewal S, Reddy CL, Atun R. BMJ Glob Health 2025 Feb 12

  PMID: 39939107

• A Financing Strategy to Expand Surgical Health Care.

  Jumbam DT, Reddy CL, Meara JG, Makasa EM, Atun R. Glob Health Sci Pract 2023 06 21

  PMID: 37348937

• Estimating the total incidence of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents aged 0-19 years from 1990 to 2050: a global simulation-based analysis.

  Ward ZJ, Yeh JM, Reddy CL, Gomber A, Ross C, Rittiphairoj T, Manne-Goehler J, Abdalla AT, Abdullah MA, Ahmed A, Ankotche A, Azad K, Bahendeka S, Baldé N, Jain SM, Kalobu JC, Karekezi C, Kol H, Prasannakumar KM, Leik SK, Mbanya JC, Mbaye MN, Niang B, Paturi VR, Raghupathy P, Ramaiya K, Sethi B, Zabeen B, Atun R. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2022 12

  PMID: 36372070

• Towards a Strategy for Improving Surgical Healthcare Worldwide

  Reddy CL, Samad L, Corlew DS, Velin L, Roa L, Miranda E, Gelb AW, Makasa EM, Atun R, Ibbotson G. . Harvard Public Health Review 2025