Producer & host

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Nkem Okeke (Dr. Nkem) is an award-winning kaizen entrepreneur, physician executive, and transformation  coach with a successful career spanning over two decades. Currently, through her firm, Medicalincs, Dr. Nkem  and her team advise and support healthcare leaders and organizations on strategic solutions to enhance  go-to-market/implementation framework strategy, improve operational efficiencies and outcomes, and  increase revenue volume/revenue streams by connecting market opportunities.  

Dr. Nkem’s broad experience in work and life (spanning healthcare to business to IT to culture and beyond)  brings a unique 360 degree value-add perspective, and tailored toolkit to help clients at any growth/ improvement stage succeed. Over the years, she has delivered multi-million-dollar cost savings and  improved population health outcomes for thousands of lives. She has held several leadership positions  notably at Kaiser Permanente, Booz Allen Hamilton, & Johns Hopkins. She is also the founder of three other  companies - Healthlincs, Cordinnate, and Consociator. 

She currently serves on a number of boards and advisory councils namely as:  

• a senior advisor to the CEO at Priority Partners (Johns Hopkins Healthcare) on board priorities; • a board member of Lasell Village; 

• a board member of Black Women's Health Imperative, 

• a member of the Forbes Business Council; 

• an advisory council member of Women Business Collaborative and Enterprising Women, and 

• a Maryland Health Care Commission Advisory Council member on Primary Care Transformation (appointed by the Maryland Secretary of Health). 

Dr. Nkem is also a recipient of 2 global awards - the 2021 Enterprising Woman of the Year Award, and 2022 S.H.E  Awards Top Ladies in Business. 

Dr. Nkem obtained her Medical degree from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, and completed her  training at KorleBu Teaching Hospital, Ghana as a Family (General) Practice Physician. She also  obtained triple-master’s degrees in business administration, Project Management (George Washington  University, DC); and Public Health (Tulane University, LA). She completed her fellowship in Clinical Data  Analytics, at Johns Hopkins University, MD. She is certified in Project Management (PMI), Lean Six  Sigma (Johns Hopkins), and Change Management (Prosci).  

She is a member of several associations including: Women Business Leaders Healthcare  (WBL), Women President's Organization (WPO), The Maryland State Medical Society (MedChi), Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Women Elevating Women (WEW), and Founding  Member of CHIEF. 

Besides drawing inspiration as a mother of 3 lovely daughters, her Core Values make her THICK and these  are - Trust, Heart, Innovation, Commitment, and being Kaizen. 

She is guided by a principle captured in a famous quote that states - "I alone cannot change the world, but I  can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples". So Dr. Nkem considers herself a ripple maker and  value generator.