Kedar Mate BA, MD

Kedar Mate, MD, is Chief Innovation and Education Officer at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and a research professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Mate’s scholarly work has focused on health system design, health care quality, strategies for achieving large-scale change, and approaches to improving value. He is the recipient of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship and has been recognized as an Aspen Institute Healthcare Innovator.
Previously, Dr. Mate worked at Partners In Health, served as a special assistant to the Director of the HIV/AIDS Department at the World Health Organization, and led IHI’s national program in South Africa. Dr. Mate has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and white papers. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in American history and completed his medical degree at Harvard Medical School.