CEO & Founder
Vanguard Inpatient Physicians
E-mail: swati.joglekar@vip-us.com

Professional Summary :

• Dynamic and dedicated board-certified health care professional with over 20 years of experience in health care entrepreneurship, academic teaching and delivering innovative health care solutions.
• Adept at leveraging extensive industry knowledge to foster learning and drive business growth.

Key Skills:

• Health care management
• Business Development
• Leadership and mentoring
• Student Engagement

Professional Experience:

Entrepreneurial Experience in Health care

• Founder & CEO
  2016 – present
  Vanguard Inpatient Physicians, Houston, Texas
• Founder & COO
  2011 – present
  Houston Inpatient Physicians Associates
• Founded a startup focused on hospitalist-based practice, established partnerships with hospitals, clinics, and health care providers to implement focused care on patient providing the full continuum of care and improve patient outcomes, now providing care in several hospitals and post-acute care facilities.
• Growing to 30 hospitalist and 20 nurse practitioners with 50+ employees

Academic Teaching Experience:

• Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
  2021 – present Texas A&M University School of Medicine
• Chair -Hospitalist Governance council at Houston Methodist.

Achievements:

• Received Excellence in teaching award 2019, Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital.
• Best Female Physician of the year 2011, Houston Methodist Sugarland Hospital.
• Oct 2004 – Oct 2009
  Medical Director, Chief Hospitalist, Floyd Medical Center, Rome, GA.

Education:

• MD in Internal Medicine
  July 2002 – June 2004 (Residency)
  July 2001 – June 2002 (Internship)
  Department of Internal Medicine,
  Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center & Weill Medical School of Cornell University, Bronx, NY
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S)
  July 1990 – June 1996
  R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur, India

Board Certified Physician in Geriatrics & Internal Medicine serving Geriatric patients within Greater Houston, with over 21 years of practical experience in entrepreneurship, new medical businesses.

Education:
ECFMG Certified (2002)
TSBME Licensed (2003)
Internal Medicine Board Certified (2017)
Geriatric Medicine Board Certified (2018)

Achievements:

• Poster Presentation at AMDA Annual Conference and Recipient of Scholarship for AMDA Annual Conference.
• Poster Presentation at AGS Annual Meeting
• Bharati Vidyapeethi’s Medical College: First Class with rank of 15 out of 120
• Bharati Vidyapeethi’s Medical College: National Merit Scholarship
• Modern College Sciences: Distinction in Biology, Chemistry, Physics (score >93)
• Modern College of Sciences: National Merit Scholarship
• Rotary International: Award for Academic Excellence (1994)

Professional:
Nationwide Polio Vaccination Program sponsored by WHO. School Health Program sponsored by Federal Government of India. These activities were carried out during Internship at Primary Care Rural Hospital.

Director of Operations

Professional Summary :

• Joined Houston Inpatient & Vanguard Inpatient in 2017 as operations Director.
• Brings over 25 years leadership experience in healthcare.
• 10+ years of business development for Acute and Post acute care programs.
• Bachelors of Healthcare Administration, Tx State University.
• Oversee the recruitment and retention for all providers.
• Oversees financial performance for all service lines.
• Director of quality improvement both clinical and administrative
• Has worked for both the Memorial Hermann and Houston Methodist Hospital systems.

Key Skills:

• Census growth & financial stability
• Leadership & Team development
• Positive Culture Change
• Patient Satisfaction Improvement
• Staffing Efficiency
• Community Relations
• Physician Relations

As a determined and knowledgeable healthcare leader, these are the major KPIs that I have focused on all along my progressive career path. The result has been a track record of consistently surpassing all performance goals.

With over 15 years of leadership experience across a broad spectrum of hospital and post-acute care facilities, I’m proud of my record of improving financial performance, increasing census growth, improving quality ratings, exceeding budgets, and enhancing patient and employee satisfaction.

What Drives Me:
I am driven by knowing that I can make a difference and put a positive touch on someone’s life, be that a patient or a team member. I thrive on solving complex problems and leading transformational change within an organization and maintain a constant focus on professional development and striving to do better.

• Interpersonal skills, relatability, leading by example
• Breadth & depth of experience
• Detailed
• Building high-performance strategic teams
• Sense of urgency
• Commitment to excellence
• Caring, supportive leadership style

My Leadership Style:

I’m a hands-on, highly visible leader without micromanaging or being overbearing. I am supportive, lead by example, and challenge team members to improve their performance by nudging them out of their comfort zone.