Dr. Nils Daulaire Joins Board of Gradian Health Systems

NEW YORK, May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Gradian Health Systems, Inc. announced today the appointment of Dr. Nils Daulaire to the company's Board of Directors.

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Dr. Daulaire has an accomplished career as a global health practitioner and policy maker. He earned his BA and MD degrees from Harvard University and an MPH from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.  Board certified in Preventive Medicine and Public Health, he has over three decades of primary health and health policy experience in Africa, Nepal, Asia and Latin America where he directed multiple pioneering maternal and child heath research projects. From 1993 to 1998 he was Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy and Senior International Health Advisor for USAID. Dr. Daulaire then spent a decade as President and CEO of the Global Health Council, working with international leaders, NGOs, governments and the UN to improve public health around the world.  Most recently he served in the Obama administration as Assistant Secretary of Health for Global Affairs and as the US representative to the Executive Board of the World Health Organization.

Dr. Daulaire has been elected as a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and the Council on Foreign Relations.  He has been Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington and Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth.

"We couldn't have found a more experienced and eloquent person to accept the Director position and provide an independent global health voice," said Stephen M. Rudy, Gradian's CEO, at the announcement. "Dr. Daulaire's entire career has centered around advocating for access to better health care around the world. His membership on our board will help us expand our ongoing business and advocacy efforts towards improving safety and access to emergency and essential surgeries around the world."

Gradian Health Systems is a social enterprise working to improve surgical safety around the world through anesthesia technology, training and support. For more information visit www.gradianhealth.org or follow us @GradianHealth  

Media Contact: Erica Frenkel, Gradian Health Systems, +1.212.537.0340, [email protected]

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