Mahiben Maruthappu

Dr.
Mahiben Maruthappu
Born 1988
London, England
Nationality British
Education University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
Harvard University
Occupation Physician, entrepreneur, researcher
Years active 2011 to present
Known for Co-founder, CERA
Medical career
Institutions Imperial College London and UCL (research and medical practice)
National Health Service (UK), Cera, UKMSA
Specialism Analysis of the impact of economic crises and constraints on health systems
Research Health economics, public health
Notable prizes New England Journal of Medicine Gold Scholar
National Cancer Research prize

Mahiben Maruthappu (born 1988) is a British physician, academic researcher, health policy specialist and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Cera, a tech-enabled homecare company, and the chairman of United Kingdom Medical Students' Association (UKMSA), an organisation that provides free educational resources to over 40,000 students in the UK.[1] He co-founded the National Health Service (NHS) Innovation Accelerator (NIA), a program that supports and accelerates the adoption of new healthcare treatments and technologies, and served as NHS England's Innovation Adviser. He has published more than 100 research papers in peer-reviewed journals.[2][3]

Maruthappu led the 2016 study that linked the global economic crisis to 260,000 additional cancer deaths in a group of developed countries while demonstrating the protective effect of universal health coverage.[4] The study, published in The Lancet,[5] was ranked as one of the most influential research papers of 2016.[6]

Early life and education

Maruthappu was born in London in 1988. He studied preclinical medicine at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a triple first class, and as a student ran several charities, including CONTACT and Medic to Medic. He studied clinical medicine at the University of Oxford, founding UKMSA in his fifth year. He was also a Kennedy Scholar in Global Health at Harvard University, where he conducted research at Harvard's Center for Surgery and Public Health.[7]

Career

Maruthappu began his career as a physician at Ealing Hospital in 2013. He later practised at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In 2014, he was appointed scholar at National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, where he focused on the use of structured feedback in surgery.[8] He also advised the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Swiss government.[9]

Maruthappu began to advise Simon Stevens, the chief executive officer of NHS England, in 2014.[10] He co-developed the plan for the NHS, the Five Year Forward View, and established a number of key NHS programmes.[11] He led NHS England's contribution to the Government's Childhood Obesity Plan and originated the NHS Sugar Tax.[12]

Whilst at the NHS, Maruthappu advised on £100 billion in health spending focused on innovation, technology and prevention, and in 2015, he co-founded the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA), a programme that led to the development of the first NHS innovation tariff, a national reimbursement mechanism for medical technologies and digital health products. It benefited three million people within its first six months.[13][3]

After his mother fell and fractured part of her back, Maruthappu faced difficulties in arranging and managing required home care. In a 2017 interview, he said: “It showed me first hand some of the challenges an individual can experience if they’re trying to organise or care for a loved one themselves.”[14] He subsequently co-founded Cera, a social care provider that uses technology and artificial intelligence to accelerate the process of matching appropriate care workers with patients and allows families to book carers for relatives and track their medical care.[15][16]

Maruthappu co-founded the NHS's £450 million Workplace Wellness Programme and the Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP), which as of 2017 had been rolled out to half of the population in England. He was formerly on the board of directors for Digital Health London. He lectures undergraduate students at Cambridge University, and is a practising physician in North Central London.

Selected publications

  • Economic downturns, universal health coverage, and cancer mortality in high-income and middle-income countries, 1990–2010: a longitudinal analysis. (Lancet. 2016 Aug 13;388(10045):684-95. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00577-8. Epub 2016 May 25.)
  • The future of health system leadership (Lancet. 2015 Jun 13;385(9985):2325-6. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60990-4.)
  • Government health care spending and child mortality. (Pediatrics. 2015 Apr;135(4): e887-94. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-1600. Epub 2015 Mar 2.
  • The influence of volume and experience on individual surgical performance: a systematic review. (2015 Apr;261(4):642-7. doi: 10.1097/SLA 00852.)
  • How might 3D printing affect clinical practice? (British Medical Journal. 2014 Dec 30;349:g7709. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7709.)
  • Prioritizing prevention and the health of NHS staff. (Lancet. 2015 Oct 3;386(10001):1322–1323. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00383-9.)
  • The NHS Five Year Forward View: implications for clinicians. (British Medical Journal. 2014 Oct 31;349:g6518. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g6518.)
  • Delivering triple prevention: a health system responsibility. (Lancet"" Diabetes Endocrinol. 2016 Apr;4(4):299–301. doi: 10.1016/S2213-
  • Unemployment, public-sector health-care spending and breast cancer mortality in the European Union: 1990–2009. (European Journal of Public
  • Incidence of prostate and urological cancers in England by ethnic group, 2001–2007: a descriptive study. (BMC Cancer. 2015 Oct 21;15:753. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1771-2.)

Bibliography

  • Maruthappu M. Sugandh K. Medical School: The Applicant’s Guide, Doctors Academy Ltd., 2013 and 2010, ISBN 9380573278
  • Maruthappu M. Sugandh K. Medical School: The Undergraduate’s Guide Doctors Academy Ltd., 2013 ISBN 9380573286

Recognition and acknowledgements

Forbes' 30 under 30
Wired Top 10 Innovators in Healthcare[17]
2017 Technology Leader Award (Disruptive Leader of the Year)[18]
Young Physician Leader Award, InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) & World Health Summit
Gold Scholar, New England Journal of Medicine
Scholar, NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)
Richard Doll Scholar, University of Oxford
John Dawson Prize, Royal Society of Medicine
Prize Award, National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI)
Braybrook prize, University of Cambridge
TEDMED London (2014), and TEDX at the London Business School (2017)[19]

References

  1. ↑ "GTC Student Launches New Initiative". Green Templeton College Oxford. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Forbes staff (15 December 2015). "2015: 30 Under 30". Forbes. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 Burgess, Mattioli (29 April 2016). "How the NHS will move from 'stone age to digital age'". Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. ↑ France-Presse, Agence (26 May 2016). "Financial crisis caused 500,000 extra cancer deaths, according to Lancet study". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Carolyn (26 May 2016). "Cancer deaths rose during the recession. But why?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Research staff. "Top 100 2016". altmetric.com. Altmetric. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Maruthappu, Mahiben". Interacademy Medical Panel. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "NICE scholars". nice.org. National Institute for Health Care Excellence. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Who is speaking at the 2017 Telegraph Digital Leaders conference?". The Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  10. ↑ Underwood, George (1 July 2015). "A shot in the arm". Pharma Times. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  11. ↑ Maruthappu, Mahiben (9 January 2016). "NHS Forward View: One Year On" (PDF). The Lancet. 387: 121. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  12. ↑ Brimelow, Adam (17 November 2014). "Mediterranean diet is best way to tackle obesity, say doctors". BBC News. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  13. ↑ Pugh, Rachel (15 September 2016). "Diversity, devolution, innovation: building an NHS fit for the 21st century". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  14. ↑ Torrance, Jack (20 February 2017). "MEET THE ENTREPRENEUR TAKING ON THE SOCIAL CARE CRISIS". Management Today. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  15. ↑ Donnelly, Laura (20 November 2016). "Uber-style service to book carers 'on demand' launched nationally". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  16. ↑ Franklin-Wallis, Oliver (22 May 2017). "This startup wants to solve the social care crisis with AI". Wired. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Meet the 10 Innovators Revolutionising Healthcare". Wired. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "Tech Leaders Awards 2017". Information Age. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  19. ↑ "Mahiben Maruthappu". Ted X London Business School. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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