Dr. Gaurov Dayal is ChenMed President, New Markets and Chief Growth Officer. Responsible for ChenMed’s national expansion, Gaurov oversees new market operations, and has wide-ranging experience in population health, physician group, health plan and hospital operations.

Prior to joining ChenMed, Gaurov was a Senior Vice President at Lumeris, where he created and implemented operational solutions for large health care systems and provider groups transitioning to value-based care delivery.

Earlier, at SSM Health Care, a large multi-state Integrated Delivery system, Gaurov served as Chief Medical Officer, Interim CEO for SSM Wisconsin Hospitals and President of Health Care Delivery, Finance and Integration. At SSM, he led the transformation from traditional volume-based provider to value-based system, including successful acquisition and integration of Dean Clinic and Dean Health plan- the largest HMO in Southern Wisconsin.

Prior to SSM, Gaurov served as the first Chief Medical Officer for Adventist Health Care and President of the Adventist Medical Group, was founder of a hospitalist group and a strategy consultant for McKinsey and Co.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University; earned a doctor of medicine degree from Northwestern University; and did residency training in pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis.