Dr. Shamiram Feinglass is a Managing Director at Manatt Health with a sophisticated understanding of the business, medical and policy needs of health systems, life sciences, medical device, digital health and diagnostic companies globally.
As a highly respected global leader in health care, Dr. Feinglass has served as an executive and Chief Medical Officer in large multi-national life sciences corporations where she builds and scales critical business functions. In these roles, she successfully transforms business systems at scale by integrating and streamlining medical, clinical and reimbursement strategy and operations into product development, commercialization and M&A preparation and execution. In parallel, she has driven policy changes alongside senior government officials and CEOs around the world to influence health policy, regulation and access. This holistic approach enables companies to move more swiftly to market, meeting patient needs and the public's health more effectively. A public health doctor, she was the trusted medical leader responsible for coordinating the pandemic response across 80,000 associates globally.
A former regulator (CMS) and commander in the U.S. Public Health Service with extensive regulatory and legislative experience, Dr. Feinglass is on faculty at the John’s Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Mental Health. Additionally, she serves on a variety of advisory boards and committees, including Children’s National Medical Center, Mental Health America, the Aspen Institute, the Foundation for the NIH and the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA. She is a former BMX State Champion and member of the USA BMX World Championship Team.