Dave Dookeeram, FACHE, FHM, is chief of staff and president, Diagnostics, DispatchHealth. He joined DispatchHealth as a seed-stage executive and led the company’s growth through the first 20 markets, to $40 million in revenue, and top-decile employee and patient satisfaction scores. Today, he is working to scale DispatchHealth into the world's most extensive care system in the home. 

Mr. Dookeeram is board-certified in healthcare management as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and holds a master's degree in healthcare administration and policy from Emory University and a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College. Before DispatchHealth, he served as the COO of Centura Health's Porter Adventist Hospital, driving profitability from $7 million to $42 million in four years and attaining national ranking in multiple specialties.

He serves on the board of directors of Christian Living Communities/Capella Living Solutions. He is a fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine. Mr. Dookeeram has also co-authored multiple research papers and has spoken on a range of healthcare topics nationally and internationally.