Reza Jarral

Dr. Reza Jarral is a Harkness Fellow at the Commonwealth Fund and a DICE Fellow at the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center. He is a distinguished healthcare leader and primary care physician with extensive experience in clinical operations, digital health, and health equity across the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the United States.

Dr. Jarral graduated in medicine, business, and healthcare management from Imperial College London, and was recognized with an alumni leadership award in 2021. Before joining Stanford, he served as a founding Chief Medical Officer, growing CareHQ into New Zealand's largest primary telehealth provider and winning the CIO Business Transformation Award. He also served as the inaugural Clinical Director for Health Equity at New Zealand's largest primary health organization, supporting the delivery of $1.4B in community care services for over 850,000 people from 2022–25.

At Stanford University, Dr. Jarral also serves as an Affiliated Scholar at the Center for Digital Health, where his research focuses on empowering effective digital health interventions. He holds a master's degree in Technological Futures and is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, and the Royal Colleges of General Practitioners of England and New Zealand. He has previously collaborated with the World Health Organization 'AI for Health' Focus Group and serves as a peer reviewer for AI in Medicine for the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Dr. Jarral serves as the Clinical Entrepreneur in Residence at Bridgewest Ventures, a $1B fund accelerating global impact by scaling deep technology across public–private partnerships. He is a member of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship, a global community of high-impact investors, entrepreneurs, and social advocates. He was a board advisor for Syndi (acquired by HealthKey in 2025) and is a board observer for BioValeo. His insights on the intersection of technology and human flourishing have been featured at Techweek, on Apple podcasts, international Data4Good conferences, and for the NZ Army.

He is a volunteer telemedical physician for The Addis Clinic, providing care to underserved communities in East Africa. For his work with high-needs populations in Auckland, he was awarded a pounamu, a token of acceptance from the Māori community of New Zealand. His past service includes advising the Ministry of Health of Ghana on healthtech innovation and contributing to IEEE working groups on the ethical considerations of AI. Dr. Jarral's transdisciplinary work has been recognized by The Rockefeller Foundation and Acumen Academy. He continues to practice medicine to remain grounded in clinical caregiving while advocating for a more inclusive and ethically driven technological future.