Dr. Neel Shah: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- President of Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 7 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
“Neel Shah, MD MPP, previously the Chief Medical Officer of Maven, will be the organization's president.”
What Dr. Neel Shah has said
“The biggest cause of suffering isn't a lack of knowledge. It's a lack of execution on the knowledge… This is a matter of will.”
President of Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America · Maternity & neonatal · 29 Sept 2026 · Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America pledges $100M to cut US maternal mortality rate in half ↗
“the new initiative will focus on developing access to maternal health in rural areas, training midwives and enhancing postpartum care, and assisting states to plans that have been effective”
President, Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America · Maternity & neonatal · 29 Sept 2026 · The US has a high maternal mortality rate. A $100M campaign wants to change that ↗
“The biggest cause of suffering isn't a lack of knowledge. It's a lack of execution on the knowledge... This is a matter of will.”
President of Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America · Maternity & neonatal · 29 Sept 2026 · Bipartisan Campaign Pledges $100M to Cut U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate in Half ↗
“When Shah was born in 1982, he said, 'there were 4,100 hospitals that delivered babies in the United States. By the time my son was born 10 years ago, there were half as many. We lost 100 more in the last year and a half, according to March of Dimes, and it's because, absurdly, even though childbirth is the most common reason for hospitalization, hospitals lose money when they deliver babies.'”
President of Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America · Maternity & neonatal · 29 Sept 2026 · Olivia Walton Wants to Cut Maternal Mortality in Half Over the Next Five Years ↗
Where Dr. Neel Shah has been quoted
- Friday Shorts: Cutting maternal mortality, insuring against gun violence, measles, site-neutral payments, and MA plan exitsemployercoverage.substack.com · 7 Oct 2026
- Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America pledges $100M to cut US maternal mortality rate in halfnbclosangeles.com · 29 Sept 2026
- The US has a high maternal mortality rate. A $100M campaign wants to change thatlivenowfox.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Bipartisan Campaign Pledges $100M to Cut U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate in Halfmedpagetoday.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Olivia Walton Wants to Cut Maternal Mortality in Half Over the Next Five Yearsinsidephilanthropy.com · 29 Sept 2026
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
- Maternity And Neonatal Services Face £736,000 Funding Gap To Meet New Safety StandardsThis is the Coast
- Neonatal unit awarded prestigious accreditation for outstanding care to newbornsBorder Counties Advertizer
- Halton councillors unanimously back families searching for stillborn babies decades onRuncorn and Widnes World
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