A doctor with exceptional leadership skills and many years of experience as a healthcare administrator in leading national and international hospitals, Dr. Harish Pillai joined the Aster DM Healthcare Group as the CEO of Aster Medcity, Kochi in the year 2013. In 2015, Dr. Harish Pillai was promoted as the Cluster Head of Aster DM Healthcare in Kerala, which includes Aster Medcity Kochi, Kerala’s first JCI accredited 670-bed quaternary care hospital; Aster MIMS Calicut, India’s first NABH accredited 600-bed tertiary care hospital; Aster MIMS Kottakkal, a 200-bed NABH accredited secondary care hospital and DM WIMS, Wayanad, a 575-bed NABH accredited hospital and medical college. As the Cluster Head, Dr. Harish Pillai is also responsible for commissioning the upcoming green-field projects of the group. After completing his graduation in medicine from University of Mangalore, Dr. Harish Pillai obtained a Masters in Hospital Administration (MHA) from Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration, Hyderabad, India and an MBA in International Healthcare & Hospital Management from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Frankfurt, Germany. His previous stints include being the CEO of Egypt’s biggest JCI accredited private tertiary care Hospital- As Salam International Hospital, Cairo, for 7 years and the Director of Belhoul Speciality Hospital, Dubai