Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
Systems-level safety design, virtual ICU quality governance, and measurable process redesign. Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt certified.
MD · MPH · FANZCA
Anesthesiologist, ICU Physician, and Patient Safety Advocate bridging human compassion with the future of digital health and AI.
Harvard, Yale & Johns Hopkins Alum. Dual-continental clinical practice (USA & New Zealand).
About & Mission
The doctor at the head of the bed, and the daughter holding the hand.
For seventy-one days after her mother's heart transplant, Dr. Maheshwari lived on both sides of the ICU curtain — the physician who understood every number on the monitor, and the family member waiting for someone to explain what it meant.
That vantage point clarified something she had sensed across two continents of critical care practice: it is rarely the science that fails patients. It is the human layer — the handoff that never happened, the specialist who never spoke to the other specialist, the family left to interpret silence.
Her work now sits at that seam. Thoughtfully integrated AI and digital health tools can bust the clinical silos that fragment care, absorb the administrative weight that pulls clinicians away from the bedside, and return attention to where medicine actually happens: the connection between a clinician and a patient.
Credentials & Chronology
Where Dr. Maheshwari has practiced, taught, and trained
Clinical & Academic Experience
- El Camino HealthAnesthesiologist & ICU PhysicianMountain View, California
- Capital & Coast DHBSenior Medical Officer — Hutt HospitalWellington, New Zealand
- Oregon Health & Science UniversityAssistant Professor, Virtual ICU Quality DirectorPortland, Oregon
- John Muir HealthAnesthesiologistWalnut Creek, California
Education & Training
Yale School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Johns Hopkins University
Critical Care Fellowship & MPH
Harvard / Brigham and Women's
Anesthesiology Residency
UCSF
Internal Medicine Residency
Areas of Focus
Four pillars of advisory and speaking work
Healthcare AI & Digital Health Integration
Advising on clinically credible AI deployment: workflows that dissolve silos, reduce documentation burden, and return time to the bedside.
Humanism in Medicine & Worker Wellness
Restoring the clinician-patient relationship, family-centered critical care, and sustainable practice for the people who deliver it.
Global & Public Health
Population health metrics with published research on gender-based violence and human trafficking, bridging clinical care and policy.
Forthcoming Book
Have You Seen Your Mother's Chest X-Ray?
A memoir and practical toolkit from seventy-one days inside the ICU — written for families navigating critical illness and for the clinicians who care for them.
Executive Inquiries
Speaking, advisory, and media
For keynotes, panels, clinical advisory engagements, or press requests, share a short brief below — or write directly to ayonija.maheshwari@gmail.com.
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