Kushal Naik MD MPH (He/Him)

Summary

• Dr. Kushal Naik is a physician-epidemiologist and real-world evidence consultant based in Foster City, California. He earned his MBBS from Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital in Mumbai, India, and his MPH in Epidemiology from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health.
  
  His work spans clinical medicine, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, drug safety, outcomes research, and medical affairs analytics. He is currently a Consultant at ZS Associates, where he supports pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients through real-world evidence, patient journey analytics, care gap intelligence, and AI-enabled analytics platforms.
  
  Previously, Dr. Naik supported FDA and CMS safety and surveillance work through The SPHERE Institute and Acumen LLC, contributing to pharmacoepidemiologic studies using large administrative and linked datasets. Earlier in his career, he held clinical and outcomes research roles at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, working across pediatric epilepsy, hepatology, and liver transplantation research.
  
  Dr. Naik has published peer-reviewed research across oncology, transplantation, neurosurgery, hepatology, urology, neuromuscular disease, and pharmacoepidemiology. His work has appeared in journals including Annals of Internal Medicine, Cancer, Journal of Neurosurgery, Liver Transplantation, Urology, and Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. He also serves as a peer reviewer for JAMA Oncology.