Bringing Care Closer to Home for Rural
Communities through AI Transformation

Bringing Care Closer to Home for Rural Communities through AI Transformation

About

Ainsley Capital is an Investment Firm
focused on transforming healthcare delivery through digital and AI technologies in order to expand access to care in rural communities.
 

Our focus is on healthcare logistics, care coordination, home-based services, and transportation infrastructure, supported by technology-enabled platforms that improve access, efficiency, and reliability of care delivery.

TEAM

General

Partners

Ainsley MacLean, 

MD, FACR

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Sufian Chowdhury

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Advisory
Board

Arthur Kapoor, 

MBA

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Tanya Copeland,
MBA

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Savitha Srinivasan,
MBA

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David Samuels,
MBA

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Darshan Prabhu, 

MBA

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Shelly Kapoor
Collins

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Partners

Mohammad Malik,
MBA

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Jerry Daneshvar,

MD

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Nadia Smati, 

MD

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Jay Gopal

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Clinical
Advisors

Tyler Berzin, 

MD, FASGE, FACG

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Joanna MacLean, 

MD

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News &
Insights

Insights

Ainsley MacLean, MD, FACR on Founder Strategy and Health AI

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Sufian Chowdhury on Modernizing Healthcare Infrastructure and Medical Transportation

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NY Times: Ainsley MacLean, MD, FACR on Responsible Use of AI in Medical Decision-Making

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The Clinical Case for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Access in Rural America: The Time is Now to Fix This

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HITLAB Announces Ainsley MacLean MD, FACR, as New Breakthrough Alliance Board Member

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Forbes: Sufian Chowdhury on the Role of Technology and Innovation in the Future of Medicaid

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NEMT Today: Sufian Chowdhury Modernizing NEMT Oversight 

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Partners
with

Ainsley MacLean, MD, FACR

General Partner

Founding Partner of Ainsley Advisory Group, a healthcare AI advisory firm supporting a broad portfolio of venture-backed technology companies on go-to-market strategy, enterprise deployment, and health system adoption. Former Chief AI Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer for Kaiser Permanente’s Washington, D.C. region, where she led large-scale AI deployments and digital innovation initiatives to improve provider workflows and patient outcomes. Dr. MacLean founded the Permanente AI Center of Excellence, advised on Kaiser Permanente’s first national AI strategy, and served as a member of Kaiser Permanente Ventures. She currently serves in advisory roles across the healthcare AI ecosystem, including as Senior Medical Advisor to Rad AI and on the Advisory Boards of Arbiter, HITLAB, and the Silverstein Dream Foundation. She is also a member of the Frist Cressey Ventures Collective, an Entrepreneur in Residence at Yale University, and an affiliate investor with SignalFire. A Harvard-trained neuroradiologist who remains in clinical practice, she brings deep clinical and academic expertise to ensure AI-driven innovation remains grounded in real-world care delivery.

Sufian Chowdhury

General Partner

Founder and CEO of Kinetik, the nation’s only AI-powered digital infrastructure for non-emergency medical transportation, which has processed over $1 billion in rides across 20 states. A serial entrepreneur and investor, he has raised over $50 million across multiple healthcare technology companies and brings over 15 years of experience in healthcare AI, financial engineering, and infrastructure technology. He also serves as a guest lecturer in entrepreneurship at Columbia University and the National University of Singapore.

Arthur Kapoor, MBA

Advisory Board Member

An entrepreneur and technology innovator with more than 30 years of experience building financial, clinical, and operational platforms across the healthcare industry. He is the founder and leader of HealthEC, where he has driven the development of enterprise solutions for healthcare financial transactions, clinical data exchange, and population health management, with a focus on actionable analytics and seamless connectivity across payers and providers. A pioneer in interoperability and population health technology, he has founded and scaled multiple successful healthcare companies. He serves on several boards, including the Board of Overseers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and is actively engaged in philanthropic efforts to expand access to healthcare globally.

Tanya Copeland, MBA

Advisory Board Member

Strategic healthcare executive and national leader with deep expertise in scaling mission-driven healthcare organizations within complex regulatory and value-based environments. Trusted advisor to operators, investors, and founders navigating growth across Medicaid, home-based care, and community health.

Savitha Srinivasan, MBA

Advisory Board Member

Board-level tech & M&A leader (IBM, 8×8, Trace3) in digital health/AI—adds Make-Buy-Partner rigor, corporate VC access, and go-to-market partnerships for portfolio companies.

David Samuels, MBA

Advisory Board Member

Financial executive with over 25 years of experience across corporate finance, operations, and corporate development for publicly traded and private equity-backed companies, from pre-revenue through more than $1 billion in annual revenue. Six-time Chief Financial Officer with over $720 million in completed debt and equity financings, including initial capitalizations and public offerings, and a track record leading mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and EBITDA improvement initiatives. Currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of DrFirst, a national healthcare SaaS company, where he has secured over $370 million in institutional financing from firms including Goldman Sachs, TPG/Sixth Street, Macquarie, and Bregal Sagemount. During his tenure, tender offers and financing initiatives have generated 24x equity returns for early investors. 

Darshan Prabhu, MBA

Advisory Board Member

Healthcare-focused investor, operator, and board member with over two decades of experience across private equity, public markets, investment banking, and operating leadership. Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Snaipr Capital, a Singapore-based investment firm overseeing a global investment strategy across public equities, private capital, fixed income, and commodities, with primary exposure to the United States and Asia. Previously a founding team member and partner at Whistler Capital Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm with over $1 billion in assets under management, and earlier a Managing Director at Starr Investment Holdings, where he co-led the firm’s healthcare strategy and oversaw approximately $1.5 billion of deployed capital. He serves on multiple healthcare boards and holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Engineering from McGill University.

Shelly Kapoor Collins

Advisory Board Member

Venture capitalist investing in early-stage, female-led technology companies and advancing inclusive innovation. Founder of a leading women-focused investment platform and nonprofit, with national recognition and leadership roles in tech and entrepreneurship.

Mohammad Malik, MBA

Partner

Senior healthcare executive with over two decades of experience in healthcare operations, AI deployment, medical imaging, enterprise strategy, and capital medical equipment. He is a partner at Ainsley Advisory Group, where he advises healthcare AI and medical imaging companies on market strategy, regulatory navigation, and enterprise adoption. Previously, he led technology deployment and infrastructure development at Kaiser Permanente.

Jerry Daneshvar, MD

Director for Public Affairs and Investor Relations

Physician-executive who partners with healthcare leaders and venture-backed startups to bring breakthrough technologies to market. His work spans medical devices and biotechnology, with a focus on commercialization and growth. He leads business development and corporate growth at Ainsley Advisory Group, building senior relationships across industry, academia, and government.

Nadia Smati, MD

Partner

Board-certified internal medicine physician with dual U.K. and U.S. clinical training, having practiced within Kaiser Permanente and NHS England, and educated at Stanford University and Imperial College London. She is a partner at Ainsley Advisory Group, where she advises health systems and technology companies on AI strategy and implementation. Her work focuses on advancing the integration, deployment, and governance of AI and digital technologies in healthcare, with an emphasis on adoption, safety, and measurable impact.



Jay Gopal

Senior Associate

Healthcare AI innovator and Founder and CEO of Kyron Medical, an agentic AI revenue cycle management company. He is also a partner at Ainsley Advisory Group, advising health systems and technology companies on AI strategy and integration. His expertise spans applied clinical AI, predictive analytics, and computational neuroscience. His background includes research and deployment experience across complex healthcare environments, including Kaiser Permanente, Stanford Medicine, and Johns Hopkins.

Tyler Berzin, MD, FASGE, FACG

Clinical Advisor

Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Maintains a full-time clinical practice in gastroenterology and interventional endoscopy. Internationally recognized researcher and innovator in GI endoscopy, with over 200 peer-reviewed publications and chapters in leading journals including The Lancet, NEJM, Gut, and Nature Biomedical Engineering, and a pioneering body of work in artificial intelligence for endoscopy that led to some of the earliest U.S. and international trials in computer-aided polyp detection and subsequent FDA approvals. Serves as teaching faculty for the Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology and advises medical device companies, digital health startups, and investment firms.

Joanna MacLean, MD

Clinical Advisor

Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Director of Women’s Behavioral Medicine at Brown University Health, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Human Behavior, and Medicine. Dr. MacLean’s work focuses on women’s mental health across the reproductive years and the integration of behavioral health into primary care and obstetric settings. She serves on the national task force on women’s reproductive mental health.