Summary
Snehal Patel is a multidisciplinary advisor, entrepreneur, and investor who blends clinical, legal, and operational expertise to build and scale healthcare and regulated-market ventures. As Managing Director of Saena Partners and co-founder/former CEO of MyDoc, he pioneered insurer-linked telemedicine and value-based digital managed care across Asia, guiding adoption by Fortune 500 employers and navigating complex regulatory environments. He holds both an MD and JD from Columbia—completing the dual degrees in an accelerated six-year path—and was a Harvard clinical fellow and Fulbright selectee, reflecting a rare combination of bedside, policy, and legal fluency. Snehal routinely acts as an operator-investor, co-founding platforms, advising health systems and consultancies, and serving on boards to align commercialization, governance, and capital strategy. Based in Minnesota but globally active, he also contributes to academic innovation at Harvard and to strategic health policy as a Council on Foreign Relations life member.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
M.D., Medicine, M.D., Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
J.D. (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), J.D. (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) at Columbia Law School
B.A. (Honors), Political Science, B.A. (Honors), Political Science at Rice University
Cedar Creek School
Clinical Fellow, Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School
Law, Law at University of Amsterdam