Slalom grows its Global Industry Healthcare expertise with hiring of new leader, Dr. Meera Kanhouwa
Seattle, WA - December 18, 2024 — Slalom, the global business and technology consulting company, today announced Dr. Meera Kanhouwa has joined the company as its new global industry healthcare leader. In this role, Kanhouwa will be responsible for the outcomes we deliver for our healthcare customers, with a focus on initiatives that enhance operational efficiencies, creating innovative solutions that drive value for patients, providers, and address line of business challenges.
Kanhouwa excels at building HCLS businesses by driving innovative solutions and bridging the gap between industry needs and technical capabilities. She has 18 years of clinical Emergency Medicine practice and clinical leadership positions, and serves as a physician technologist, having helped customers at Microsoft, Accenture, Deloitte, and most recently, AWS.
"In healthcare, the most important constituents are people. Slalom's global healthcare initiatives are more than just technological advancement—it's about creating innovative, sustainable solutions that deliver value to patients and empower healthcare professionals to overcome their most pressing challenges,” said Kanhouwa. “We must redefine the future of healthcare delivery and improve outcomes for patients and providers. We can only do that by improving the provider experience and transforming operations by leveraging cutting-edge technologies like Gen AI.”
At AWS, she led the Global AWSI HCLS ProServe team to strategically transform the largest global life sciences and MedTech customers by leveraging advanced cloud-based solutions. Under her leadership, the team executed cloud migrations and modernizations and digital transformation at scale, including Gen AI POCs to production.
Kanhouwa earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at the Tufts University School of Medicine and has a Master of Health Administration degree from the George Washington University School of Business. Outside of corporate life, Kanhouwa is a dedicated mother of two girls, two dogs, and five cats, with a passion for the outdoors. She enjoys activities like skiing, rock climbing, and mountain climbing, all of which boost her resilience, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, and are carried into her professional roles.
About Slalom
Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 11 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.