Gaurov Dayal, MD is passionate about value-based care and transforming the US health care  system. He serves as the President and COO of Everside Health, which was created from the  merger of Paladina Health, Activate Healthcare and Healthstat in 2020. Everside is the nation’s  second largest direct primary care provider focused on improving the health care of employees,  retirees, and their dependents with nearly 400 clinics in 32 states. Prior to his current role, Gaurov served as President of New Markets and Chief Growth Officer  for ChenMed, one of the nation’s leading value-based care primary care groups focused on  underserved seniors.  In this role he led ChenMed’s national expansion and new market  operations. Gaurov has over two decades of experience in population health, physician group, health plan  and hospital operations. Other relevant experience includes serving as Senior Vice President  at Lumeris, where he created and implemented operational solutions for large health care  systems and provider groups transitioning to value-based care delivery. Earlier, at SSM Health  Care, a large multi-state Integrated Delivery system, Gaurov served as the Chief Medical Officer,  Interim CEO for SSM Wisconsin Hospitals and President of Health Care Delivery, Finance, and  Integration. At SSM, he led the transformation from traditional volume-based provider to a value-based system, including the successful acquisition and integration of Dean Clinic and  Dean Health plan, the largest HMO in Southern Wisconsin. Gaurov earned a BA from Johns Hopkins University, MD from Northwestern University and  completed residency training in pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis.