Pooja Goel is Managing Director overseeing healthcare services investments for Ascension Ventures. She is responsible for creating the portfolio investment strategy and seeks out new opportunities for partnership. Within healthcare services, her focus has been value-based care, senior offerings, and tech-enabled services for chronic condition management. Her operational background and experience lend great ability to create value with emphasis on new market expansion and scale.

Prior to joining AV, Pooja was a Partner at Virgo Investment Group responsible for the healthcare practice. She has spent over two decades in the healthcare industry, grappling firsthand with healthcare megatrends and their consequences. This includes the high cost of care for patients with multiple chronic conditions, the need to address social determinants of health, the shift in payment models from volume to value, decentralization of care, and increasing emphasis on the patient/family experience.

Pooja worked previously as National General Manager for new business at Landmark Health. Before that, she served as Vice President for New Market Integration at DaVita and led a team that identified opportunities for new centers in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. She was also responsible for many transformational initiatives while holding several key operational roles in kidney care, international health, and population health.

Pooja began her career in hospital operations at multiple academic medical centers, including Kaiser Permanente. She holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and molecular genetics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master’s degree in health administration from the Loma Linda University School of Public Health.