Gastroenterologist | Medical Director, Oshi Health | LinkedIn Top Healthcare Management Voice | Forbes Health Contributor

I’m a board-certified gastroenterologist and the Founding Medical Director at Oshi Health, where I’ve had the privilege of helping shape and expand a virtual-first GI care model now serving patients in all 50 states. Working alongside an incredible team, I’ve contributed to building scalable clinical pathways for IBS, IBD, and other gut conditions—anchored in team-based care, empathy, and measurable outcomes.

With 28,000 + followers, I’m among the most followed gastroenterologists on LinkedIn, where I regularly share insights on topics including:

• IBS & the gut-brain connection — emotional triggers, stress, and personalized care
• Digital health innovation — virtual-first models, AI in GI, and wearable integration
• Colorectal cancer screening — rethinking pathways and improving early detection
• Reducing unnecessary testing — CTs, labs, and low-yield procedures in IBS
• Value-based gastroenterology — lower cost, better outcomes, patient experience
• Health plan integration — improving patient access to covered virtual GI care
• Microbiome & nutrition science — evidence-based takes on fiber, probiotics, and gut myths
• Healthcare system reform — tackling disparities, burnout, and reimbursement models
• Behavioral science in GI — the role of habit loops, psychology, and coaching in digestive health
• Virtual care leadership — insights from helping scale a 50-state GI operation

As a LinkedIn Top Voice, I collaborate across digital health, clinical care, and health plans to drive forward-thinking solutions in gastroenterology—without waste, and with humanity.

Let’s connect if you’re working at the intersection of GI, tech-enabled care, or value-based delivery models.

Michael Bass, M.D.

Medtronic

• Promotion/marketing and market development of GIH-products and activities in CEMA
• Work closely with the country Sales & Marketing Teams, local and regional Disease State leads, regional Market Development & Strategy / PAA Teams, Medical Affairs, Government Affairs, Healthcare Economics & Reimbursement as well as Commercial Operations.
• Provide input to PAA Country roadmap and resource prioritization (assessing and validating market opportunity) Presentation of the technologies and products to target customers and support the correct use of tools and products
• Achievement of Budget and forecast accuracy assigned for the product lines and product focus
• Product allocation and forecasting
• Product training
• Clinical support to the team
• Launch of new products to the customers selected in line with the Businesses objectives
• Implementation marketing and market development plans
• Coordination of the major players in the market (Key Opinion Leader and administrative operators)
• Effective use of the clinical literature reference
• Identification of business opportunities and follow up on assigned projects
• Identification and planning of commercial solutions
• Support for events on the region
• Availability to travel across the country and in Europe for conferences and events

Strategic Marketing Lead

•	Build a compelling regional market development plan, aligned with the regional market development strategy and drive in-country execution, all in partnership with the internal stakeholders (commercial teams, product marketing, leadership, disease state or patient condition marketing, medical affairs)
•	Execute the local RMS MITG market development plan with the goal to expand the total market by:
	---overcoming barriers to adoption 
	---entering new segments of the market
	---converting nonusers into users, and/or 
	---increasing usage per user
•	Work closely with the in country  Sales & Marketing Teams, local and regional Disease State leads, regional Market Development & Strategy / PAA Teams, Medical Affairs, Government Affairs, Healthcare Economics & Reimbursement as well as Commercial Operations.
•	Contribute to market development potential opportunities identification: 
•	Provide input to PAA Country roadmap and resource prioritization (assessing and validating market opportunity)
•	Identify white spaces (in collaboration with marketing)
•	Participate to the Market Development Plan definition
•	Plan and organize PAA workshops (in close collaboration with the regional strategic leadership)
•	Responsible to ensure all necessary data are provided
•	Create the A2A plan, prioritizing barriers and identifying strategies to overcome
•	Ensure timelines, costs and owners for each strategy are identified 
•	Create a robust tracking process for activities arising from PAA and supporting with best practice sharing and reporting to the regional PAA & specialty lead
•	Orchestrate Patient Condition activities and cross functional/BU collaboration with clear field activities dedicated to addressing identified barrier to adoption.

Market Development Manager

As Medtronic Integrated Health Solutions Operational Excellence Senior Consultant, I connect with clients, understand and analyse their most pressing business problems and deliver high value services which improve their productivity, quality and competitiveness. I deliver well scoped operational excellence and pathway optimization projects at key strategic customer accounts in our EMEA region.
 
As consultants, we are seasoned professionals with in-depth knowledge of the healthcare value chain, as well as breadth of experience across multiple disciplines. We partner with hospital management teams to drive complex transformational change, implement innovative growth strategies, streamline patient-focused care pathways and optimize operations.
 
Main job duties / responsibilities are: 
•	Partner with key hospital stakeholders, influencing them by developing well-articulated situation analysis and business cases for change
•	Develop actionable plans for immediate improvement and costs savings (execution)
•	Capture learning and best-practices and continuously enrich Medtronic consulting toolbox
•	Manage and execute end-to-end projects, leading to quantified economic value
•	Lead cross functional project teams, coach and develop local project or staff resources

Senior Consultant

Liv Hospital Group

-For 26 hospitals in MLP Care and Liv Hospital Group, managing special
marketing products including Robotic Surgery (General Surgery, Cardiovasculer
Surgery, Urology, Chest Surgery), Radiothreapy, Radionucleid, Obesity Surgery,
Lung Cancer Surgery, Brain Tumor Surgery, Organ Transplantation and Intensive
Care Unit for both national and international.
-Responsible for financial targets for these special fields above for all group
hospital (including 26 hospitals)
-Working as project leader for being al Liv Hospital “Center Of Excellence on
Colorectal Surgery” and “Center of Excellence on Bariatric and Metabolic
Surgery”
-Responsible for Neoclinic Project in Sofia. Liv Hospital and Neoclinic has an
affiliation contract. As the project leader, I’m providing consultancy services for
quality, marketing and infrastructure to Neoclinic.

Marketing Project Manager

1. Membership of Executive Board Member
-Following financial affairs of Liv Ulus and Ankara
-Strategic planning for national and international patient increasing
-Medical Devices Feasibilities 
-Tracking, benchmarking and reporting all medical and clinical performance indicators
-Leading clinical cost efficiency and optimization project
-Leaded opening stage of Ankara Liv Hospital
-Instructor at Bilgi University
2. International Business Development
-Leading international affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
-Leading International consultancy projects in Sofia, Romania, Ukrainian and Kazakhistan
-Organized 6 of international scientific meetings with MSKCC
-Leading Second Opinion Cooperation Project
-Managing Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Cooperation with  Mayo Clinic 
-Managing Fellowship Program with international hospitals
3. Marketing Projects
-Managed and supported national and international marketing projects.	
4. Hospital Operation Projects
-Supported IT and facility projects below:
	Patient Room Automation System Project
	RFID System Project
	Physician and Nurse Mobile Systems Project
	PACS
	CRM
-Managed Patient Satisfaction Project
-Managed e-learning with Turkcell.
-Managed Liv Academy Education Program
-Prepared orientation program 
-Prepared Online Performance Measurement Tool for billing services 
-Leaded Liv Hospital website and intranet studies. 
5. Quality Management 
-Granted European ISO Certification TÜV SÜD (3th month of opening)
-Granted Joint Commission International (JCI) Accreditation. (6th month of opening)
-Established the documentation system
-Prepared clinical guidelines (for productivity)
-Managed internal and external audits
-Established the Safety Programs
-Developed all hospital committees,
-Tracking medical errors 
-Tracking law and regulations for the hospital.
-Managing emergency cases and drills

Quality Group Manager

Acibadem Healthcare Group

-Managed financial patient services with 55 staff,
-Improved efficiency and productivity of the department by applying invoice procedures and lead the credit control process,
-Managed all contracts with public and private insurance companies,
-Decreased the error rate at invoicing by leading the quality control projects on invoice errors,
-Promoted the formation of patient services standards, policies and procedures,
-Ensured the transfer of the necessary information for patients and their families answered questions related to hospital and patient services, 
-Developed recommendations for improving the system used by patient services  and kept up to date, tracked the correction of errors, 
-Supported the planning and implementation of patient services for outpatient clinics will begin offering the new service,
-Identified suitable candidates for the creation of patient services staff and oversaw the implementation of the full orientation program
-Followed the performance of people working with her, 
-Identified educational needs for the continuous development of patient services and supported the implementation of training programs to meet the needs,
-Participated the meetings held within the hospital, provided coordination of  the patient services,
-Made statistical studies for patient services and submitted the required reports.

Patient Services Manager

-Granted Joint Commission International (JCI) Accreditation. For 12 times for different hospitals in group
-Established the documentation system
-Prepared treatment guidelines (for productivity)
-Managed internal and external audits
-Established the Employee-Facility-Environment and Patient Safety Programs
-Developed all hospital committees,
-Managing medical errors and quality improvement projects related
-Tracking law and regulations for the hospital.
-Managing emergency cases and drills

Quality Supervisor

Acibadem Sistina Hospital

-Led the procedure implementation of AHG  for Sistina Hospital as a consultant,
-Managed External Audit Programs
-Managed the preparation process of Joint Commission International (JCI) Survey, 
-Managed the mock survey assessment process and prepared a  mock survey report,
-Developed staff education programs for hospital’s new procedures.

Consultant

Amerikan Hastanesi

-Supported the supervisor for all aspects of quality management of the hospital, 
-Managed the implementation of JCI standards, preparation JCI surveys,
-Established processes for medical errors follow up e.g. sentinel events, adverse
events and near misses,
-Managed staff education,
-Ensured the successful delivery of key performance indicators and clinical 
Indicators,
-American Hospital / Re-Accreditation Survey (December 2005)

Quality Specialist

Sprout Home

Responsibilities: (Sprout is a company in New York that organizes programs for people with developmental disabilities).
-Managed a group of 5 people with developmental disabilities. Organized social programs (parties, dinners, long or short distance trips, camps etc.) and took responsibility of medication management of program users.

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