Professor Pierantonio Russo is Medical Director, Independence Blue Cross, a leading health insurance company operating in the Philadelphia region. He is a visiting faculty at the Indian School of Business and the Wharton School of Business and teaches healthcare management courses. He is also Director, Gift of Life International, a not for profi t organisation, Pennsylvania, which seeks to build cardiac surgery and paediatric cardiac surgery programmes in emerging countries, including India. It offers technical, fi nancial and health management support. As part of Gift of Life International, Professor Russo has worked in various Indian cities and hospitals including Chennai from 2007 to 2011.