Sushil Patil is originally from Maharashtra state in India. He previously completed training in Ayurveda (Indian system of medicine) and later earned his Master’s in Health Administration from Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. Since completing his Masters, he has been working with Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS – Peoples’ Health Support Group), a voluntary, non-profit organization working in Chhattisgarh, a state in rural, central India. There, Dr. Patil works as clinical coordinator, looking to improve both the long-term systems based and intervention-based services JSS provides. Dr. Patil is excited to participate in the HEAL initiative and hopes to learn more about global health while collaboration with other HEAL fellows at JSS. Sushil was a site fellow at Jan Swasthya Sahyog in India.