
Setul G. Patel, MD, MBA
Founding Partner &
Managing Director
Dr. Setul Patel is an experienced healthcare and business executive bringing over twenty years of experience to successfully scale service industries by creating purpose-driven and vision-focused environments. In 2014, Setul founded Girish Capital to assist in the capital and venture needs of young entrepreneurs and startup companies, leveraging his ability to scale businesses with high growth potential. Girish Capital has worked with development groups across numerous industries including Sport Clips hair salons, freestanding emergency centers, Signarama franchises, short-haul trucking, and professional eye care. He also currently serves as Founder & CEO of the healthcare startup FormulaMed, which is poised to innovate technology-driven, subscription-based healthcare.
Setul has always maintained his clinical practice as a cornerstone of his administrative duties, and currently practices emergency medicine on the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona and at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He has also held senior management positions at Acute Medical Services and Neighbors Health, where he served as President & CEO for over eight years. After obtaining a degree in biochemistry, he graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School and completed specialty training at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware, where he was also Chief Resident. In 2008, Setul obtained his MBA from the University of Tennessee, graduating Phi Kappa Phi.
Throughout his career, Setul has brought transformational change to the organizations he has led, and believes true success comes from empowering the culture of an organization to drive best practices and innovation. In 2015, he received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Gulf Coast region and went on to be a national finalist. In 2016, he was a finalist for the Houston Business Journal’s CEO of the Year award. He is a YPO Texas Gulf Coast member and has called Houston home since 2006.
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Setul has always maintained his clinical practice as a cornerstone of his administrative duties, and currently practices emergency medicine on the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona and at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He has also held senior management positions at Acute Medical Services and Neighbors Health, where he served as President & CEO for over eight years. After obtaining a degree in biochemistry, he graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School and completed specialty training at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware, where he was also Chief Resident. In 2008, Setul obtained his MBA from the University of Tennessee, graduating Phi Kappa Phi.
Throughout his career, Setul has brought transformational change to the organizations he has led, and believes true success comes from empowering the culture of an organization to drive best practices and innovation. In 2015, he received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Gulf Coast region and went on to be a national finalist. In 2016, he was a finalist for the Houston Business Journal’s CEO of the Year award. He is a YPO Texas Gulf Coast member and has called Houston home since 2006.
Education
- 1999 - Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- 2003 - Doctor of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
- 2008 - Master of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN



