Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP

RedPill Kapital was founded by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP. Its audience is largely physicians, so the clinical record behind it is relevant context — this page sets it out.

Board certification

Dr. Padda holds five American board certifications:

  • Anesthesiology — American Board of Anesthesiology
  • Interventional Pain — American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP)
  • Pain Medicine — American Board of Pain Medicine
  • Addiction Medicine — American Board of Addiction Medicine
  • Obesity Medicine — American Board of Obesity Medicine

He is also a Fellow of Interventional Pain Physicians (FIPP), a Diplomate of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners, a Certified Physician Executive (CPE), and a certified rater for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.

Why a physician’s background is relevant here

RedPill Kapital speaks to doctors, and it is written by one who still practices. That matters because the financial pressures specific to medicine — the late start on earning, the training debt, the practice economics, the way clinical income actually behaves — are usually explained to physicians by people who have never lived them.

Alongside five board certifications, Dr. Padda holds an MBA from Saint Louis University and is a Certified Physician Executive, and he has built and run multiple clinical practices.

Nothing on this site is medical advice, and nothing here is personalized investment, legal or tax advice. Dr. Padda’s medical credentials establish who is speaking; they are not a financial qualification and should not be read as one.

The operating record

The part of his background that bears on this site is not the clinical training. It is the running of clinical businesses, which he has done continuously since the late 1990s.

  • Chairman, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management — Saint Joseph Hospital-Kirkwood (1999–2001)
  • Chairman, Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management — Saint Alexius Hospital and Premier Care Surgery Centers (2000–2002)
  • Regional Director of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Medicine — Mid-Missouri Anesthesia Corporation (2000–2002)
  • Director, Center for the Management of Preoperative Services and Informatics — Saint Louis University (1998–99)
  • Chief Medical Officer, Center for Interventional Pain Management (2001–present)
  • Medical Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine (2004–present)
  • Director, STL Surgical ASC (2017–2023)

What that work actually consisted of

Chairing an anesthesia department is an operations job before it is a clinical one. The recurring work was cost-benefit analysis and the writing of best-therapy protocols, time-motion analysis of how a service really runs, building a multidisciplinary acute pain team from nothing, and rebuilding pharmaceutical inventory onto a cell-based system.

The same discipline applies to an income-producing building. Measure what is actually happening, find where the money and the time are leaking, and change the process rather than the people.

The clinical side, briefly

Five American board certifications, an MBA from Saint Louis University, Certified Physician Executive with the American College of Physician Executives, and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. The full clinical record — training, academic appointments, publications and hospital affiliations — is set out on his Padda Institute physician page.

Credential verification

None of this has to be taken on trust. Dr. Padda is licensed in Missouri and Illinois, and the record is public.

Other practices under the same physician

This is one of several practices directed by Dr. Padda. For chronic and interventional pain generally, the affiliated practice is the Padda Institute in St. Louis.

Community and charitable work

Dr. Padda serves as Chief Medical Officer of Valor Villages, the St. Louis 501(c)(3) nonprofit that houses veterans and children in crisis.

Board certifications and professional affiliations

Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP holds five board certifications and maintains the professional affiliations below.

  • American Board of Anesthesiology diplomate seal, board certification held by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP
  • American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians diplomate seal, board certification held by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP
  • American Board of Pain Medicine diplomate seal, board certification held by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP
  • American Board of Addiction Medicine diplomate seal, board certification held by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP
  • American Board of Obesity Medicine diplomate seal, board certification held by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP
  • American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians seal, Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP, past ASIPP board director
  • Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners seal, professional membership held by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP
  • MoCA Certified Rater seal for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, held by Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP
  • Nutrition Network advisor seal, Dr. Gurpreet Singh Padda, MD, MBA, MHP
  • Low Carb USA certified practice seal awarded to Padda Institute, St. Louis
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