Keith A. Bellovich, D.O., MBA

Keith Bellovich, D.O., MBA, is currently the chief nephrologist at Strive Health and a nationally recognized voice in kidney care advocacy and quality improvement.

Dr. Bellovich earned his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency and nephrology fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and MBA at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Over more than three decades in private practice with St. Clair Nephrology and 7 years of hospital administration as Chief Medical Officer with Henry Ford St. John Hospital, he has built a career defined not only by clinical excellence but by a deep commitment to shaping kidney care policy at the state and national level.

He is the immediate past president of the Renal Physicians Association, where he has served on the board since 2012. He was recently elected Chair-Elect of Kidney Care Partners, the nation's largest non-partisan kidney care coalition and as its representative to the National Quality Forum. He has also been a driving force behind the Kidney Care Quality Alliance's work developing dialysis performance metrics, and has pushed CMS toward more valid, meaningful quality measures for dialysis facilities nationwide.