{"id":3371,"date":"2025-09-11T20:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dtvnn.com\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2025-09-17T07:54:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:54:21","slug":"dr-sohail-masood-a-visionary-leader-in-home-infusion-and-healthcare-innovation-comprehensive-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dtvnn.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/dr-sohail-masood-a-visionary-leader-in-home-infusion-and-healthcare-innovation-comprehensive-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sohail Masood: A Visionary Leader in Home Infusion and Healthcare Innovation (Comprehensive Profile)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Tariq Khan & Kainat Rajput<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the world of healthcare, innovation often collides with regulation, and business success is too frequently measured in dollars rather than lives changed. Dr. Sohail Masood has spent more than three decades proving that excellence, advocacy, and compassion can coexist. This comprehensive profile integrates his clinical beginnings, entrepreneurial milestones, policy wins, philanthropic commitments, and recent 2025 developments \u2014 all in one place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Caption: Dr. Sohail Masood receiving the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 National Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Early Life & Education
<\/strong>Dr. Sohail Masood migrated from Lahore, Pakistan to the United States in September 1981 after completing his F.Sc at Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore. Born into a large family, he faced early hardship when his father, Masood Husain, passed away in 1969. Raised by his mother and elder brother, he pursued education diligently and eventually moved to the U.S. to study pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1988 and completed his pharmacy residency at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, New York in 1989. Early in his career he ran the home infusion pharmacy at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, where he first saw the potential of delivering advanced therapies in patients\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ultracare & Crescent Healthcare: Building a New Model
<\/strong>In 1992 Dr. Masood and his wife Mona (also a pharmacist) started Ultracare with a $50,000 line of credit and a rented 1,800-square-foot warehouse in Paramount, California. Working closely with physicians, he identified an unmet need for Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy for patients with neuromuscular disorders. Ultracare delivered IVIG to the first two neuromuscular patients in California treated at home, pioneering a practice that was previously limited to hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


By 1995 he expanded services to include nursing and rebranded the firm as Crescent Healthcare. Over the following decade Crescent acquired regional assets (including Apria\u2019s California home infusion business) and scaled rapidly \u2014 reaching revenues in excess of $80 million by 2004. Crescent\u2019s growth culminated in the sale of majority shares to private equity in 2004 and eventual integration into Walgreens\u2019 home-infusion footprint in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Policy Advocacy: Putting Patients First
<\/strong>Dr. Masood\u2019s influence reached beyond operations. In 1997 Medicare policy changes threatened access to IVIG for patients with CIDP (Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy). Recognizing the life-altering consequences of interrupted therapy, he continued supplying IVIG at his own cost for six months \u2014 a financial risk estimated at over $2 million \u2014 while lobbying policymakers and mobilizing physician support. With help from Senator Boxer\u2019s office, Medicare reversed its decision in July 1997 and restored coverage, securing care for countless patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In 2003 he again successfully lobbied for Medicare coverage expansion \u2014 this time to include IVIG for dermatologic diseases such as pemphigus and pemphigoid, working with Congresswoman Nancy Johnson and clinical advocates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


MAAS Medical: Innovating Home Infusion Technology
<\/strong>Anticipating the operational needs of home infusion, Dr. Masood founded MAAS Medical in 2002 to develop a state-of-the-art infusion pump tailored for complex therapies. MAAS reduced the need for full-time nursing during infusions and attracted industry buyers; Baxter acquired MAAS Medical in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


KabaFusion: Clinician-Led, Patient-Centered Scale
<\/strong>In 2010 Dr. Masood founded KabaFusion with the simple but bold idea of keeping clinicians at the center of care delivery. Over the next decade KabaFusion grew from a clinician-led startup into one of the largest private home-infusion providers in the U.S.
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