Patrick Kachur is a public health physician with 30 years of experience in global health practice. He trained at Kent State University and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, completed clinical and residency training at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital and Johns Hopkins University and took part in a community health fellowship at the University of Ilorin in Nigeria.

For much of his career, he was based at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where he held leadership roles in the Malaria Branch and Center for Global Health, receiving the agency's highest service award.

Patrick joined the faculty at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in 2018, where he coordinates implementation science partnerships with a focus on expanding access to quality and primary health care services. He serves on the World Health Organization's Malaria Policy Advisory Committee.