Contributors

Zetema Contributors are selected for their expertise in particular topic areas. Zetema staff interview Contributors for input into the Debates to broaden the range of perspectives represented.

Nancy Howell Agee

CEO, Carilion Clinic

Nancy Howell Agee is the President and CEO of Carilion Clinic, a nearly $2 billion not-for-profit, integrated health system headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia; serving over 1 million people in Virginia and West Virginia.

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Mark Alles

Former Chairman and CEO, Celgene

Mr. Alles served as Celgene’s Chief Executive Officer.

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Jack Bailey

Former President, US Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline

Jack Bailey was President, US Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline. Prior to leading the US business, Jack served as Senior Vice President, Policy, Payers and Vaccines. In that role, Jack was responsible for Government Affairs, Managed Markets, the US Vaccines business unit and the Puerto Rico operations.

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David Blumenthal, M.D.

President, The Commonwealth Fund

David Blumenthal is president of The Commonwealth Fund, a national philanthropy engaged in independent research on health and social policy issues. Dr. Blumenthal is formerly the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief Health Information and Innovation Officer at Partners Healthcare System in Boston.

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Troy Brennan, M.D.

Executive Vice President Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark

Bridget Duffy, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer, Vocera

Bridget Duffy is the chief medical officer for Vocera, where she helps design the next generation of healthcare innovations that bridge communication gaps, improve care team collaboration, and address clinician well-being, resilience and joy. She has been disrupting the status quo in healthcare for more than 25 years.

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Paul Fonteyne

Former Chairman, Boehringer-Ingelheim USA

Paul Fonteyne is former Chairman of Boehringer-Ingelheim USA. He has been with Boehringer-Ingelheim for 15 years in leadership roles both in the US and globally. Most recently, and since 2012, he was President and CEO of Boehringer-Ingelheim USA.

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Robert Galvin, M.D.

Operating Partner, Equity Healthcare

Former Chief Medical Officer, General Electric

David Himmelstein, M.D.

Professor, CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College

Ken Kizer, M.D.

Director, Institute for Population Health Improvement, University of California, Davis

Former Under Secretary for Health, US Department of Veterans Affairs; Former Director, California Department of Health Services

Mario Molina, M.D.

Former CEO of Molina Healthcare

Dr. J. Mario Molina is former Founding Dean of the Keck Graduate School of Medicine and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Molina Healthcare, a FORTUNE 500 company founded by his physician father in 1980 to provide health care to low-income individuals receiving benefits through government programs, such as Medicaid and Medicare.

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Elizabeth Nabel, M.D.

President, Brigham and Women’s Health Care

Betsy Nabel has served as president of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Health Care (BWHC) since 2010. A cardiologist and distinguished biomedical researcher, Nabel is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In 2015 Nabel was appointed chief health and medical advisor to the National Football League.

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Lee Newcomer, M.D.

Principal, Lee N. Newcomer Consulting

Lee N. Newcomer is the former senior vice president at UnitedHealthcare with strategic responsibility for Oncology and Genetics.

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Sally Welborn

Former SVP, Global Benefits, Walmart stores, Inc.

Penny Wheeler, M.D.

President/CEO, Allina Health