Practicing Physician and Public Health Leader — is currently the Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership at the City College of New York.
Chair of the Common Health Coalition and Co-Chair of the Health and Political Economy Project.
Previously served as the 43rd Health Commissioner of New York City.
From 2020-2022, he led the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including its historic campaign to vaccinate over 6 million New Yorkers,
Inaugural Chief Population Health Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), the largest public healthcare system in the nation, where he also served as CEO of the H+H Accountable Care Organization.
Practiced primary care internal medicine at Bellevue Hospital since 2014.
Has held successive senior leadership roles that span the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
A Rhodes Scholar and White House Fellow, he is nationally recognized as a transformational leader, a clinical innovator, a policy expert, and an advocate for a stronger and more equitable health system.
Entrepreneur, multi award-winning innovative marketer, and revenue-producing executive
Former CEO of WP Narrative, an award-winning creative and tech agency she cofounded with hip hop mogul Russell Simmons
Has redefined the status quo with a mandate to future-proof brands, drive innovation, create transformative IP, develop products and game-changing marketing strategies for startups and some of the world’s most iconic brands