Movers & Shakers

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Marc-David Munk, MD, MPH, MHCM — Designing Primary-Care Models That Scale

Dr. Marc-David Munk is a physician-executive whose career spans emergency medicine, international health and large-scale care-delivery design. He is best known for helping redesign primary-care models (notably at Iora Health) and leading care-strategy as Chief Medical Officer of CVS Health’s MinuteClinic, among other roles.  Background & Leadership Munk’s clinical roots are in emergency medicine and […]

Toyin Ajayi, MD — Designing Value-Based Care That Actually Reaches People Left Out

Bio & path.  Toyin Ajayi is a board-certified family physician and the co-founder/CEO of Cityblock Health, a Brooklyn-based, value-based care provider built expressly for Medicaid and dually eligible (Medicare + Medicaid) members — people who have historically been underserved and who shoulder a disproportionate share of complex medical, behavioral, and social needs. Before Cityblock, Ajayi […]

Eric Topol, MD — The Cardiologist Rebooting Medicine With Data, AI, And Longevity Science

Eric Topol is Executive Vice President of Scripps Research, professor of molecular medicine, and the founder/director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, CA. A pioneering interventional cardiologist turned digital-medicine leader, he’s one of the most cited physician-scientists in the world. His institute’s mission: use genomic, digital, and AI tools to individualize medicine. […]

Reshma Kewalramani, MD — A Physician-CEO Bringing First-In-Class Medicines To Market

Bio & path Reshma Kewalramani is the CEO and President of Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Boston), and one of the few physicians leading a top-tier U.S. biotech. Trained in internal medicine and nephrology, she spent more than a decade at Amgen in development leadership roles before joining Vertex in 2017 as Chief Medical Officer — and in […]

Peter Attia — The Doctor Rewriting the Rules of Longevity

While much of medicine focuses on treating disease, Peter Attia is focused on something more ambitious: preventing it altogether. Biography and Career Path Attia trained as a physician and surgeon before moving into a more unconventional path. Early in his career, he became interested in metabolic health, nutrition, and performance optimization—areas often overlooked in traditional […]

Leana Wen — The Doctor Redefining Public Health Communication

In an era where misinformation spreads faster than facts, Leana Wen has emerged as one of the most effective communicators in American healthcare. Biography and Early Career Born in China and raised in the United States, Wen trained as an emergency physician and quickly moved into leadership roles. She previously served as the Health Commissioner […]

Marty Makary — The Surgeon Challenging Healthcare From the Inside

In a healthcare system often criticized for inefficiency, opacity, and rising costs, few voices have been as consistently provocative—and influential—as Marty Makary. A practicing surgeon, public policy researcher, and bestselling author, Makary has built a reputation as one of the most outspoken reformers in American medicine. Biography and Background Makary trained as a surgical oncologist […]

Dr. Sachin H. Jain: The Physician CEO Redefining Healthcare Leadership in America

In today’s healthcare landscape, few leaders successfully balance clinical expertise with executive vision quite like Dr. Sachin H. Jain. As President and CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan, Dr. Jain has built a reputation as one of America’s most influential physician-executives—someone who understands both the bedside and the boardroom. His story stands out […]

Dr. Robert Montgomery and the Future of Organ Transplantation

Few surgeons in America have changed the future of medicine as dramatically as Robert Montgomery. A world-renowned transplant surgeon, medical innovator, and chairman of surgery at NYU Langone Health, Dr. Montgomery has spent his career solving one of healthcare’s most urgent problems: the severe shortage of donor organs. His work has helped redefine what is […]

How Dr. Shiv Rao Is Transforming Healthcare Through AI

In modern medicine, one of the greatest challenges facing physicians is not diagnosis—it is documentation. Endless note-taking, administrative overload, and electronic health record burdens have contributed significantly to physician burnout across the United States. Few doctors understand this challenge better than Shiv Rao, a practicing cardiologist and the co-founder and CEO of Abridge, one of […]