Committed to evidence-based solutions for improving the quality of medical services and lowering their cost.
It has been my privilege to serve as Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer with several health plans mostly in New York. In this capacity I try to find the balance between the business of health insurance and the needs of our members and doctors. I am committed to an evidence-based approach to solving problems, and to leveraging information to support implementation of solutions. As a complement to my work with health insurance plans, I hold the rank of Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where I teach undergraduate medical students, residents and MPH students on a variety of topics.
I recently retired from a position as a Medical Director at Aetna. Some of my previous positions were Chief Medical Officer at HIP Health Plan of New York, FidelisCare, Health Republic Insurance of New York, and Medical Director of the Special Investigations Unit at Coventry HealthCare. I previously served as a Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute where I worked on Harm Reduction Strategies for Tobacco Use.
I started my first smoking cessation program during my residency at Montefiore Hospital in 1983. Since then, I have focused on educating clinicians and students, advocacy, and most recently research on reimbursement for tobacco cessation. What we have learned about tobacco can be readily applied to a broad range of public health problems.
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