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David J. Shulkin, M.D.

In 2009, David J. Shulkin, M.D. was named one of the One Hundred Most Influential People in American Healthcare by Modern Healthcare. Also in 2009, he was named for the second year in a row among the “ 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in the Country” (ranked as #14 in 2009 and #12 in 2009) by Modern Physician. Dr. Shulkin is the immediate past President and CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, where he led a financial turnaround and rebuild of the 1.3 billion dollar organization. Previously Dr. Shulkin served in numerous physician leadership roles including the Chief Medical Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Shulkin has also served in academic positions including the Chairman of Medicine and Vice Dean at Drexel University School of Medicine. As an entrepreneur Dr. Shulkin founded and served as the Chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality, Inc one of the first consumer orientated sources of information for quality and safety in healthcare. Dr. Shulkin has been on the editorial board’s of numerous journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association. Currently the editor of Hospital Physician and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Patient Safety, the Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management and the Journal of Disease Management.

Dr. Shulkin is a board-certified internist, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein School of Medicine and a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute in Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, his internship at Yale University School of Medicine, and a residency and Fellowship in General Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center. He received advanced training in outcomes research and economics as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Shulkin has received numerous awards and was named one of the country's top Health care leaders for the next century by Modern Healthcare, an International Leader in Health Care Award by the Healthcare Forum.