The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Policy Leadership at Harvard University Leadership Forums are designed to provide an opportunity for fellows, students, faculty, and staff to interact with nationally recognized physician leaders from the public, private and academic sectors. These two day visits will include lecture, one-on-one meetings with fellows, an informal group dinner and reception & discussion.

Leadership Forums and Special Sessions

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Commissioner for the Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Bio

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Gilbert Gee PhD

Professor & Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA

Bio

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Psychiatrist and former Regional Director
Behavioral Health Services
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Correctional Managed Care

Bio

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

President and CEO
Morehouse School of Medicine

Bio

Monday, March 29, 2021

RADM Felicia Collins

Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Bio

Monday, April 4, 2022

Julian Harris MD MBA

Chairman and CEO, ConcertoCare

Bio

Friday, November 20, 2020

David Satcher MD PhD

Founding Director and Senior Advisor, Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, National Center for Primary Care

Bio

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Sara Rosenbaum JD

Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, and
Founding Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management
Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University

Bio

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Anthony Shih MD MPH

President, United Hospital Fund

Bio

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Valerae Lewis MD HMS ’93

Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, John Murray Professor in Orthopaedic Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Bio

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Otis W. Brawley MD

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Oncology and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University

Bio

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Trustee Professor of Political Science and Health Policy
University of Miami
Bio

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Bio

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Senior Vice President, University Health Services
CEO, University of Utah Health Care
Dean, School of Medicine
University of Utah

Bio

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Patricia A. Gabow, MD, MACP

Board of Trustees, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Former CEO, Denver Health and Hospital Authority

Bio

Thursday, March 2, 2017

President and CEO, American Indian Health and Management Policy, LLC

Topic: Special Session: American Indian Health Policy
Bio

November 16, 2015

Vice President for Research and Evaluation
Chief Science Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Bio

December 3, 2015

President, American Public Health Association

Bio

March 22, 2016

Chancellor for Health Affairs
Office of the Chancellor for Health Affairs
President & CEO, Duke University Health System

Bio

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Sanjay Gulati, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School;
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Cambridge Hospital;
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program, Boston Children's Hospital

Bio

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA

President, Georgia Regents University,
Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Regents Health System
Augusta, Georgia

Bio

October 16, 2014

Chief Executive Officer,
Corizon Health

Bio

December 10, 2014

Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD

William C. & Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy
Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Bio

September 17, 2013

Gail Wilensky, PhD

Economist and Senior Fellow,
Project HOPE

Bio

October 28, 2013

Jonathan Woodson, MD

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Director, TRICARE Management Activity
Department of Defense, United States of America

Bio

February 20, 2014

Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH

President and CEO
America’s Essential Hospitals

Bio

September 19, 2012

Administrator

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Bio

February 21, 2013

Glenn D. Steele, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer
Geisinger Health System

Bio

April 15, 2013

Benjamin K. Chu, MD, MPH, MACP

President, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region; Group President, Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Hawaii; Chair of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees

Bio

October 27, 2011

Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Bio

October 28, 2011

Senior Vice President, Director, Health Care Group, Robet Wood Johnson Foundation

Bio

December 7, 2011 - Alvin F. Poussaint, MD Visiting Lecture

Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Bio

September 23, 2010

President, The Commonwealth Fund

Bio

October 7, 2010

The Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education; Co-Director, Immigration Studies at New York University

Bio

November 17, 2010

Director of Health in Rhode Island

Bio

October 14, 2009

Professor and Chief, Division of General Pediatrics, Associate Dean of Minority Advising and Programs, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Chief, General Pediatrics Service, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

Bio

November 2, 2009

President and CEO, American Indian Health and Management Policy, LLC

Bio

March 4, 2010

President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Bio

October 8, 2008

Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Director, UCLA Drew Center of Excellence for Minority Medical Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Bio

November 17, 2008

Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Systems, Management, and Policy, Colorado School of Public Health

Bio

February 9, 2009

Edgar E. Robinson Professor in United States History, Stanford University

Bio

October 25, 2007

Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Bio

December 5, 2007

President and Chief Executive Officer
Project HOPE

Bio

March 12, 2008 - Caribbean Health Forum

Minister of Health, The Ministry of Health
Guyana

Bio

March 12, 2008 - Caribbean Health Forum

Caribbean Program Director
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Bio