David Jonathon Shulkin
June 22, 1959
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Spouse(s) Merle Bari
Education Hampshire College (BS)
Drexel University (MD)
Early life and education
- Born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
- He received a BS from Hampshire College in 1982, and a
- MD degree from Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1986;
- Internship at Yale School of Medicine,
- Residency and fellowship in General Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center.
Career
- Served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.
- Also served as President of Morristown Medical Center and the Atlantic Health System accountable Care Organization.
- He has been 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.
His other academic positions have included:
- Chairman of Medicine
- Vice Dean at Drexel University College of Medicine,
- Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein School of Medicine.
- Editor of Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management and Hospital Physician,
- and has been on the editorial boards of several journals, including Journal of the American Medical Association.
- He founded and served as the Chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality, Inc a consumer-oriented information service.
- Dr. Shulkin has written 25 peer-reviewed journal articles, and numerous other professional publications.
- Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health in July 6, 2015 under President Barack Obama
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
On January 11, 2017, Shulkin was selected by President-elect Trump as Secretary of Veterans Affairs pending Senate confirmation. Shulkin resigned from a private sector position with an annual salary of a $1.3 million to work in Veterans Affairs, where he’s paid $170,000 a year.
Awards and honors
- Fellow of the American College of Physicians[9]
- Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute in Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.
- National Health Policy Fellow, U.S. Senate Committee on Aging
- Named one of the country’s top Health care leaders for the next century by Modern Healthcare
- Ranked as International Leader in Health Care Award by the Healthcare Forum.
- Named One of the Hundred Most Powerful in Healthcare (ranked #86) by Modern Healthcare
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