Karen DeSalvo
Professor of Medicine and Population Health, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School; Former Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services
Karen DeSalvo is a professor of medicine and population health at University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School and co-convener of the National Alliance to Impact the Social Determinants of Health. A nationally regarded physician executive working at the intersection of medicine, public health, and information technology, DeSalvo was national coordinator for health information technology and acting assistant secretary for health in the Obama administration. Previously, she was vice dean for community affairs and health policy at Tulane School of Medicine and the New Orleans health commissioner. Her board service includes the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Humana, Welltower, Verily’s advisory board, and president of the Society of General Internal Medicine
