Bio

Dr. Kyu (''Q'') Rhee is a purpose-driven physician executive, scientist and entrepreneur who has served as Chief Medical Officer at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Health and Human Services (HHS), IBM, and CVS Health. As a primary care and public health doctor, he has led and developed diverse, transdisciplinary teams across the nonprofit, public, and private sectors to make the health system better, especially for underserved and health disparity populations. Most recently, Dr. Rhee held the position of Senior Vice President and Aetna Chief Medical Officer at CVS Health. He led a team of over 1,500 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals in the integration and delivery of clinical and population health solutions to improve the health for up to 65M people via commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, behavioral health, and other plans. This essential work enabled providers and patients to assure the right care at the right time through 850+ evidence-based clinical policies and activated 900+ data scientists using data, analytics, and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining CVS Health, Dr. Rhee was the Chief Health Officer of IBM for a decade. He had global responsibilities for IBM’s efforts to transform health through the use of data, analytics, artificial intelligence, services, and research for providers, health plans, employers, governments, and life science companies across the world. He was also accountable for the health and safety of the global workforce, innovating health plan design for billions of global healthcare spending, and assuring a culture of health and performance. During the exciting time of the Affordable Care Act and Recovery Act, Dr. Rhee served at HHS as Chief Public Health Officer of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which is the primary federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable, and the Director of the Office of Innovation and Program Coordination at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is the primary federal agency for research. Before his public service, Dr. Rhee worked as a National Health Service Corps physician and Chief Medical Officer in FQHCs in the DC area. He served as Chief Resident and did his medical residency training in both internal medicine and pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with dual-board certification. He earned his MD from USC, a Master's in Health Policy from Harvard, and a Bachelor’s in Science in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale.