2016 Healthcare Summit

The Honorable Dr. David J. Shulkin is Under Secretary for Health for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.  As the Chief Executive of the Veterans Health Administration, Dr. Shulkin leads the nation’s largest integrated health care system with over 1,700 sites of care, serving 8.76 million Veterans each year.

The Veterans Health Administration is also the nation’s largest provider of graduate medical education and major contributor of medical research.  Dr. Shulkin will have oversight over the system that employs over 300,000 people who work in the health system.

Prior to being nominated by President Obama and being confirmed by the United States Senate as Under Secretary for Health, Dr. Shulkin served in numerous chief executive roles including serving as President at Morristown Medical Center, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, and Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute, and the Atlantic Health System Accountable Care Organization.