Session Chair Profile
M.D., MS, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Aetna
Biography
Harold L. Paz, M.D., M.S., is executive vice president and chief medical officer for Aetna. He leads clinical strategy and policy at the intersection of all of Aetna’s domestic and global businesses. Before joining Aetna in 2014, Dr. Paz served as chief executive officer of Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Health System, senior vice president for Health Affairs for Penn State University, dean of its College of Medicine and professor of medicine and public health sciences. Prior to his appointment to Penn State, he served as dean of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and chief executive officer of Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Group. He is professor adjunct of internal medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and remains clinically active in pulmonary medicine. He has authored more than 85 publications.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2017 Silicon Valley
Session Synopsis: Precision medicine holds tremendous promise for improved patient outcomes, but its full potential can only be realized as part of a comprehensive move toward precision health. This session will consider how to achieve a model in which care is centered around the individual and curated to fit their precise needs.
