Dennis Schmuland, MD, FAAFP

Dennis Schmuland is an agile physician executive, serial entrepreneur, and visionary thought leader who expertly scales and orchestrates diverse and unexpected resources & teams to grow mindshare, marketshare, and revenue. Dennis' understanding and awareness of the idiosyncrasies of finance, delivery, and health behavior domains of healthcare enables him to spot and avoid the all-too-common pursuit of shiny objects. If you're interested in collaborating around a game-changing digital transformation scenario, contact him at dennissc@microsoft.com Dennis' current role as US Chief Health Strategy Officer involves thought leadership, strategic innovation, collaborative C-suite relationships, high leverage partner recruiting, and driving game-changing digital transformation scenarios and evidence with customers, partners, and internal business groups. In 2009 he received the distinguished Microsoft Circle of Excellence award for exceptional business leadership, thought leadership and strategic innovation. Dennis holds a doctorate in medicine from the University of Washington School of Medicine, is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP). He obtained undergraduate degrees in both Psychology and Chemistry from Seattle Pacific University, where he graduated summa cum laude and received the Distinguished President's Citation award. Dennis serves on the boards of the American Heart Association, Proskriptive Inc, Pfizer's Innovation Advisory Board, the editorial board of Managed Healthcare Executive, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Expert Advisory Board, and the University of Washington Primary Care Innovation Lab.