About
Troyen Brennan is a physician and healthcare executive who served as Chief Medical Officer at CVS Health for nearly 14 years and previously held the same role at Aetna for two years. He practiced medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital for 15 years, where he led the physician organization, and was a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He formerly chaired the American Board of Internal Medicine and has authored six books and over 600 articles on the U.S. healthcare system.
Experience
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthAdjunct Professor Harvard School of Public Health2022 β 2024Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- CVS Caremark CorporationExecutive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer2008 β 2022
- AetnaChief Medical Officer2006 β 2008
- Brigham and Women's HospitalPhysician/President/BWPO1992 β 2006
- Harvard Medical SchoolProfessor of Medicine1991 β 2006Cambridge, Massachusetts
Skills & more
Health Policy2Medical Education8Physicians9Primary Care Physicians1Medical Writing3Healthcare46Healthcare Management19Public Health36Hospitals6Public Policy2Clinical Research31Research2
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Executive ManagementPreventive MedicineMedicineInternal MedicineHigher EducationLecturingHealthcare IndustryConsumer HealthcareProfessorsPharmacyMedication AdherenceQuality ManagementFrom Troyen's professional profile.
Colleagues at LRVHealth
Amy Navin
Director of Operations at LRVHealth
Christiana DelloRusso
Partner at LRVHealth
Dave Mazurkiewicz
Executive Advisor at LRVHealth
Dr. Sachin Jain
President and CEO at Team8
Ellen Herlacher
Partner at LRVHealth
Eric Schaft
Chief Financial Officer at LRVHealth
Glenn Steele
Executive Advisor at LRVHealth
John Brownstein
Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Flare Capital Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Troyen Brennan?
- Troyen Brennan is a physician and healthcare executive who served as Chief Medical Officer at CVS Health for nearly 14 years and previously held the same role at Aetna for two years. He practiced medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital for 15 years, where he led the physician organization, and was a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He formerly chaired the American Board of Internal Medicine and has authored six books and over 600 articles on the U.S. healthcare system.
- Where does Troyen Brennan work?
- Troyen Brennan is Executive Advisor at LRVHealth.
- Where did Troyen Brennan go to school?
- Troyen Brennan studied at Yale Law School (Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law); Yale School of Medicine (Doctor of Medicine (MD)); Yale School of Medicine (Master of Public Health (MPH)).
Same school
Also attended Yale Law School52
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Also attended Yale School of Medicine33
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Also attended University of Oxford990
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Also attended Southern Methodist University82
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Shared employers
Also worked at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health9
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Also worked at CVS Caremark Corporation55
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Also worked at Aetna16
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Also worked at Brigham and Women's Hospital53
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