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
Education
- Yale Law SchoolDoctor of Law (J.D.), Law
- Yale School of MedicineDoctor of Medicine (MD)
- Yale School of MedicineMaster of Public Health (MPH)
- University of OxfordMaster of Science (M.S.), Political Economics
- Southern Methodist UniversityBachelor of Science (BS)1973 β 1975
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.
Same school
Also attended Yale Law School39
Erez KalirVenture Partner at FJ LabsMichelle GonzalezCorporate Vice President and Global Head, M12 at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)David A. Jones, Jr.Investor at Chrysalis VenturesPeter KellnerManaging Partner of Richmond GlobalLarryPartner and General Counsel at GVP ClimateDr. Shlomit WagmanChief Compliance Officer at Team8
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Also attended Yale School of Medicine23
Lars PedersenPartner, Chief Financial Officer at Redpoint VenturesAlexi Nazem, MDGeneral Partner at AlleyCorpBridget Martell MA, MDSenior Biopharmaceutical Advisor at Two Bear CapitalMax FarinaPrincipal at 5AM VenturesBrian YordyPrincipal at F-Prime Capital PartnersStephen KnightPresident & Senior Managing Partner at F-Prime Capital Partners
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Also attended University of Oxford688
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also attended Southern Methodist University63
Minh DoAnalyst at Golden Gate VenturesJim DoehrmanAdvisor at Sierra VenturesTroy A. LeMaile-StovallCEO at Maryland TEDCOThomas MallakSenior Financial Analyst at AlleyCorpAlex GrasPrincipal at Mercury FundBeau BarnesCFO at JStar Capital Investments
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Shared employers
Also worked at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health7
Chuka EsiobuPrincipal at Define VenturesCharlie ZhouInvestment Manager at Monograph Capital PartnersPriya AgrawalMSD at i3 β Investing in Innovation AfricaKritika SinghAssociate at Anzu PartnersChelsea GoddardInvestor at BaukunstKou QinInvestor at Eisai Innovation, Inc.
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Also worked at CVS Caremark Corporation49
Hal PazInvestor at Khosla VenturesTilak MandadiExecutive Vice President, Ventures and Chief Experience and Technology at Flare Capital PartnersDoug SillsPartner at Anthem Venture Management, LlcPeter EmighFounder & President, Savoy Life at Red Cell IncubationSooah ChoFormer Underscore Principal at Underscore VCDhiren PatelDigital Pharma Advisor at Excelerate Health Ventures
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Also worked at Aetna13
John PrufetaChief Executive Officer and Managing Partner at Medical Excellence CapitalJustin AguadoSenior Associate at CVS Health VenturesMichael LudwigPartner at HLM Investment PartnersColby MarsdenAnalyst at Flyover CapitalDouglas RussellManaging Partner at MassMutual VenturesRoma RomanivAssociate at Dnipro
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Also worked at Brigham and Women's Hospital34
Anthony PhilippakisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nasra MohamedInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAlexi Nazem, MDGeneral Partner at AlleyCorpDavid Rosenthal, MDVenture Partner at AlleyCorpChristiana BardonManaging Partner of MPM BioImpact, leading the firm's public market investingGary GottliebExecutive Partner at Flare Capital Partners
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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
















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