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Jeff Gruen, MD, MBA

Jeff is a director and lead of PRTM's healthcare services practice. He brings 25 years of experience as an executive and consultant and is a recognized expert in healthcare services strategy, consumerism, information technology, and innovation.

Prior to joining PRTM, Jeff served as a senior executive with several healthcare companies. He was president of the Care Division, chief medical officer, and later senior advisor at Revolution Health Group, where he reported directly to the CEO, Stephen Case. In this role, he led the strategy for care delivery transformation and served on the board of RediClinic. He was previously the national medical executive for UnitedHealth Group's Optum program, where he drove the creation of the strategy for the $2.2 billion care management businesses and was instrumental in the financial turnaround of United HealthCare's largest region.

Prior to United, Jeff was chief medical officer and led business development for an innovative disease management/healthcare web-portal company that raised $50 million in private equity and was responsible for doubling revenues in less than two years. Jeff was also a cofounder of a physician practice management company that was successfully sold to a Goldman Sachs–backed company. Jeff has led numerous consulting engagements with health plans, provider organizations, hospitals, and outsourced service industry providers.

Jeff is a highly sought national speaker and serves on the advisory boards for three national conferences. He is chairman and founder of the biannual Health 3.0 conference. He serves on the board for the Disease Management Association of America, the eHealth Initiative, and the American Academy of Family Physicians' TransforMED Innovation Division. Jeff holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and an M.D. degree from Northwestern University's Honors Program in Medical Education, and he graduated from a pediatric residency at Yale New Haven Hospital. He is a former clinical professor at Harvard Medical School and a board-certified pediatrician, as well as an experienced emergency room physician.