Dr. Jay Bhatt | Source | Interim President & CEO at Institute for Diversity and Health Equity

Jay Bhatt, D.O., MPH, MPA is a physician executive, internist, geriatrician and public health innovator who heads a namesake consultancy. His work revolves around the most pressing challenges and thought-provoking opportunities in health care. Prior to founding his consultancy, Jay was vice president and chief medical officer of the American Hospital Association and headed two of its subsidiaries as CEO--the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity and the Health Research & Educational Trust. Before that, he was the first chief health officer of the Illinois Hospital Association, managing deputy commissioner at the Chicago Department of Public Health and an internist and geriatrician for underserved communities at Chicago’s Erie Family Health Center. He earned a B.A. from the University of Chicago; a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; an MPH in public health from the University of Illinois at Chicago; and an MPA in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as a Zuckerman and Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Policy Fellow.