Alphabet / Google ( NASDAQ: GOOGL ) continue to build out their healthcare organization with distinguished leadership staff additions encompassing medical, commercial and government experience. Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo, currently a professor at the Dell Medical School, University of Texas in Austin, will be the first person to have the title of Chief Health Officer for Alphabet / Google / Verily. The company made the announcement as they progress through a steady workstream of healthcare-centered initatives involving Google Health and Verily Life Sciences. At Dell Medical School, she has two roles as Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Professor, Department of Population Health. Dr. DeSalvo possesses exceptional medical, business and government experience. Dr. DeSalvo’s academic and medical credentials include: - M.D. — Tulane University School of Medicine - MSc — Clinical Epidemiology — Harvard University - MS — Public Health — Tulane University - BA — Biology / Political Science — Suffolk University In addition to medical academics, Dr. DeSalvo has worked in the commercial healthcare space ( Welltower and Humana ), the Federal Government ( Health and Human Services and Office of Health Information Technology ) and the Municipal Government Sector ( City of New Orleans ). Alphabet clearly has long term, large scale plans for the healthcare industry. Their present enterprises span pharmaceutical research & development, medical device engineering, cloud computing, genetics, voice recognition technology ( VRT ), artificial intelligence ( AI ) and medical imaging (with advanced focus in oncology diagnosis and treatment). The bandwidth of their ventures demonstrates the array of uses Alphabet’s growing technology innovation has throughout healthcare and life sciences industries. Read the story to learn more about Dr. DeSalvo and Alphabet's plans ongoing healthcare initiatives... Contact John Baresky with your questions and comments...

1. … Alphabet and Google Move Forward in Advancing Healthcare and Technology …
ALPHABET / GOOGLE HIRE
DR. KAREN B. DESALVO AS CHIEF
HEALTH OFFICER
John G. Baresky 10/20/2019
Alphabet / Google ( NASDAQ: GOOGL ) continue to build
out their healthcare organization with distinguished
leadership staff additions encompassing medical,
commercial and government experience…

2. Alphabet / Google advance their clinical and business healthcare
mission
Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo, currently a professor at the Dell Medical School,
University of Texas in Austin, will be the first person to have the title of Chief
Health Officer for Alphabet / Google. The company made the announcement
as they progress through a steady workstream of healthcare-centered
initatives involving Google Health and Verily Life Sciences. At Dell Medical
School, she has two roles as Professor, Department of Internal
Medicine and Professor, Department of Population Health.
… Dr. DeSalvo possesses exceptional medical, business and
government experience …
Clinical and administrative healthcare academic credentials
Dr. DeSalvo’s academic and medical credentials include:
• M.D. — Tulane University School of Medicine
• MSc — Clinical Epidemiology — Harvard University
• MS — Public Health — Tulane University
• BA — Biology / Political Science — Suffolk University
Government and public health leadership experience
Dr. DeSalvo has held several Federal government posts including:
• Acting Assistant Secretary for Health
• National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
• Director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology

3. Dr. DeSalvo’s healthcare and technical experience in the government sector
is well-established. She held two leadership positions in The Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). ONC is at
the forefront of the healthcare IT efforts in the United States and is a
resource to the entire health system to support the adoption of health
information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information
exchange to improve health care. ONC is organizationally located within the
Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS). ONC is the principal federal entity charged with
coordination of nationwide efforts to implement and use the most advanced
health information technology and the electronic exchange of health
information.
Healthcare business plus municipal executive leadership
On the commercial side, Dr. DeSalvo has worked at Welltower ( NYSE:
WELL; a healthcare real estate and medical facility investment firm
headquartered in Toledo, OH) and Humana ( NYSE: HUM; a leading health
insurance and managed care organization based in Louisville, KY) in
Director-level roles. She was also Commissioner of Health for the City of
New Orleans. Academically, an additional role she has held is a Vice Dean
position at Tulane University School of Medicine.
… Alphabet / Google focused on advanced healthcare technology
innovation …
Just weeks ago, Alphabet announced the hiring of Dr. Robert M. Califf, a
medical professor from Duke University and a former FDA commissioner, to
be head of strategy for Google Health and Verily Life Sciences. Over a year
ago they signed on former Geisinger Health CEO Dr. David Feinberg as
Head of Google Health, who is responsible for the hiring of Dr. Califf and Dr.
DeSalvo.

4. Moving Forward
Alphabet clearly has long term, large scale plans for the healthcare
industry. Their present enterprises span pharmaceutical research &
development, medical device engineering, cloud computing, genetics, voice
recognition technology ( VRT ), artificial intelligence ( AI ) and medical
imaging (with advanced focus in oncology diagnosis and treatment). The
bandwidth of their ventures demonstrates the array of uses Alphabet’s
growing technology innovation has throughout healthcare and life sciences
industries. There are great expectations for their clinical and commercial
success.
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