Glenn Steele (moderator)

Dr. Glenn Steele Jr. serves as Chairman of GSteele Health Solutions, an independently operated venture launched to help healthcare organizations create value and improve quality. He is the former Chairman of xG Health Solutions (2013 to 2018) and former President and Chief Executive Officer of Geisinger Health System (2001 to 2015). Additionally, Dr. Steele serves as Vice Chair of Health Transformation Alliance (HTA).  HTA is founded by over 50 of America’s most successful corporations with a common goal to improve health care outcomes for their 6.5-7 million sponsored lives.

Prior to joining Geisinger Health System, Dr. Steele served as Dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine, and Vice President for Medical Affairs, at the University of Chicago, as well as the Richard T. Crane Professor in the Department of Surgery. Before that, he was the William V. McDermott Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, President and Chief Executive Officer of Deaconess Professional Practice Group, and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at New England Deaconess Hospital.

Dr. Steele received his bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard College and his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in surgery at the University of Colorado, where he was also a fellow of the American Cancer Society. He earned his PhD in microbiology at Lund University in Sweden.