Conozca al Dr. David Shulkin Secretario de Asuntos Veteranos

David J. Shulkin, M.D.
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
The Honorable David J. Shulkin was nominated by President Trump to serve
as the ninth Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and was confirmed by the
United States Senate on February 13, 2017.

Prior to his confirmation as Secretary, Dr. Shulkin served as VA’s Under
Secretary for Health for 18 months, leading the Nation’s largest integrated
health care system, with over 1,700 sites of care serving nearly nine million
Veterans.

Before he began his service with VA, Dr. Shulkin held numerous chief executive roles at Morristown
Medical Center, and the Atlantic Health System Accountable Care Organization. He also served as
President and CEO of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.

Dr. Shulkin has held numerous physician leadership roles including Chief Medical Officer of the University
of Pennsylvania Health System, Temple University Hospital, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania
Hospital. He has also held academic positions including Chairman of Medicine and Vice Dean at Drexel
University School of Medicine. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Shulkin founded and served as Chairman and
CEO of DoctorQuality, one of the first consumer-oriented sources of information on quality and safety in
healthcare.
A board-certified internist, Dr. Shulkin is also a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He received
his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and he completed his internship at Yale
University School of Medicine and a residency and fellowship in General Medicine at the University of
Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center. He also received advanced training in outcomes research and
economics as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Shulkin has been named as one of the “50 Most Influential Physician Executives in the Country” by
Modern Healthcare. He has also previously been named among the “One Hundred Most Influential People
in American Healthcare.” He has been married to his wife, Dr. Merle Bari, for 29 years. They are the
parents of two grown children.

Updated February 2017