Surgeon General Matthew L. Nathan, M.D.

Admiral Matthew L. Nathan, M.D. is Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee.  Dr. Nathan retired as a Vice Admiral and the 37th Surgeon General of the United States Navy where he was responsible for 67,000 personnel and a $7B budget overseeing medical centers, community hospitals, operational and combat medical Al support, and robust research centers in the U.S. and abroad.  His assignments included transitioning and leading the joint medical care from Bethesda and Walter Reed into an integrated healthcare system, the largest DoD healthcare system in the world.  He is a board certified internist who has practiced extensively and deployed at sea and with the Marines.  He is a graduate of the DoD course Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons.

He has most recently has been a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative from 2019 through 2021 and remains a senior editor of the Harvard ALI Review.  Prior to that he was a senior Vice President at WakeMed Health Systems overseeing a multi-hospital health system leading the physician practices, ambulatory care system and the tertiary medical center.  During his tenure, he has been affiliated with director and advisory roles for the Uniformed School of the University of the Health Sciences, the National Library of Health and Express Scripts.  He also holds a graduate degree from the Eisenhower School of Leadership and National Resources.

Dr. Nathan has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 2020.