DexterWayneShurneyMD

Summary

• Dr. Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH is the Chief Medical Director for the Employee Health Plan for Vanderbilt University and Medical Center and also holds faculty appointments as Assistant Professor, Division of Internal Medicine and Public Health, and Adjunct Professor, Owen Graduate School of Business. He has an extensive background in health care management and policy. He has distinguished himself as a recognized consultant and leader in his profession in numerous ways. In 2007, he was named by Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen to chair The Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement Board. He also serves as the Executive Director for the National Association of Managed Care Physicians Center on Preventive Health and Lifestyle Medicine Institute.
  
  Dr. Shurney sits on the editorial boards for the peer-reviewed journals 1) Population Health Management, 2) The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
  
  Dr. Shurney is co-author of the book “Integrating Wellness into Your Disease Management Programs” which is a “how- to” strategic guide for employers that wish to innovate their disease management programs with accountable wellness and lifestyle approaches to care.
  
  Previous positions that Dr. Shurney has held include Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for the disease management and wellness company, Healthways. Health Policy Strategist in the Division of Global Government Affairs for the biotechnology company Amgen Inc., Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of medical affairs for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and Editor of the Journal of Managed Care Physicians