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CORPORATE ADVISOR

Dennis Robbins PHD

Dr. Dennis Robbins is a nationally recognized healthcare strategist, ethicist, and innovator with more than four decades of transformative impact across health policy, digital health, and clinical service delivery. Honored by Managed Healthcare Executive as one of the keenest thinkers in managed care — alongside the founder of AHIP and the architect of the Affordable Care Act — Dr. Robbins brings a rare cross-industry command of health information technology, behavioral economics, AI, medical devices, gamification, exercise physiology, ethics, and payment policy. His proprietary concept of Person-Centricity™ has catalyzed a fundamental shift in how health systems, payers, and innovators think about engagement, care design, and the human experience of health. He has authored 12 books and hundreds of peer-reviewed articles, delivered more than 1,000 keynotes, lectures, and panels, and has been recognized among the top 100 speakers in the United States by the Governance Institute. His work has been featured in Forbes, Modern Healthcare, Medical Economics, and Hospital Ethics.

Dr. Robbins’ academic and policy credentials are equally distinguished. A National Fund for Medical Education Fellow, Research Fellow in Medical Ethics, and Visiting Scholar at Harvard, he has served on graduate faculties at NYU, Pepperdine, Boston College, Loyola Medical, Wayne State Medical, and Salve Regina, among others. He has worked extensively with Walter Reed, the AMA, JCAHO, ACHE, AAFP, AHA, HFMA, the VA, CMS, and major commercial payers including Humana, Cigna, Aetna, Blue Cross, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare. He has advised Presidential and White House Commissions, shaped legislation in multiple states, and collaborated closely with Senators Ted Kennedy and Bob Dole and CMS to help create the Medicare Hospice Benefit. He has consulted with the Office of the Secretary, OMB, HRSA, ONC, NIH, and FDA, and has served as an advisor to the Technology and Telemedicine Command of the U.S. Army, heading a national military health innovation think tank. Dr. Robbins also worked with Harvard Medical’s Division of Geriatrics, directed an Institute on Aging, and served as a Board Advisor to Silver Sneakers.

As a Corporate Advisor, Dr. Robbins brings an unparalleled synthesis of clinical insight, technology strategy, and policy acumen directly applicable to the challenges of delivering remote care to underserved populations. His board service on the Technology and Innovation Committees of the American Heart Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, and Frost & Sullivan, combined with deep relationships across federal agencies, payer organizations, specialty associations, and health systems, uniquely positions him to help navigate regulatory pathways, forge strategic partnerships, and drive adoption. Dr. Robbins is committed to the belief that innovation must ultimately serve human dignity — helping people live longer, healthier, and more fulfilling lives regardless of geography, income, or circumstance.

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