44: Dr. Destry Sulkes: Transforming Health Through Big Data, Analytics, and Education

Dr. Destry Sulkes has held executive positions in healthcare IT settings for over 15 years, including roles as Managing Director at Medsn, Inc., since acquired by Indegene, Managing Director at MedsiteCME, a subsidiary of Medsite, Inc., and Vice President of Medical Affairs and Strategy at WebMD. His research is published in leading peer-reviewed medical journals such as The American Journal of Medicine, The American Journal of Cardiology, Archives of Ophthalmology, Retina, and others. Dr. Sulkes holds a BA from Dartmouth College and a joint MD/MBA with research honors from Tufts University School of Medicine. He currently serves in voluntary roles as President of the Board of Directors at the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Healthcare Professions, and as a Mentor for the Blueprint Health accelerator program for healthcare IT start-ups. Dr. Sulkes is currently the Co-Founder and Executive Vice President at Medivo, a company dedicated to simplifying and transforming health.In this interview, Dr. Sulkes discuss several critical topics in health care today, including transparency, patient education, value, HIPAA, leadership, and his path through Alaska!