Benjamin Kornitzer
Senior Vice President and Aetna Chief Medical Officer
Bio:
Dr. Benjamin Kornitzer serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Aetna at CVS Health. Ben is a nationally recognized leader in value-based care, primary care and healthcare transformation. He and his team lead the integration and delivery of clinical and population health solutions in support of Aetna members, customers and provider partners.
He joined CVS Health from agilon health, where he led clinical and quality initiatives across a network of 3,000 primary care physicians in more than 30 markets. In this role, he played a key part in enabling provider organizations to succeed in value-based care, delivering high-quality, cost-effective healthcare.
Prior to his role at agilon health, Ben served as Chief Medical Officer of The Mount Sinai Health Network. He completed his medical residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School before joining McKinsey & Company’s healthcare practice, where he later returned as a Senior Advisor.
Ben holds an undergraduate degree from Brown University and an M.D. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. A sought-after speaker and author, he has lectured extensively on health policy, value-based care and medical innovation. His insights are regularly published in both medical and mainstream literature.