Marc-David Munk

Marc-David Munk (born 1973) is an American Canadian physician and healthcare executive. He serves as the Associate Chief Medical Officer at CVS Health and Chief Medical Officer of its ambulatory care subsidiary MinuteClinic^[1]. Munk has been recognized as one of the architects of CVS’s evolving clinical strategy^[2][3].

Life and Education

Munk was born in Switzerland. His parents are Canadian businessman Peter Munk and University of Toronto professor Linda Munk^[4]. He spent his childhood in Toronto.

He received his B.A. in liberal arts from Colgate University, a Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology from Boston University, and, in 2003, a MD degree from Philadelphia’s Jefferson Medical College. He completed a residency in emergency medicine and fellowship in global health at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center^[5]. In 2012, he earned a Master’s degree in healthcare management from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Munk is married to Martina Stippler, professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and director of Neurotrauma at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. They have two children.

Career and Research

Munk’s hire at CVS was, according to journalists at Bloomberg “a sign that the drugstore chain is serious about providing more medical services directly to consumers as it moves toward acquiring health insurer Aetna Inc.^[6] Bloomberg noted that “Munk could be just the person to help CVS figure out how to upgrade their model to provide more comprehensive primary care … “There is a significant dividend to be found by better care and network management.”^[7]

Before joining CVS in 2018, Munk was the Chief Medical Officer at Iora Health, a Boston-based primary care company that has been mentioned by the New York Times and Wall Street Journal for its innovative and effective care model^[8][9]. “The startup has gained an early reputation for providing high-quality care to seniors, with the goal of keeping them out of the hospital and lowering costs. It already has partnerships Aetna and its competitor Humana. Iora’s model focuses on using teams of doctors, nurses and health coaches to provide care for patients, with a goal of helping them stay healthy.”

Munk is a board-certified emergency physician and before joining industry was an academic physician working at university affiliated level-1 trauma centers. He was associate professor of emergency medicine and the Executive Medical Director for Quality at the University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. From 2011-2012 he was also the State emergency medical service medical director for the state of New Mexico. From 2006-2008 he served as the medical director for Hamad Medical Corporation EMS, the national emergency service of Qatar^[10].

Munk has written or collaborated on more than twenty articles in peer-reviewed medical journals^[11]. He is recognized by experts in the industry as an authority in the areas of value-based healthcare payments and capitation, and he speaks regularly on these topics^{[12][13][14][15]}

Munk was among the first authors to described a then unrecognized toxidrome resulting from the ingestion of Chinese white pine nuts.^[16][17].

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