Gerry Stanley, M.D., P-CEO
Member, Doctivity Health Advisory Board
Gerry Stanley, M.D., is an accomplished third-generation family doctor, speaker, author, and catalyst for change in the workers compensation industry. With a passion for healthcare transformation, Dr. Stanley has spoken and presented extensively on the topic of healthcare IT, population health management, self-insured health plan management, and medical consumerism and direct to employer network enablement.
His visionary perspective on the opportunity to find a solution for the growing opioid epidemic and mental health crisis by creating a resource for clinicians to treat patients wholistically is what he describes as a “once in a lifetime opportunity to solve a societal need.” As the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
for Harvard MedTech, his belief that a collaborative approach and strong foundational understanding of health care delivery, health systems, insurance brokers/consultants, and self-insured employers is critical to scale health plans and achieve the quadruple AIM of healthcare. Considered by many, an industry disruptor, his upcoming book entitled “The Innovation Equation” provides a framework for safe and effective innovation and effective cross organization communication to foster a culture of change.
Most recently, Dr. Stanley served as the Chief Medical Officer for the Employer and Consumer division of Cerner, where he was able to put into play his unique ability to identify market specific opportunities for development, stabilization, and growth. This included developing a value-based care and population health strategy for critical access hospitals, community hospitals, and a framework for health plan development for integrated delivery networks. While at Cerner, he also had the responsibility for Cerner’s national system on on-site and near-site health centers/pharmacies/occupational centers serving self-insured employers, care coordination teams, a national team of corporate wellness strategists, an analytics division, a third-party administrator (TPA), and the self-insured and direct-to-employer insurance strategies for Cerner clients.
Dr. Stanley received his undergraduate degree from Creighton University studying Classical and Near Eastern Civilizations where he graduated magna cum laude. He then attended the Creighton University School of Medicine where he served as class president for 3 years and graduated with clinical honors and received the university’s highest honor, the Spirit of Creighton Award. Upon graduation he completed his residency at the Northern Colorado Family Medicine Program with a focus on rural and surgical family medicine where he served as the chief resident. He practiced medicine for over 10 years in a variety of practice settings with group/hospital leadership positions before attending the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and graduated from the Physician CEO program.