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Jonathan T. Lord, M.D., joined Humana in 2000 as its senior vice president and chief medical officer.
In his current role, Dr. Lord is leading Humana Europe in the UK to provide effective commissioning services to the NHS in England.
With 16 years experience in medical administration, Dr. Lord is also leading Humana's transformation into the most e-enabled health solutions company.
He came to Humana from Health Dialog, a Boston-based Internet provider of health information to more than 5 million Americans, where he served as president and became a leader in e-enabled health care.
Prior to joining Health Dialog, he served as chief operating officer of the American Hospital Association in Washington, DC, executive vice president of Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Md., and executive vice president of Sun Health in Charlotte, North Carolina.
A board-certified forensic pathologist, Dr. Lord has 21 years experience in medical practice.
He began his medical career in the US Navy, where he spent 11 years on active duty, most recently as director of the Naval Medical Command's Quality Assurance Division in the Office of the Surgeon General.
He also served as a consultant and surveyor for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organisations.
In 2001, Lord was named president of the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA), a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to changing the way America manages long-term illness.
Since its founding in 1999, it has become an important catalyst for change in healthcare delivery in the United States.
Dr Lord also spent three years on the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality - becoming one of only 21 health care leaders lending advice to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Lord received his medical degree from the University of Miami in 1978.
He has received numerous academic appointments in his career, most recently as an adjunct professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical College.
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