Dr. Kellermann is a nationally recognized leader in healthcare delivery, public health and health policy. At various points in his career he's served as an ER and EMS medical director, led a public health research center, was a clinical department chair, RAND analyst, medical school dean and most recently Senior Vice President for Health Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University and CEO of the VCU Health System. He now advises state agencies, companies and nonprofit organizations on workforce development, high-value health technology, health equity, patient safety and reducing health care costs. He is also a contributor to Forbes.comFrom 2013 to 2020, Dr. Kellermann served for 7 years as Professor and Dean of "America's Medical School" - the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. USU is our nation's leadership academy for military medicine and public health. 2010 - 2013, he held the Paul O’Neill-Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis at RAND Corporation. Before that, he served for 17 years as a professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta. He founded Emory's Department of Emergency Medicine and served as its first chair. In 2006-2007 he took sabbatical leave to participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship program. where he served on the Professional staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Government reform during the first year of the 110th Congress.Dr. Kellermann's career began at UT Memphis, where he directed the ER of "the Med"—Memphis' public hospital—and served as Co-medical director of the Memphis Fire/EMS Bureau. His subsequent career stages were marked by significant contributions to injury and violence prevention, emergency preparedness, and health policy at the local, state, and federal levels, further establishing his authority and credibility in the field. Elected to the National Academy of Medicine at age 45, Dr. Kellermann co-chaired the IOM Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance and played key roles on IOM Committees examining health promotion, emergency care, and biodefense. He's published more than 200 research papers, monographs, and textbook chapters on various aspects of emergency care, public health preparedness, gun violence prevention, and health policy. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine.