Mark Schuster, MD, PhD
Founding Dean and CEO, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
UCLA RWJF '91 - 93
Dr. Mark A. Schuster is the founding dean and CEO of the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. At the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Dr. Schuster leads the development of an innovative model of medical education, informed by Kaiser Permanente’s rich clinical and population data, deep community engagement, commitment to diversity and inclusion, and personalized patient-centered care, leveraging the principles of Permanente Medicine and the unique attributes of the Kaiser Permanente system of care. Prior to this, he served as the William Berenberg Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and chief of general pediatrics and vice chair for health policy in the Department of Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital since 2007. He has also served as a professor of pediatrics and health services at UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health and director of Health promotion and disease prevention at RAND.