San Francisco – KFF announced today that Dr. Dave Ashok Chokshi, a practicing physician and health leader, has joined KFF’s Board of Trustees.
Dr. Chokshi is a physician at Bellevue Hospital as well as Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership at the City College of New York. From 2020 to 2022, he served as the 43rd Health Commissioner of New York City, where he led the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including its historic campaign to vaccinate over six million New Yorkers.
“Dr. Chokshi is a tremendous addition to KFF and our board as we confront new and unprecedented challenges in health policy and public health,” said Dr. Drew Altman, KFF’s President and CEO.
“There could not be a more vital moment for the work of KFF,” said Dr. Chokshi. “I have long admired KFF’s focus on how policy affects people, and its unwavering pursuit of truth through data, research, and journalism. I am honored to join the Board and excited to contribute to this essential mission.”
Dr. Chokshi also serves as chair of the Common Health Coalition, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization dedicated to strengthening partnership across healthcare and public health. He is also co-chair of the Health and Political Economy Project.
Dr. Chokshi’s prior experience includes appointment as the inaugural Chief Population Health Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), the largest public healthcare system in the nation, where he also served as CEO of the H+H Accountable Care Organization. Dr. Chokshi has practiced primary care internal medicine at Bellevue Hospital since 2014, and his current clinical practice focuses on people experiencing homelessness.
In addition to KFF, he is currently a board member for Community Solutions, Rock Health, and Yuvo Health.
KFF’s Board of Trustees is chaired by former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe and its 13 members have deep backgrounds in public service, academia, nonprofit organizations, health care, and the media.
Board members serve up to two five-year terms. Additional information about KFF’s board can be found at https://www.kff.org/about-us/board-of-trustees/.
