Edwin McCarthy is Vice President, International Medicine at City of Hope National Medical Center, a comprehensive cancer center. He holds a Master of Science degree in Health Policy and Management from Harvard University, and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of South Florida.
Ed has dedicated his career to building international collaborations in healthcare by addressing business, financial, geographic, and cross cultural challenges. Prior to joining City of Hope, Ed was Vice President, International Business Development at
to provide business consulting services to health care organizations in the U.S. and Middle East.
Ed is currently focused on building City of Hope’s international profile with a focus in China. Overseeing the Center for International Medicine, Ed is responsible for services to international patients, and developing academic and business partnerships. These range from advisory and training relationships to ventures that speed scientific discovery and commercialize innovative cancer technologies.
Speaker Questionnaire
What is the biggest thing you learned in 2020?
What do you feel are the two most important benefits or areas that need to be a top priority in 2021?
Can you share a story on an area of your healthcare program or employee benefits where you were able to create significant savings or stop costs from rising?
If you could automatically receive a 10-20% reduction in costs in three areas/programs, what would your dream list be?
What is the most innovative program you will focus on in 2021 and/or 2022?
How are you re-imagining corporate culture & well-being?
What virtual care solutions did you roll out during the pandemic? How valuable were they and why?
If you look at our 3 Moonshots - Costs, Culture, and Care; In one sentence, tell us what would be something positive for us to take from 2020 and bring into this new year?
What are your top priorities for employee health and well-being in 2022?
What are the most innovative programs that you will focus on in 2022 and 2023?
Looking at our three moonshots surrounding costs, culture, and care, which do you align with the most? What are you doing in this area?
If you could automatically receive a 25% reduction in costs in three areas/programs, what would your dream list be?
Is there an area where you were able to either create savings or stop costs from rising?
Are you doing anything to reimagine corporate culture and wellbeing?
If there were two physical solutions that could be turned into virtual or remote care instead, what would those be?
If you look at our 3 Moonshots - Costs, Culture, and Care; In one sentence, tell us what would be something positive for us to take from 2020 and bring into this new year?
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