(Note: this bio was current at the time of website publication. For the most up-to-date biography for this individual, please consult Linkedin.) Anand Parekh is the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) chief medical advisor providing clinical and public health expertise across the organization. Prior to joining BPC, he served as deputy assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Parekh is a board-certified internal medicine physician, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, an adjunct assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, and an adjunct professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. His book Prevention First: Policymaking for a Healthier America was released in December 2019 and argues that prevention must be our nation’s top health policy priority.
