Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD
President & Chief Executive Officer - Joint Commission
Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, became the seventh President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Joint Commission enterprise on March 1, 2022. The Joint Commission enterprise includes Joint
Commission, Joint Commission International (JCI), Joint Commission Resources (JCR), and the
National Quality Forum (NQF).
Dr. Perlin has revitalized Joint Commission through the introduction of new programs addressing
digital technologies and AI, with a focus on benchmarking and the sharing of best practices
across the healthcare ecosystem. Recently, he led the most significant, comprehensive evolution
of the accreditation process since the Medicare program was established 60 years ago.
Previously, as President, Clinical Operations, and Chief Medical Officer, HCA Healthcare,
Dr. Perlin led clinicians, data scientists and researchers in developing a learning health system
model for improving care at the system’s 189 hospitals and 2,200 sites of care. His team’s work
achieved national recognition for preventing elective pre-term deliveries, reducing maternal
mortality, using artificial intelligence to improve sepsis survival, and developing public-private
academic partnerships for improving infection prevention and treating COVID-19. Dr. Perlin’s
CHARGE consortium partnered HCA, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and
academia to create a reusable platform for accelerated research using real-world evidence from
the care of over 400,000 COVID inpatients.
Before HCA, Dr. Perlin was Under Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), where he led the Veterans Health Administration to national prominence for full
implementation of a national electronic health record and benchmark clinical performance.
He has served on numerous federal commissions, including as a Congressional Budget Office
Health Advisor, a member of MedPAC (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission), and as chair
of the VA Special Medical Advisory Group. An elected member of the National Academy of
Medicine (NAM), he has co-chaired NAM action collaboratives on digital health and has provided
leadership for major Academy initiatives.
Dr. Perlin’s board service includes George Washington University, Columbia University’s Health
Policy and Management program, Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering, and he served
as a Trustee of Meharry Medical College for 15 years. Perennially recognized as one of the most
influential leaders in healthcare, Dr. Perlin maintains faculty appointments at Vanderbilt University
as a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and at Virginia Commonwealth University as
an Adjunct Professor of Health Administration.
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