Dr. Bravman added, “On behalf of the entire Geisinger Board and family, we thank Dr. Feinberg for his exemplary leadership and vision during his tenure as CEO. Dr. Feinberg has led Geisinger through a significant period of transformation focusing on developing innovative programs and models to further our mission of value- and community-based care that ensures we are positioned to serve our communities well into the future. We are deeply appreciative of his service to Geisinger, and we wish him only the best.”

Dr. Feinberg said, “It has been a great privilege to lead Geisinger during the past nearly four years. Together, we have improved patient and member experience, along with our quality of care, employee engagement and physician and nurse recruitment, and our legacy of innovation has blossomed. I know that I am leaving Geisinger in capable hands as the leadership team continues to advance Geisinger’s important mission of taking care of the people we serve. I look forward to following Geisinger’s achievements in the years to come and will remain forever grateful to have had this tremendous opportunity.”


About Jaewon Ryu
A Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Ryu has served as executive vice president and chief medical officer for Geisinger since September 2016. Dr. Ryu previously served as President of Integrated Care Delivery for Humana in Louisville, Ky., where he was responsible for Humana’s owned and joint ventured care delivery practices, as well as Transcend, a management services organization assisting affiliated practices to adopt population health under value-based reimbursement.

Prior to Humana, he served as the chief medical officer at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago. Dr. Ryu has also held various leadership roles at Kaiser-Permanente, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and as a White House Fellow at the Department of Veterans Affairs. He is an emergency medicine physician with a license to practice in California, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and previously was an associate attorney in the Los Angeles office of the firm McDermott, Will & Emery practicing corporate health law.

Dr. Ryu currently serves as a Commission Member for The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), an independent congressional agency advising the U.S. Congress on issues affecting the Medicare program. He also currently serves as a member of the board of directors of MyHealthDirect, a provider of digital care coordination solutions. Dr. Ryu has previously served in advisory roles including board positions with MCCI Medical Group and JenCare, both clinic/MSO organizations managing the financing and delivery of care for Medicare Advantage members under full-risk payment models. He has also served on the board of directors of the White House Fellows Foundation and Association.

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