Dr. Laurie Zephyrin

Dr. Laurie Zephyrin is vice president of Advancing Health Equity at the Commonwealth Fund. Driven by a passion to transform health care, she brings her experience as a clinician, health policymaker, and intrapreneur to drive systems transformation. She was the first national director of the reproductive health program at the Department of Veterans Affairs, spearheading the department’s strategic vision and leading system changes to improve the health of women veterans nationwide. She also served as acting deputy under secretary for Health for Community Care. She was named a White House Fellow, Young Global Leader, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, and Aspen Health Innovator Fellow. Laurie earned her M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine, M.B.A. and M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins University, and B.S. in Biomedical Sciences from the City College of New York.