Healthcare >> Analyst Interviews >> October 16, 2012

Interview with the CEO of Emerging Businesses: Aetna Inc. (AET)

Saunders, Charles E.
Charles Saunders, M.D., is the Chief Executive Officer of Healthagen Population Health Solutions. These IT-based, clinical and data-management solutions help providers manage patient populations and provide care-management services to plan sponsors and health care organizations. This portfolio includes the businesses of ActiveHealth, HDMS, Medicity, WellMatch and NeoCare Solutions. Prior to joining Healthagen, Dr. Saunders served as Executive in Residence at Warburg Pincus, one of the world's largest and oldest private equity firms. He has held a number of other significant leadership positions during his career, including CEO of Broadlane, Inc.; President of EDS Healthcare Global Industry Solutions; Chief Medical Officer of Healtheon/WebMD; Principal of A.T. Kearney; and Executive Director of San Francisco General Hospital Managed Care Programs. Dr. Saunders received a B.S. in biological sciences from the University of Southern California and an M.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He is board certified in internal medicine and emergency medicine, and has served on the faculty of several universities, including the University of California, San Francisco; Vanderbilt University; and University of Colorado.     Profile
TWST: Would you begin by telling us about Aetna's Emerging Businesses from a broad perspective?

Dr. Saunders: Aetna created Emerging Businesses to invest in and build new businesses