Brendan G. Carr, MD, MA, MS, Chief Executive Officer, and the Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Distinguished Chair, Mount Sinai Health System, is a nationally recognized leader in academic medicine and health policy. 

Dr. Carr leads as a physician-scientist. He completed his residency in emergency medicine, as well as fellowships in trauma and surgical critical care and in health policy research. In addition to clinical practice, he maintained a decades long funded research portfolio, and served in multiple policy roles within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He is a renowned physician, mentor, and delivery system strategist. His focus is on harnessing expertise and using data in order to build high functioning teams in order to improve health care delivery. 

Dr. Carr is advancing Mount Sinai’s capacity to conduct groundbreaking research, pioneer innovative care, and provide a world-leading education to future health care leaders. He guides Mount Sinai’s strategy, operations, and business development, including the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and its Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing, Mount Sinai’s nationally and regionally ranked hospitals, and more than 400 ambulatory locations and physician practices.

Dr. Carr previously held faculty roles at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Thomas Jefferson University’s Sidney Kimmel Medical College, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and graduated from the Temple University School of Medicine.