Dr. James Marzolf

Dr. Marzolf, MD MSc MPH: Previously served as the Senior Director for Health Sector Finance & Policy for Whole Health Institute, where he was responsible for strategic development of economic and policy aspects of national healthcare reform platform as well as development of multi-payer alignment value based payment collaboratives. Prior to that role, he served as the Chief Health Analyst for the National Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation in the Veterans Health Administration. The office is responsible for radically redesigning healthcare delivery, and Dr. Marzolf led the foundational transformation in financial modeling, management information tracking systems, analytics development, and financial sustainability issues to align with the delivery of Whole Health.  

His background includes both domestic and international experience in the health finance field including service with Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, Pan American Health Organization, and others.  In addition, he has served as a principal in both Ramsey Health Care and Hospital Developments International involved in the development of hospitals and clinic chains in Asia.  

Clinically, Dr. Marzolf has worked in private, government and military hospitals as well as community health centers and clinics.   His background and training includes: psychology, genetics, nutrition, and medicine.  He is board certified in Occupational & Environmental Health and board eligible in Preventive Medicine. 

His interests encompass data driven large systems change, the role of capital markets in scaling reforms, comparative policy analysis, and development of payment systems that incentivize use of integrated whole person health therapies tailored to cultural, social, environmental, and economic determinants of health status.