Karen DeSalvo

Karen DeSalvo
Assistant Secretary for Health
Acting
In office
October 2014  January 3, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byHoward Koh
Succeeded byDon J. Wright (acting)
Personal details
Born (1966-08-04) August 4, 1966
EducationSuffolk University (BA)
Tulane University (MPH, MD)
Harvard University (MS)

Karen Bollinger DeSalvo (born August 4, 1966) is an American business executive, physician and public health expert. She has been Google’s chief health officer since 2019. Previously, she served as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).