February 23, 2010

Dr. Reed Tuckson (M’78) is the executive vice president and chief of medical affairs at UnitedHealth Group and a graduate of Howard University, Georgetown’s School of Medicine, and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s General Internal Medicine Residency and Fellowship Programs. In 2009, Tuckson was named to Black Enterprise magazine’s “100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America.” Tuckson was named one of Modern Healthcare Magazine’s “2008 Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare” and to Ebony magazine’s “2008 Power 150: The Most Influential Blacks in America” list. Tuckson previously served as senior vice president, professional standards, for the American Medical Association (AMA). He is former president of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles; has served as senior vice president for programs of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation; and is a former commissioner of public health for the District of Columbia.