Dr. Parkinson was most recently was Executive Vice President, Chief Health and Medical Officer of Lumenos, a pioneer of consumer-driven health plans and a subsidiary of Wellpoint.  He was responsible for the development and implementation of an integrated and incentivized health improvement strategy employing evidence-based prevention, care management, account-based benefit designs, employer partnership and consumer engagement. 

A retired Air Force colonel, Dr. Parkinson formerly was associate director of medical programs and resources in the Office of the Surgeon General where he was responsible for policy and planning for over 2 million beneficiaries, 70 facilities and a $4 billion budget. Dr Parkinson also served as deputy director of Air Force Medical Operations and chief of preventive medicine. While assigned to the US Public Health Service, he provided oversight of federal programs in public health, geriatrics and preventive medicine training. He served on the National Advisory Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Purchasing Institute assisting employers to purchase higher quality care.  

Dr. Parkinson was vice chair of the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Other appointments include serving as a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee which reviewed NASA employee health programs, and as a member of the DOD’s Defense Health Board.  He also serves as a faculty member for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation project “Aligning Forces for Quality”.  He is a member of the editorial boards of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and the American Journal of Medical Quality. Dr. Parkinson is a recipient of the Air Force Legion of Merit, Distinguished Service Award of the American College of Preventive Medicine, and Distinguished Recent Graduate Award from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.  He received his AB from Cornell University, MD from George Washington University, family practice training at the UCLA and his MPH, preventive medicine residency and chief residency at Johns Hopkins.