Dr. Robert Fields is a family medicine physician and EVP, Chief Clinical Officer at Beth Israel Lahey Health, a Harvard-affiliated 14-hospital system in Boston. He leads systemwide efforts in quality and safety, as well as strategy and operations across primary care, behavioral health, lab, pharmacy, and home health, including hospital-at-home programs. He also oversees the 1115 Medicaid waiver response and directs managed care and population health strategy. Dr. Fields began his career as an independent primary care physician serving underserved Latino communities in Western North Carolina. After launching one of the state’s first successful value-based networks, he joined Mount Sinai, where he became Chief Population Health Officer, overseeing population health and managed care for the $9B system. In 2023, he joined Beth Israel Lahey Health as its first EVP and Chief Clinical Officer,