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News Release - May 4, 2010
Walgreens Names Cheryl Pegus Chief Medical Officer
DEERFIELD, Ill.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Walgreens (NYSE: WAG )(NASDAQ: WAG ) today named Cheryl Pegus, M.D., M.P.H., to the new position of chief medical officer.In her new role as the senior medical executive for Walgreens, Pegus will focus on driving clinical outcomes that improve patient lives, provide value and offer a platform for future innovation and growth. She reports to Hal F. Rosenbluth, senior vice president of Walgreen Co. and president of Walgreens Health and Wellness division.
“We’re very excited to appoint Cheryl to lead Walgreens effort in clinical outcomes,” said Rosenbluth. “Her depth of experience in analytics and research, clinical product development and chronic care management will help position Walgreens to deliver high quality, accessible and low-cost innovative care solutions to payors, employers and consumers. That includes the potential for new diagnostic screenings and other point-of-care services at pharmacies, retail clinics and worksite health centers that can develop an on-going relationship between patients and Walgreens.”
Pegus, 46, has more than 18 years of clinical practice and industry experience. Previously, she was general manager and chief medical officer for SymCare Personalized Health Solutions, Inc., which provides innovative care management solutions utilizing remote monitoring designed to control health care spending by making consumer engagement simpler and more rewarding.
Prior to joining SymCare in 2007, she was the head of clinical products for Aetna’s Medical Products business unit, responsible for developing, prioritizing and articulating the company’s clinical product strategy. Former positions at Aetna include national medical director, clinical program development/design and marketing for Aetna’s Member Advantage programs, and national medical director for women’s health.
Between 1996 and 2001, she was medical director for the Cardiovascular Risk Factors Group at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in New York. She is a member of the board of directors of the Founder’s Affiliate of the American Heart Association, the dean’s circle at Weill Cornell Medical College and the editorial advisory board of Disease Management Advisor.
Pegus is a board-certified physician with subspecialty training in cardiology. She received an M.P.H. from Columbia University School of Public Health, an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College and completed her internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at New York Hospital-Cornell.
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2009 sales of $63 billion. The company operates nearly 7,500 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Walgreens provides the most convenient access to consumer goods and services and cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services in America through its retail drugstores and Walgreens Health and Wellness division. The division includes Take Care Health Systems, the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.
Source: Walgreens
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