Dr. Cary Shames has served in medical director leaderships positions across vertically integrated health systems and other areas of the healthcare ecosystem and is an advocate for healthcare innovation and integrated models in his active work with various industry associations. In his current position at Sharp Health Plan, Dr. Shames serves as the chief medical officer. Previously at ResMed Corporation, he led the healthcare economic strategies team in development and implementation of partnerships with health plans, ACOs, integrated delivery systems, and others. Prior to ResMed, Dr. Shames held several key executive and medical director positions in other managed health care organizations, including Anthem/Wellpoint, PacifiCare Health Systems and Aetna. In addition, he holds an academic appointment at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.