Sep 11 2025

UI Health Distinguished Scholar Series: Jaewon Ryu, MD, JD

September 11, 2025

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM America/Chicago

Location

Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design Workshop

Address

1220 S Wood Street, Floor 3, Chicago, IL 60608

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Headshot of Jaewon Ryu for the UI Health DSS Series.

UI Health Distinguished Scholar Series: A conversation with Jaewon Ryu, MD, JD – Chief Executive Officer, Risant Health.

Join us on Thursday, September 11, 2025 from 12:00 – 1:15pm CT, with a reception to immediately follow. This event will be in the Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design Workshop, located at 1220 S Wood Street, Floor 3, Chicago, IL. 60608.

Register for the event at this link.

The UI Health Distinguished Scholar Series (DSS) was launched in 2020 and has grown to include a collaboration among the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Quality Officer, and Chief Diversity and Community Health Equity Officer. The UI Health Distinguished Scholar Series provides an opportunity to learn from nationally recognized healthcare leaders: how they think, why they pursue their vision, and how to apply their insights to improve health.

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Contact

Aileen Baker
afb@uic.edu

Date posted

May 30, 2025

Date updated

Jun 24, 2025

Speakers

Jaewon Ryu, MD, JD | Chief Executive Officer | Risant Health

Dr. Jaewon Ryu is the CEO of Risant Health, after having served as the President and CEO of Geisinger, its inaugural member organization. Risant Health is a nonprofit organization created by Kaiser Permanente to expand and accelerate the adoption and success of value-based care in diverse, multi-payer, multi-provider, health system environments across the country. By doing so, it seeks to improve the health of the communities it serves, achieve better health outcomes, and improve health care affordability. Dr. Ryu came to Geisinger in 2016 from Humana, where he was responsible for the company’s care delivery functions and capabilities, and previously, he held various leadership roles at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Kaiser Permanente, and in government at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and as a White House Fellow placed at the Department of Veterans Affairs. He started his career as a practicing corporate healthcare attorney. He recently completed a full, two-term stint (2018-2024) on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), a body legislatively tasked with advising Congress on policies governing health plans and providers serving Medicare beneficiaries. Currently, he serves on the boards of various organizations, including the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the Commonwealth Fund, and the KP Medical Foundation. Dr. Ryu earned his B.A. from Yale University and his M.D. and J.D. from the University of Chicago. He completed his residency training in emergency medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.