Dr. DeShazer has been a director on the board of Adtalem since March 2021.

Dr. DeShazer is the Former Director, Clinical Products for Google Health where he helped lead the design and implementation of an intelligent suite of tools that help healthcare providers deliver better patient care. He previously was the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Highmark, Inc., one of the largest insurance organizations in the United States from 2017 to 2021. In this role he oversaw the company’s clinical strategy, overall medical leadership and provided oversight of Highmark Inc.’s strategic direction and processes related to health care quality, efficiency and cost improvement. Additionally, as the CMO for the primary division of Highmark Health, Dr. DeShazer also interacted regularly with the smaller health division, Allegheny Health Network, as well as Penn State Health, a large academic health system governed jointly by Penn State University and Highmark Health through a significant minority ownership investment. Prior to joining Highmark, Dr. DeShazer served as the Chief Quality Officer for BayCare Health System from 2012-2016. From 2010-2012 he served as Vice President, Medical Information, Quality and Transformation for Dean Health System.