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Dr. Mark Leenay serves as WellCare’s executive vice president and chief medical officer. In this role, he provides vision, direction, and leadership for all clinical functions across all lines of business. He oversees all care and case management, quality and affordability initiatives, medical management, and clinical platforms. He manages all clinical programs and services in order to continuously improve members’ health outcomes and achieve clinical and system integration, while reducing overall healthcare costs.

Dr. Leenay has more than 30 years of clinical and operational experience. Prior to joining WellCare in 2016, he served as a chief medical officer and senior vice president within various divisions of Optum. In these roles, he supported clinical solutions in the U.S. and abroad overseeing clinical programs ranging from wellness to complex condition management.

Previously, Dr. Leenay served as chief medical officer for the Medicare and retirement business of UnitedHealthcare with accountability for clinical programs, medical payment policy and network relationships. Prior to joining UnitedHealthcare, Dr. Leenay directed the palliative care division at the University of Minnesota, Fairview after 10 years of community-based clinical practice.

Dr. Leenay earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Le Moyne College, a master’s degree in educational psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a doctor of medicine degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He completed his residency at Overlook Hospital, at the time, an affiliate of Columbia University.

Dr. Leenay is board-certified in family medicine and geriatrics.