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Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream
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Ralph de la Torre

CEO, Steward Health Care System

Ralph de la Torre

Dr. Ralph de la Torre is the founding Chairman and CEO of Steward Health Care System. Previoiusly, Dr. de la Torre was CEO of Caritas Christi Health Care, where he led the transformation of a six-hospital system and developed the business model for Steward, which was subsequently invested in by Cerberus Capital Management. He was founder and CEO of the Cardiovascular Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and of Cardiovascular Management Associates, one of the nation's first totally integrated systems for treating cardiac patients. At the same time, Dr. de la Torre was Chief of Cardiac Surgery at BIDMC and a Harvard Medical Faculty Physician at BIDMC ‒ he was widely recognized as one of the top cardiac surgeons in the nation. He has founded several health care-related businesses and has numerous issued or pending patents. A frequent commentator on national health care policy issues, Dr. de la Torre's commentary has been featured by Businessweek, Fortune, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, and Fox Business, among others. He graduated from Duke University in 1988 (B.S.E.) where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi, and from a joint program between Harvard Medical School (M.D.) and MIT (M.S.) in 1992.