Roger G Kathol Editor & Author

Roger G. Kathol, MD, CPE, President of Cartesian Solutions, Inc.™, is an innovative health strategist in the development of integrated programs and systems for patients with health complexity, many of whom have concurrent general medical and mental health/substance use disorders. He is board certified in internal medicine, psychiatry, and medical management with extensive clinical and administrative experience as a physician/teacher/researcher and as an international health complexity consultant. Dr. Kathol serves as strategy and healthcare advisor to several national and international organizations and foundations. Since leaving the University of Iowa after 22 years of direct patient care, research, and teaching, he worked to integrate physical and mental health business practices as Medical Director at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and has completed over 125 integrated care consultations. Dr. Kathol is currently adjunct professor of internal medicine and psychiatry at the University of Minnesota. Paul Summergrad, MD, is the Dr Francis S. Arkin Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Tufts University School of Medicine, where he is also Professor of Medicine, and Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Tufts Medical Center all in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Summergrad also serves as Chairman of the Tufts Medical Center Physicians Organization.