Antonio (Tony) Neri, MD, MPH, FACPM, Lean / Six Sigma Blackbelt, Captain USPHS

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Tony has more than 30 years of experience in medicine and population health. His passion for helping ignited during his time becoming an Eagle Scout. A bachelors in microbiology with work in recombinant gene therapeutics led to medical school in Chicago and later to a 20-year career at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There, he led a number of high-impact domestic and international public health programs. His career highlights at CDC included being the Director of CDC’s Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship, helping to lead CDC’s telehealth and COVID-19 Self Checker programs, and serving as the Chief Data Scientist at CDC’s Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice. He maintains board certifications in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine as well as Clinical Informatics.

Tony contributes to national efforts as a board member of the ACGME Preventive Medicine Review committee and membership on many AMIA workgroups. Since the early 1990’s he has maintained his medical skills by working in both professional and volunteer emergency service organizations, including ongoing service as the volunteer physician for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources prescribed wildland fire program since 2012.