Vivek Garg, MD, MBA is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), an independent nonprofit that has championed better health care for more than 35 years. NCQA defines and drives health care quality through accreditation, standards, performance measurement and expert support. 

With more than fifteen years of experience as a physician and health care executive, Dr. Garg is passionate about building care models, systems, and cultures that help patients and clinicians thrive. He has served in senior leadership roles at organizations driving innovation in care delivery, including as Chief Medical Officer for CenterWell Senior Primary Care and for CareMore & Aspire Health. He also held clinical leadership positions at Oscar Health and One Medical, focusing on improving health outcomes, advancing value-based care, and developing future health care leaders. 

Dr. Garg brings additional perspective from academia, consulting, and policy. He trained in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and worked at McKinsey & Company and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. He earned his MD from Harvard Medical School, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a BS in Biology from Yale University. He is board-certified in internal medicine.