Angela Profeta is the Deputy Secretary for Health for New York State. Prior to joining the
administration, Dr. Profeta was Chief Strategy Officer for CityMD and Summit Medical Group (Summit
Health), where she helped grow CityMD to over 140 urgent care centers and merge the two companies
to form one of the largest independent physician organizations in the country. Angela led the design and
development of the combined company’s integrated and innovative care model and digital
transformation, and supported the clinical and operational response to the COVID-19 pandemic during
which CityMD had over 3 million COVID-19 patient visits to date. Prior to Summit Health, Angela worked
as a consultant for Gold Health Strategies supporting health systems and physician groups in strategy,
managed care contracting and value-based transformation. She was a founding member of Manna
Project International in Nicaragua and a fellow at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Angela holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration with a focus on health policy and economics from New
York University, a Master of Public Health from Columbia University, and a B.A. from Vanderbilt
University. Angela serves as an adjunct professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management
at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health.