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Navigating Healthcare Leadership with Insight and Impact
With deep experience as a physician executive, Seth partners with healthcare leaders to drive meaningful change in complex environments.
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Meet Seth Glickman, MD, MBA

Seth is a nationally recognized healthcare leader, physician executive, and trusted advisor to CEOs, boards, private equity, and physician innovators.

With more than 20 years of experience across academic medicine, health systems, payer-provider strategy, and digital health, Seth brings a rare combination of clinical insight and executive acumen. He has led large-scale innovation initiatives and held senior leadership roles in some of the nation's top healthcare organizations.

Seth’s unique value lies in his ability to translate complex healthcare challenges into actionable strategies—with the empathy of someone who’s been in the room, not just observing from outside.

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“I’ve been where you are. I know what it takes to lead through uncertainty and deliver impact.”

Affiliations & Highlights

Chief Health Officer for a $25B Health Plan

Chief Health Officer for a $25B Health Plan

As Chief Health Officer at Blue Shield of California, Seth led enterprise-wide clinical strategy and operations- overseeing quality, pharmacy, medical and payment policy, behavioral health, and virtual care. He managed a $20B medical spend and a team of 180, driving system-wide transformation through innovation, compliance, and value-based care.

Built One of the Nation's Largest and Top Performing Physician Networks

Built One of the Nation's Largest and Top Performing Physician Networks

Seth led the development of a high-performing, value-based network with over 8,000 providers, ranked #1 in the U.S. by commercial payers and CMS. He scaled operations, governance, and risk-contracting, and achieved national recognition for quality, costs, and outcomes.

Founder with Successful Exit to Public Company

Founder with Successful Exit to Public Company

As founder of Bivarus, a patient experience analytics platform, Seth scaled the company to over 100 enterprise clients before it was acquired by Press Ganey. The platform earned a U.S. patent for its adaptive AI survey design.

Trusted Advisor to Congress and C-Suites

Trusted Advisor to Congress and C-Suites

Seth advises national health leaders, from legislators to non-profit and health system CEOs. He’s shaped policy, coached executives across sectors, and continues to bridge the gap between strategy, innovation, and implementation.

Strategic Advisory and Executive Coaching Services

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Leadership Advisory

Advises senior executives and companies navigating complex care delivery and payer landscapes.  Core focus areas include clinical and business strategy, team performance and engagement, and change management.   Results oriented focus to deliver strategic and operational clarity, accelerate performance, and maximize results.

Executive Coaching

One-on-one and team-based coaching to physician and C-suite leaders to accelerate growth, overcome barriers and elevate executive presence and impact. Informed by operational experience not theory with a focus on real-world results and creating a foundation for lasting change.  Rigorous approach grounded in science and proven techniques.

Speaking Engagements

Delivers high-impact talks informed by decades of leadership across health systems, startups, and government. Frequent speaker at executive forums, board meetings, innovation summits, and clinical leadership retreats known for clarity, candor, and actionable insight.

Retained executive search

Partner with prominent recruiting firms on vetting and placing health care executives in senior-level roles, including in care delivery, payer, non-profit, and investor-back companies.  Leverage deep personal network and experience and utilizes a rigorous, scientifically based process to identify high-impact, “right-fit “leaders.

Insights & Perspectives

Seth regularly shares insights at the intersection of healthcare, leadership, and innovation, written for decision-makers navigating complexity.

Example Articles:

I’m a Former Health Care Insider. Even I Couldn’t Escape Prior Authorization Hell. The Fox Guards the Hen House – Translating AHIP’s Commitments to Streamlining Prior Authorization Let’s Empty the Junk Drawer of Prior Authorization Read More
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Blog

Healthcare is Fixed! (Don’t Believe Everything You Read)

We’ve all seen advertisements with outlandish claims in our lives: “Eat this every day and you’ll have six-pack abs.” “Use our service and you’ll be 20% happier.” “Make one wager and receive $1,000 in free…

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Swap a Screen Meeting for a Walk and Talk

Sometimes the most powerful coaching moments happen on walking trails. Last Saturday I took my doodles (Dolce and Coda) to Fort Funston in San Francisco for a long hike.  It’s a magical place for dogs…

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The Importance of Physician Leadership

During a recent trip to Capitol Hill, I had the opportunity to meet with about a dozen physicians who traded their white coats for seats in Congress. We spoke about the enormous challenges facing our…

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