Kara Odom Walker

Kara Odom Walker

Kara Odom Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS, was recently named vice president and chief medical officer for Medicaid at Aetna, a CVS Health Company. Previously, she was the executive vice president and chief population health officer of  Nemours Children’s Health, one of the largest integrated pediatric health systems in the country. She served as Cabinet Secretary of Health and Social Services for the State of Delaware from 2017 to 2020 and as Deputy Chief Science Officer, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, from 2013 to 2017.