Episode 191: The Humanities and Healthcare Leadership

Jay Mesrobian is a clinical and operational anesthesiologist leader with more than twenty years experience helping healthcare practices and organizations thrive. As a physician healthcare executive and board certified anesthesiologist, Jay has led large, diverse clinical teams, including over 1500 providers across twenty-three states as chief clinical officer/national medical director-anesthesiology for TEAMHealth. His work has spanned community and academic practices, state and national specialty societies, and payer contacting committees. He is a Fellow of both the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the American College of Healthcare Executives, and brings dual perspectives to problem-solving as both a physician anesthesiologist and an MBA-trained strategist. In 2026, he completed an executive fellowship in the University of Chicago’s Leadership and Society Initiative.

Jay received his BA in Philosophy at Princeton University, his MD from Northwestern University, and Physician Executive MBA at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He currently resides in Wisconsin with his wife Beth and has two adult daughters. He is an avid cyclist, Little League coach, and mentor in the I-Corps program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.