Robert Groves and Cybele Bjorklund

As Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Banner|Aetna, Dr. Robert Groves is responsible for physician leadership in population health management. Dr. Groves earned his M.D. degree from the Medical College of Georgia and completed Internal Medicine training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Cybele Bjorklund is SVP of Policy and Government Affairs at Virta Health, where she works to improve access to Virta’s treatment and increase type 2 diabetes reversal awareness among key policy makers and healthcare thought leaders. Cybele came to Virta from Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, where she led federal strategy and engagement efforts. Previously, Cybele was head of global policy at Sanofi, and served as strategic health policy consultant to investors and organizations. From 1995-2015, Cybele held several senior professional roles in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. During her federal service, Cybele was at the center of virtually every major Medicare debate, and had a leading role in the creation and enactment of the Affordable Care Act, health IT and comparative effectiveness research provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.