CNBC January 8, 2020
Key Points
– Amazon Care has hired Vin Gupta, a high-profile public health expert and pulmonary doctor
– Amazon Care is a group dedicated to providing better health care for Amazon employees and their dependents in the Seattle area.
– Amazon has described the effort as a “pilot” but continues to lure in talent.
Amazon is hiring a high-profile public health expert and clinician to help it strategize how to deliver better care for its workers, a person familiar with the company’s thinking told CNBC.
The company plans to add Vin Gupta as a principal scientist to its growing Amazon Care team later this month, the person said. Gupta, a self-described “lung doc” with a background in pulmonary medicine, previously...