# Anna Flattau

> Anna Flattau, MD, MSc, MS, is Jefferson Health's System Chief of Primary Care and the Alumni Professor and Chair of Family and Community Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College. Her career has moved from building a wound-healing program in the Bronx to helping direct a $1.2 billion New York care redesign and now coordinating primary care for approximately one million patients across 150 Jefferson sites. In 2025, Jefferson's work received the Primary Care Collaborative's Advanced Primary Care Practice Award; in 2026, Flattau was elected president-elect of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine.

- **Role:** System Chief of Primary Care at Jefferson Health; Alumni Professor and Chair of Family and Community Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College
- **Organizations:** Jefferson Health, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Association of Departments of Family Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, NYC Health + Hospitals, OneCity Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center
- **Education:** MSc in Health Promotion, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, MD, Harvard Medical School, MS in Clinical Research Methodology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Residency in Family Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center
- **Known for:** Leads primary care for approximately one million Jefferson patients across about 150 practice sites., Led primary care integration across multiple Jefferson mergers., Received the 2025 Advanced Primary Care Practice Award with Jefferson Health from the Primary Care Collaborative.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Montefiore's Home Health Agency created a dedicated wound-care nursing team; Flattau later wrote about the model as director of the Wound Healing Program.
- **2013** — Co-authored a Harvard Business Review article on Montefiore's dedicated home nursing model and was serving as a CMS Innovation Advisor.
- **2015-2017** — Served as founding Chief Clinical Officer of OneCity Health, a $1.2 billion delivery-system reform effort led by NYC Health + Hospitals and involving more than 200 partner organizations.
- **2017** — Returned to Montefiore as Vice Chair for Clinical Services and Director of Strategic Development in Family and Social Medicine.
- **2021** — Joined Jefferson, ultimately combining leadership of its Family and Community Medicine department with system-wide primary care oversight.
- **2025** — Flattau and Jefferson Health received the Primary Care Collaborative's Advanced Primary Care Practice Award.
- **2025** — Jefferson Health received an Independence Blue Cross Quality Cup for commercial primary care performance; Flattau accepted the award with colleagues.
- **2026** — Elected president-elect of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine for a three-year progression through president-elect, president and board chair.

## Achievements

- Leads primary care for approximately one million Jefferson patients across about 150 practice sites.
- Led primary care integration across multiple Jefferson mergers.
- Received the 2025 Advanced Primary Care Practice Award with Jefferson Health from the Primary Care Collaborative.
- Elected 2026-2027 president-elect of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine.
- Helped create and scale OneCity Health initiatives across more than 200 partner organizations within a $1.2 billion New York delivery-system redesign.
- Served as a CMS Innovation Advisor for patient-centered care models spanning multiple settings.
- Co-created the Family Resilience Fund, which provided cash assistance and social-work support to more than 1,000 children whose caregivers died during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Named a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in its Fall 2025 class.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Elected president-elect of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine for 2026-2027.
- **2026-01** — Discussed virtual primary care, telehealth access and Medicaid delivery on Becker's Healthcare Podcast.
- **2025-12** — Quoted in the launch of Harvard's Primary Care Investment Guide, emphasizing strategic investment tied to measurable outcomes.
- **2025-10** — Accepted an Independence Blue Cross Quality Cup with Jefferson colleagues for primary care performance.

## Links

- Website: https://www.jefferson.edu/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/skmc/departments/family-medicine/faculty-leadership/faculty/flattau.html
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-flattau-4116204

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