Guenevere Burke

Dr. Guenevere Burke is executive director and co-founder of the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity at the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at the George Washington University (GW). The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity is a global network of emerging leaders dedicated to advancing fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies.

Dr. Burke is a research professor in the department of Prevention and Community Health, and an actively practicing, board-certified emergency physician.  She previously served as president of the District of Columbia American College of Emergency Physicians.

Dr. Burke completed fellowship training in health policy at GW, working as a fellow with the Kaiser Family Foundation and serving as health policy advisor to Senator Grassley, a member of the Senate Finance Committee. During her tenure in the US Senate, Dr. Burke pioneered legislation to create the Rural Emergency Hospital program, preserving access to emergency care for rural communities across the country.

Dr. Burke completed her medical education at UCLA and residency training at the University of Southern California, where she served as chief resident. She holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and previously worked in consulting and hospital finance prior to her career in medicine.

She is passionate about bringing people together to advance innovative solutions to complex problems, and has served on boards and committees aligned with this mission including the Atlantic Institute at Oxford University and Care Lab.