If you know the name Vin Gupta, chances are it’s because he tends to spar with politicians and others spouting anti-science rhetoric, and to as vast an audience as possible. He’s a medical commentator on NBC and MSNBC, a practicing intensive care physician, a public health researcher, a faculty member at the University of Washington — and a voracious tweeter.
So it seems unlikely that someone so outward-facing has a day job at, of all places, Amazon, a notoriously tight-lipped tech behemoth that is rocketing full force into health care delivery.
But the company appears to be betting on Gupta, who has a full-time role as its chief medical officer of pandemic response, to shepherd Amazon’s efforts out into the open. In the past year and a half, Gupta has taken on a portfolio that is far broader than he or Amazon could have imagined when he was recruited, pre-pandemic, to help steer Amazon Care, the company’s virtual-first health care program.
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