Carlos M. Nunez MD

Dr. Carlos M. Nunez, MD has been the Chief Medical Officer of CareFusion Corporation since March 2011 and also serves as its Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs. Before joining CareFusion, Dr. Nunez served as the chief physician executive for a division of UnitedHealth Group, providing medical expertise and direction for corporate strategy and product development within their portfolio of healthcare technology solutions. Prior to UnitedHealth Group, he was a practicing anesthesiologist, intensivist and hospitalist, and served as the director of Education and Research for the division of Critical Care Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center Northeast. Dr. Nunez served as the Chief Physician Executive of Picis, Inc. since 2000. Dr. Nunez has an active appointment as adjunct professor of Biomedical Informatics at San Diego State University, where he also serves as associate director of the Biomedical Informatics Research Center. Dr. Nunez is a diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology, and a member of the American Medical Association, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the European Society of Anesthesia, the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Health Management Academy. He holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine, where he also completed postgraduate training in anesthesiology and fellowships in both critical care medicine and clinical research.