Kristofer L. Smith, MD, MPP

Chief Medical Officer
Optum at Home

As Chief Clinical Officer of Landmark Health, Dr. Smith leads efforts to establish a high quality and clinically effective home-based medical care model for patients with serious illness. He oversees clinical model design, learning and development, quality of care standards and clinical improvement activities.

His most recent prior role was Chief Clinical Officer at Prospero Health, leading the clinical growth from three states to 26 over a two-year period. Dr. Smith also served as President of naviHealth’s Home-based Medical Care division. In that position Dr. Smith oversaw the build, deployment, operations, and strategy for naviHealth’s home-based offering to frail elderly patients. Prior to naviHealth, Dr. Smith was the SVP of Population Health at Northwell Health. He provided population health strategic leadership and oversaw all care management activities. In this role he built and led the nation’s most successful home-based medical care program under the Independence at Home Medicare demonstration. He also served as the medical director for Post-Acute Care Services and Chief Medical Officer for Northwell’s insurance offering.

He has published papers on advanced care models for the frail elderly and has been a co-investigator on grants investigating the outcomes of high-intensity primary care programs. He regularly gives national talks on health policy, the frail elderly and the intersection of payment reform and clinical redesign. He currently serves on the board of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine.

Dr. Smith graduated with a degree in sociology from Princeton University and a Master of Public Policy in health policy from Harvard University. He received his Medical Degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed a residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Smith is board certified in Internal Medicine as well as Hospice and Palliative care. He has worked as a house calls physician for more than a decade, providing primary and palliative care to the frail homebound elderly.