John Vassall, MD

John Vassall, MD is a strategic advisor to Coopersmith Law + Strategy for health care systems and administration leadership, including patient safety, risk management, quality improvement, clinical effectiveness, medical research, and regulatory compliance.

Dr. Vassall is the former Chief Medical Officer for Swedish Health Services, one of the largest health care systems in the United States, and the former Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Health Care Quality.

Dr. Vassall has helped lead outreach efforts to communities of color to promote awareness and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines.

His expert witness work for CLS has been decisive in cases across the country, including favorably resolving one of the most widely known cases of bias in medicine, where a Black female physician livestreamed her negligent care from her hospital room.

In 2021, the American College of Physicians bestowed its Lifetime Achievement Award on Dr. Vassall.