David Barash, M.D. is the executive director of global health and chief medical officer for the GE Foundation. David leads the GE Foundation work to improve surgical access to underserved populations globally and to impact the opioid crisis in Massachusetts. He is co-founder and immediate past co-chair of the Private Sector Roundtable, a collaboration of several multinational companies to support the work of the Global Health Security Agenda in preparing for and combating pandemic outbreaks.