A professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Carey Business School, Dr. Marty Makary is a public policy researcher focused on the re-design of healthcare, medical appropriateness, and health care costs. Dr. Makary has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine and contributor to Medpage Today. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and USA Today. He is a New York Times bestselling author and recipient of the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award for his book The Price We Pay. Dr. Makary has extensively studied the revolutionary effects of transparency and accountability on healthcare, with a focus on helping employers and their employees manage healthcare costs.