Susan Schayes

Susan Schayes is the National Director of Primary Care, and Regional Chief Medical Officer for ChenMed, a physician run privately held company that has created a unique care delivery model focused on the needs of low to moderate income Medicare eligible patients with multiple chronic conditions. The group accepts full global risk from Medicare Advantage plans and has created a unique “one-stop” approach to preventive care and medical risk management that incorporates a spectrum of innovations ranging from on-site physician prescription dispensing to a customized electronic medical record designed for capitated practices.
Susan Schayes formerly was a faculty member for 16 years at Emory University School of Medicine, where she was the Division Chief of Family Medicine, as well as the Residency Program Director for the Emory Family Medicine Residency Program. Prior to joining Emory, Susan worked for the University of Toronto, and was in private practice. As the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians educator of the year in 2012, Susan has been a champion of educating and training medical students, residents and other allied healthcare learners for more than two decades in two countries.
She received a M.D. from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, and a M.P.H. from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She did her Family Medicine Residency at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She is board certified in Family Medicine in both Canada and the United States, and actively practices medicine.