Dr. Nathan T. Chomilo’s work has centered on the impact early childhood intervention and healthcare access have on the long-term prospects of our children and how physicians and health systems can address racial & health equity. He is the Medical Director for the State of Minnesota’s Medicaid & MinnesotaCare programs and practices as a General Pediatrician with Park Nicollet Health Services/HealthPartners. He was previously tapped by Governor Tim Walz to serve as the State of Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccine equity director & as Senior Advisor on Equity to the Minnesota Commissioner of Health. He received a Zoology degree from Miami University & graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He completed his combined residency in Internal Medicine & Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota & was the Pediatric Chief Resident at the University of Minnesota Children's Hospital. Prior to working for the State of Minnesota he was also an internal medicine hospitalist.
He is Chair-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Minority Health, Equity & Inclusion (MHEI), has served on the board of directors for the MN chapter of the AAP, is a fellow of the American College of Physicians & an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
He serves on the board of directors of Reach Out and Read and is a member of the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Equity in HEDIS Expert Work Group.
His work has been recognized by the City of Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights which recognized him as a 2019 History Maker at Home recipient, Minnesota Physician which named him one of the 100 most influential health care leaders in 2020 & 2024, the Minnesota Medical Association which awarded him the President’s Award in 2021, the Task Force for Global Health which named him a 2021 Global Health Hero 2021 and the Aspen Institute which selected him to be an Aspen Ascend Fellow in 2022. In 2023 he was selected for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Children and Youth through Health Care System Transformation and named to The Lancet’s Commission on Antiracism in Solidarity. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife & sons.
He has penned numerous published OpEds and health policy perspective pieces, has been an invited speaker at multiple national conferences & has been cited in pieces in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, New York Times, Wall St. Journal, The Atlantic, STAT news, CNN.com, Parent Magazine & the Star Tribune. In 2022 he was the invited keynote speaker at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health’s commencement ceremony.