Corey Feist

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA is a healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience. His mission is to reduce burnout of health care professionals and safeguard their well-being and job satisfaction. The foundation is named after his sister-in-law, emergency room physician Dr. Lorna Breen, who died by suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previously, Feist served as the CEO of the University of Virginia Physicians Group, the medical group practice of UVA Health composed of 1200+ physicians and advanced practice providers. He is the author of numerous publications on the need to support the well-being of the healthcare workforce and has served as an expert in multiple forums including as a keynote speaker, panelist, and moderator; he has also provided formal testimony in the United States Congress. His advocacy efforts resulted in the first federal law focused on improving health worker well-being, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. In 2023, Feist and his wife were both awarded the Surgeon General’s Medallion for Health, the highest honor the US Surgeon General can present to civilians, for their efforts at the Foundation.

Feist holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the UVA Darden School of Business. He is also the past Chair of the Board of the Charlottesville Free Clinic.

Feist received his Masters in Business Administration from the UVA Darden School of Business, his Juris Doctorate from Penn State Dickinson School of Law, and his bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College.