Steven J. Thompson, a healthcare executive who currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Business Development Officer at Brigham & Women\'s Healthcare in Boston. In that role he leads the organization\'s external business strategy. He previously served as the founding CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) and senior vice president of Johns Hopkins Medicine, is a pioneer in the fields of global collaborative health care and international patient care, and one of the world’s leading experts on creating, developing and strengthening high-quality, better-value health care systems around the globe.