Full Name
Michael Rendel
Job Title
Global Medical Advisor
Company
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Speaker Bio
Michael serves as a global medical advisor to Goldman Sachs as part of his consulting practice, Ridgeback Health. Previously, Michael served as global Medical Director and global head of Benefits and Wellness at Goldman Sachs until 2019. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2009 and was named managing director in 2013.

Prior to joining the firm, Michael was medical director at Merrill Lynch from 2007 to 2009. Previously, he was a physician in private practice in Manhattan from 1990 to 2007, specializing in internal medicine and infectious diseases.

He serves on the board of the Northeast Business Group on Health. He also serves on the board of the GeoSentinel Foundation, which provides funding and support to the GeoSentinel Network, an association of global infectious disease and travel medicine specialists providing surveillance and research on emerging infections. From 2009 to 2017, Michael also served on the board of Fedcap, a nonprofit that works to remove barriers to employment for the disabled and disadvantaged.

Michael earned a BA in Biology from Brown University in 1979 and an MD from the University of Maryland in 1984. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1987 and in Infectious Diseases at New York University in 1990.
Michael Rendel