Jim Grant- Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. He is former chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and physician executive for perioperative services at the Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles.

Before his position in LA, he was the chair of the Beaumont-Royal Oak Department of Anesthesiology for thirteen years. Doctor Grant was a  former President of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.