Eric Goralnick MD, MS

Eric Goralnick, MD, MS, was sworn in as Secretary of the Executive Office of Veterans on February 23, 2026.

Prior to that, he served as the Director of Military and Veterans Initiatives, Mass General Brigham. His career has focused on improving patient care in two main areas: ensuring equitable access to healthcare for our most vulnerable patients and supporting collaborations between the civilian and military medical communities. He has served in various operational roles at the departmental, hospital, and system levels within Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Mass General Brigham.

He is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the faculty lead for the Harvard Medical School Civilian Military Collaborative.

He has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, and his team’s work has been featured in many international, national, and local media outlets. His team at The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative launched the Ukrainian Save a Life initiative which was featured at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in 2022 and 2023. His team’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, The International Medical Corps, and several private foundations. He has served as a senior advisor to Home Base, a national nonprofit dedicated to healing the invisible wounds of war for veterans of all eras, service members, military families and families of the fallen.

He graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Tel Aviv University School of Medicine, Yale Emergency Medicine Residency, and the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. He recently completed the George W. Bush Institute Stand to Veteran Scholar program and is fiercely committed to supporting veterans and military families.