Tyler B. Evans, MD, MS, MPH, AAHIVS, DTM&H, FIDSA is the CEO and co-founder of Wellness Equity Alliance and the author of Pandemics, Poverty, and Politics: Decoding the Social and Political Drivers of Pandemics from Plague to COVID-19 (2025). His work bridges frontline medical care, global health, and public policy, with a career dedicated to advancing health equity for marginalized and vulnerable populations.

Dr. Evans previously served as CEO/CMO of Curative Medical Associates, leading nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaigns that administered more than two million doses across 10 states, prioritizing equitable access. He has also held key public health leadership roles during the pandemic, including Deputy Public Health Officer and Chief of the COVID-19 Vaccination Branch at Marin County Health and Human Services, and as New York City’s first Chief Medical Officer for the Office of Emergency Management during the city’s initial COVID-19 surge in 2020.

With training in tropical and infectious disease, preventive medicine, and epidemiology, Dr. Evans has worked extensively with underserved populations both domestically and abroad. His global health work includes missions with Médecins Sans Frontières and Partners in Health in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East, as well as stateside service with the Indian Health Service and federally qualified health centers. He founded one of the nation’s first integrated refugee and asylee health programs in New York City and co-founded the NYC Refugee and Asylee Health Coalition.

His clinical and research interests span HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, and the social determinants of health, with a focus on migrants, LGBTQ+ communities (particularly transgender health), the unhoused, and Native American populations. He currently holds faculty appointments at USC’s Keck School of Medicine and UCSF and serves on multiple boards, including the HIV Medicine Association.

Through both his leadership and his writing, Dr. Evans brings a globally informed, justice-driven perspective to the intersection of medicine, equity, and society – calling for systemic change to address the root causes of health disparities. He divides his time between the Bay Area and New York City.