Kevin Vest, MBA

Instructor, Hematology and Oncology

Vice President, Cancer Clinical Programs, UVM Health Network

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Alma mater(s)
  • MBA, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
  • BS, University of Vermont
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Division of Hematoloy and Oncology

University of Vermont Cancer Center

Kevin Vest's UVM Cancer Center Member page 

BIO

Mr. Vest has more than 20 years of healthcare management experience in academic health centers. Mr. Vest most recently served as Vice President for Centers of Excellence at Smilow Cancer Hospital, a unit of Yale New Haven Health System, where since 2020 he has been responsible for execution and alignment of strategic priorities and initiatives among Smilow and Yale Cancer Center, an NCI designated comprehensive cancer center. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Director for Finance and Administration at Yale Cancer Center where he oversaw all business and management functions for the NCI-designated cancer center and its four academic sections of medical oncology, hematology, palliative care, and neuro-oncology.  

Prior to joining Yale, Mr. Vest served as the Administrative Director for Business and Finance at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.  Mr. Vest has also served as a licensed physical therapist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA and the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, VA.  He holds a Masters of Business Administration with a healthcare management concentration from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont.

Bio

Mr. Vest has more than 20 years of healthcare management experience in academic health centers. Mr. Vest most recently served as Vice President for Centers of Excellence at Smilow Cancer Hospital, a unit of Yale New Haven Health System, where since 2020 he has been responsible for execution and alignment of strategic priorities and initiatives among Smilow and Yale Cancer Center, an NCI designated comprehensive cancer center. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Director for Finance and Administration at Yale Cancer Center where he oversaw all business and management functions for the NCI-designated cancer center and its four academic sections of medical oncology, hematology, palliative care, and neuro-oncology.  

Prior to joining Yale, Mr. Vest served as the Administrative Director for Business and Finance at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.  Mr. Vest has also served as a licensed physical therapist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA and the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, VA.  He holds a Masters of Business Administration with a healthcare management concentration from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont.