Director of Growth & Real Estate Development for CityMD. Kwan has spent over six years leading healthcare’s evolution. Redefining the industry by promoting a true patient-first priority and entering healthcare into the traditional retail space. Kwan has built unconventional partnerships, working with landlords and healthcare systems, to understand both parties’ goals. A key part of CityMD’s growth, Kwan has managed the development of over 100 urgent cares in three states (increasing the company from 5 stores to 122 and counting). That level of growth is near unprecedented in healthcare and is a large driver of the retail industry’s growing acceptance of this new market.
Kwan has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science at the University of Massachusetts. Additionally he has a graduate certificate in Real Estate Development from New York University’s Shack Institute. Currently, he is studying Sustainability Management at Columbia University.
The goal of his experience and education is to be a niche specialist in the future of society’s physical growth. Sustainable ways to build and operate tangible businesses will be needed as the world’s climate changes at staggering rates. The world’s population is shifting towards urban centers and keeping them housed, healthy, and sustainable are key issues for the coming decades.