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Michael Klinkman, M.D., M.S., is a long-time practicing family physician. In his roles as provider, teacher, and researcher, Dr. Klinkman has focused on making primary care better – for both patients and providers. He has worked with community primary care practices from the start of his academic career to ground his research in the ‘real world’, from exploring the clinical epidemiology of common presenting symptoms in primary care to developing simple health information technology tools to support the work of primary care clinicians to creating clinical programs to extend the capacity of the primary care office. Dr. Klinkman is currently focused on applying that research knowledge to the process of health care redesign and clinical transformation. For several years, Dr. Klinkman was involved in achieving clinical transformation of a community-wide health system (Jackson, Michigan) to integrate its business community, community health improvement organization, social and behavioral health, and medical care delivery system; this partnership culminated in the selection of Jackson County as a Community Health Innovation Region in the CMS-sponsored Michigan State Innovation Model demonstration from 2016-2020. He is working across the state of Michigan and with the national Gravity Project to develop and implement the human and technical infrastructure necessary to support cross-sector care coordination.