Eduardo J. Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H. is a Vice President and the Chief Medical Officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. Prior to joining Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, he served as Director of the Institute for Health Policy at The University of Texas (UT) School of Public Health. Dr. Sanchez served as Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services from 2004 to 2006 and the Texas Department of Health from 2001 to 2004.
Trained as a family physician, Dr. Sanchez practiced family medicine in Austin, Texas from 1992 to 2001. As a clinician, he mostly worked in settings that provided medical care to the uninsured and underinsured. He served as the city/county local health officer and Chief Medical Officer for the Austin-Travis County Health and Human Services Department from 1994 to 1998.