As Chief Medical Officer, Sun Life U.S., Miles J. Varn, M.D., leads the company’s Clinical Council to ensure a consistent clinical approach across the company’s businesses and leverage the expertise of its clinicians. Miles is also Vice President, Head of PinnacleCare, a Sun Life company. In that role, he is responsible for effecting strategic growth, expanding upon innovation for health advocacy and care navigation, and delivering better access and health outcomes for our members.
Prior to the acquisition of PinnacleCare by Sun Life in 2021, Miles was CEO of the company. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer, developing relationships with top Centers of Excellence and physicians around the world, and was the chief contact for the PinnacleCare Medical Advisory Board. He also built PinnacleCare’s VirtualConnect program which brings remote expertise from more than 25 top academic institution to clients wherever they reside.
Miles joined PinnacleCare after 15 years of innovation and leadership at Inova Fairfax Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center with 75,000 patient visits per year. In 2004, he was awarded the Inova Health System’s Service Excellence Legend Award for extraordinary patient care.
Miles is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians. He earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine.