Ipsita Smolinski

Managing Director of Capitol Street and Senior Strategic Advisor to McAllister & Quinn

Ipsita Smolinski has more than 20 years of diversified healthcare experience, principally in U.S. healthcare policy research and consulting.

As the Managing Director of Capitol Street and Senior Strategic Advisor to McAllister & Quinn, she provides analysis of key healthcare trends and major developments.  These include healthcare legislation moving on Capitol Hill, policies from CMS, FDA, NIH and other agencies, as well as emerging issues. Her primary focus is forecasting the business implications of health policy through data-driven analysis.

Prior to launching Capitol Street in 2009, Ms. Smolinski was the Senior Equity Research Analyst for Healthcare Policy at major U.S. financial institutions.

Earlier in her career, she spent several years as a healthcare management consultant at the Lewin Group, a Washington-based firm specializing in managed care and healthcare payment policy, and worked at both Pfizer and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Smolinski holds an master’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in public health from Columbia University and received her bachelor of arts degree from Johns Hopkins University.