Amazon Health Services is changing leadership as Neil Lindsay prepares to step back after nearly 16 years at Amazon. Dr. Roy Schoenberg, Co-Founder and former CEO of Amwell, will take over the healthcare business on July 1.
Schoenberg will lead a division that includes Amazon Pharmacy, One Medical, Health AI, the Health Benefits Connector, and other healthcare initiatives. Lindsay, who has led Amazon Health Services for nearly five years, will help with the transition over the summer and remain available in an advisory capacity through the end of 2026.
Schoenberg brings nearly two decades of digital health leadership to the role. He co-founded Amwell in 2006 and built the company into a major telehealth platform, working with large health systems, national payers, and public health agencies.
Before leading Amazon’s healthcare business, Lindsay held senior roles across several of the company’s consumer businesses, including Kindle, Devices, Prime, and Marketing. Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Stores at Amazon, credited Lindsay with helping move Amazon’s healthcare work from early experiments into a business serving millions of customers.
Lindsay said the timing was right to “step back and pass the baton” to a leader better suited for the next phase of Amazon Health Services. He said Schoenberg brings the “clinical credibility, technological vision, and operational experience” needed to build on the foundation the team has created.