Mayo Clinic Health System names Dr Prathibha Varkey as new president

She left Mayo Clinic in 2013 to serve as CEO of Seton Clinical Enterprise in Austin, Texas. Since 2016, Dr Varkey has served as president and CEO of Northeast Medical Group within Yale-New Haven Health in New Haven, Connecticut.

"I admire and respect the relentless pursuit of excellence and patient-centred care at Mayo Clinic, and I am excited to come back to what feels like home," says Dr Varkey.

"The opportunity to lead Mayo Clinic Health System personally excites me because of the potential to make a transformational impact in partnership with the communities we serve. Being with patients and communities in times of wellness and illness, and bringing hope and healing is deeply meaningful, as well as humbling and an honour," she adds.

"My recent visits to several of the health system sites were inspiring. I admire the passion, dedication and expertise of the teams I met and the work they have done to create meaningful impact."

Dr Varkey earned her medical degree from Christian Medical College, Vellore, in Tamil Nadu, India. She completed her internal medicine residency at Yale-New Haven Health's Hospital of St. Raphael. She has a Masters of Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a Masters of Health Professions Education from the University of Illinois Medical Center, an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota, and an honorary Masters of Arts from Yale University.

Dr Varkey succeeds Bobbie Gostout, M.D., who retired from Mayo Clinic in December 2020.

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