Dr. Sarah Pletcher is System Vice President and Executive Medical Director for Strategic Innovation at Houston Methodist Health System. She has 25 years of healthcare and innovation experience in a variety of roles and settings- involving strategy, innovation, network development and clinical integration. Prior to joining Houston Methodist, she spent 12 years at Dartmouth, first for surgery residency, then in leadership roles for the health system advancing telemedicine and other innovations.
In her consulting capacity, Dr Pletcher has advised health systems, philanthropic foundations, government entities, companies, policy makers, payers, and investors on a number of topics and is a national thought leader and invited speaker in areas related to digital and mobile health, telemedicine, and health care delivery innovation.
Dr. Pletcher received her undergraduate education at Kalamazoo College and received her M.D. and M.A from Michigan State University, and is a 2017 graduate of the Masters of Health Care Delivery Science program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.