Prathibha Varkey, M.B.B.S., M.B.A.

Prathibha Varkey, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., M.H.P.E., M.B.A., M.A. (privatum), is president of Mayo Clinic Health System. Dr. Varkey leads over 17,000 employees serving 16 community hospitals and 50 multispecialty clinics across 39 communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Dr. Varkey is a Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Dr. Varkey earned her MBBS from the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India. She completed her internal medicine residency at the Yale New Haven Health Hospital of Saint Raphael and a preventive medicine fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. A nationally recognized expert in Quality Improvement, Dr. Varkey is a past president of the American College of Medical Quality, has authored over 80 publications and is the editor of two books: Medical Quality Management and Mayo Clinic Board Review on Preventive Medicine and Public Health. From 2001 to 2013, Dr. Varkey held leadership positions at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, including Associate Chair of the Department of Medicine, Medical Director of Ask Mayo Clinic, Program Director of the Preventive Medicine Fellowship and Director of the Quality Improvement Curriculum.

Dr. Varkey's clinical practice focuses on preventive medicine.