Prathibha Varkey, MBBS, MPH, MHPE, MBA, MA (privatum), is president of Mayo Clinic Health System (MCHS). As president, Dr. Varkey leads 17,000 employees serving 16 community hospitals and 53 multispecialty clinics across 44 communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Dr. Varkey is also a Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Prior to her current role, Dr. Varkey served as the chief executive officer and president of the Yale New Haven Health Northeast Medical Group and as the president and chief executive officer of the Seton Clinical Enterprise. 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.

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. She was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the “Top 25 Women Leaders in Healthcare” for 2023. Dr. Varkey earned her MBBS from the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India; a Masters of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health; a Masters of Health Professions Education from the University of Illinois, Chicago and a Masters of Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. 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. She has an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale University.

Dr. Varkey and her husband, Pravin, have a young daughter and live in Rochester, Minnesota.