Michael B. Guthrie MD, MBA

Mike Guthrie, MD, MBA is Executive-in-Residence at the University of Colorado – Denver campus in the School of Business, Program in Health Administration. For the past twenty-five years he has worked with physicians, hospitals and health systems to improve performance. Mike has been a practicing physician, a medical director, a chief operating officer, a health system CEO, and a senior executive for a large national healthcare alliance.
He is nationally known as a facilitator and consultant on physician engagement and physician leadership, having worked with numerous healthcare and physician organizations. He is also an executive coach, focusing on supporting physician executive performance. Dr. Guthrie was most recently a Senior Vice President for Premier, Inc. Previously, he was the CEO of the Good Samaritan Health System in San Jose, California. Mike has special experience in the areas of physician leadership development, and change management, especially helping hospitals and health systems work effectively with their physicians to improve quality, safety and cost. He has also been a strategic advisor to healthcare companies of many types.