Dr. Pegus recently joined the board of directors of Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) and Concentra (NYSE: CON) bringing more than 25 years of clinical and business experience across the health sector. She currently serves on the boards of FlyteHealth as Executive Chair; the American Heart Association, chairing the AHA Ventures Governing Council and Advocacy Committee and the Alice Walton School of Medicine. She is an investor in a number of privately held companies focused on team-based care management, innovation in cardiology and healthcare simplification.
She has served as a partner at Morgan Health supporting venture investments and was Executive Vice President of Health & Wellness at Walmart overseeing pharmacy, optical and clinical offerings. Prior to those positions, Dr. Pegus served as President of Consumer Solutions and Chief Medical Officer for Cambia Health Solutions where she was responsible for pharmacy services, including pharmacy benefit management across the enterprise; provider and network management; clinical services and cost stewardship; behavioral health and medical management; and new product development, including leading and expanding Cambia’s consumer solutions platform. She also served as the first Chief Medical Officer at Walgreens and previously held roles at Pfizer, where she focused on the development of clinical protocols and early disease management programs, and Aetna, where her work supported a focus on wellness, women’s health, health equity initiatives and predictive analytics. Dr. Pegus began her career in private practice as a cardiologist and has served as board chair for the Association of Black Cardiologists. She has been consistently recognized as one of the country’s most Influential Health Care Leaders and Clinical Executives.