Chief Medical Officer
Core Clinical Partners
Rachel E Thompson MD MPH MHM FACP
Dr. Thompson is a nationally respected leader with over 20 years of experience developing strong and successful teams within and across health systems. She is a change agent for system quality and value improvement, integrating fiscal accountability and resource stewardship and maintaining a persistent aim of benefit for our patients, our people and our communities.
She began her career with 16 years in academic medicine, first at the University of Washington and then reaching full professorship while designing and leading the University of Nebraska’s Section of Hospital Medicine. Subsequently she developed and led an Acute Care Division for a large multi hospital community health system. Following this, she led the turnaround of a public health district in Washington State as the Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Thompson currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Core Clinical Partners, a physician-owned practice management company founded on the principles of partnering with health systems and clinicians with over 600 clinicians, across 40 programs in 10 states.
Dr. Thompson served 7 years on the Board of the Society of Hospital Medicine, including as president from 2022-2023.
She has over 35 international and national presentations, and an additional 40+ regional presentations as well as 28 peer reviewed publications, 68 book chapters and CME reviews, 31 abstract presentations.
From the Front Line to the Bottomline: How Leaders Align People, Process, and Performance
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
9:30am - 10:30am CT