Director, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Sutter Health
Ray Pedagat serves as Director at Sutter Health, where he provides direct oversight of the Pediatric Service Line. With over 15 years of healthcare experience, including a decade in leadership, he has built a passion for forward-thinking that challenges convention and drives meaningful change in healthcare delivery. Ray believes in outside-the-box approaches and is committed to pushing the status quo to reshape operational view points in the ambulatory setting. His focus lies in developing strategic approaches that redefine how operational leadership support clinical excellence, ensuring that organizational goals and patient care are aligned.
Before stepping into his current role, Ray contributed to organizational growth and helped standardize how individual entities integrate within a larger system.
By collaborating with department leaders, clinicians, strategy teams, and other key stakeholders, he supported clinic expansion and broadened access to healthcare services.
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