Mary Mason, MD, MBA, FACP is known as a health care innovator and an executive leader with experience in international and rapidly growing environments.
Dr. Mason currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Founder for Little Medical School, an award-winning educational organization with offices in more than 60 locations worldwide focusing on healthcare workforce development. She is an Adjunct Professor of Law and the Associate Director for the Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law at Washington University in St. Louis where she focuses on patient privacy and cybersecurity issues in artificial intelligence and emerging healthcare technologies.
She is the former Chief Medical Officer for Centene Corporation, a Fortune 25 company that provides government-sponsored healthcare programs focusing on underinsured and uninsured individuals. During her tenure, Dr. Mason developed and executed nationally recognized clinical programs in various disease states designed to improve quality and reduce medical costs in a managed Medicaid and Medicare population, clinical policy, quality, and care coordination. She also founded the Joint Accredited Centene Institute for Advance Health Education, offering free education on the business of medicine for licensure to healthcare providers in 8 professions.
Dr. Mason is a board-certified internist and volunteers in safety net clinics and as an attending physician in the Washington University School of Medicine Internal Medicine Clinic. In addition, she is an adjunct lecturer for the Washington University School of Business and the Brown School of Social Work, where she teaches the principles of health insurance and managed care. She is a long-time member of the Washington University School of Medicine Admissions Committee.
Dr. Mason serves on the Board of Directors of Dioun Health, a growing health care company providing our communities with high-quality, patient-centric care. An active member of the community, Mason serves on the national board of Parents as Teachers and the national council for Washington University’s Institute of Public Health. She is a member of the Forbes and Fast Company Business Councils and regularly contributes to these publications.
Dr. Mason received her B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and her M.D. and MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. She has received alumni achievement awards from the University of Illinois and Washington University.