Grace E. Terrell MD MMM is a national thought leader in health care innovation and delivery system reform, and a serial entrepreneur in population health outcomes driven through patient care model design, clinical and information integration, and value-based payment models. She is Chief Medical Officer at IKS Health, an international health care company designing simple solutions for the complex problems in health care.

She has been a practicing general internist for more than thirty years. She has served as CEO of several companies, including Eventus WholeHealth, LLC., a company focused on providing holistic care to medically vulnerable adults and Cornerstone Health Care, one of the first medical groups to make the “move to value” by lowering the cost of care and improving its quality for the sickest, most vulnerable patients. She was the founding CEO of CHESS, a population health management company, and the former CEO of Envision Genomics, a company focused on the integration of precision medicine technology into population health frameworks for patients with rare and undiagnosed diseases.

Dr. Terrell has served as vice chair of the U.S. DHHS’ Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, the chairman of the board of the AMGA, is a founding member of the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Center, the author of several books, including Value -Based Care and Payment Models and Reframing Contemporary Physician Leadership: We Stated as Heroes. She is currently executive in residence at Duke University School of Medicine’s MMCi Program, a Senior Advisor for Oliver Wyman management consulting firm, and a member of the board of trustees of Guilford College.

Areas of Expertise

  • health care innovation and delivery system reform
  • serial entrepreneur in population health outcomes driven through patient care model design
  • clinical and information integration
  • value-based payment models

Degrees

  • CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburg, PA 1999 – 2000 John Q Heinz School of Public Policy and Management Master of Medical Management
  • NC BAPTIST HOSPITAL, Winston-Salem, NC 1990 – 1999 Residency in Internal Medicine, 1990 – 1993 Primary Care Internal Medicine Program, Preceptor, 1993 – 1999
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Durham, NC 1987 – 1990 Internship in Pathology, 1989 – 1990 Research Assistant, Cardiovascular Data Bank, 1987 – 1988
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Durham, NC 1985 – 1989 Doctor of Medicine, American Heart Association research award
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 1979 – 1983 Bachelor of Arts in English and Religion Research Assistant, Department of Religion, 1981 – 1983 Morehead Scholar | Phi Beta Kappa | Phi Eta Sigma

Certifications

  • AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE CERTIFIED, 1993 – 2023
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS Fellow, 2008 – Present
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES/ American Association of Physician Leadership Fellow, 2007 – Present Certified Physician Executive (CPE), 2006 – Present
  • NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS Diplomate, 1990
  • NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE (NCQA), 2007 – Present Recognized in Level III Patient Centered Medical Home, Diabetes Physician Recognition Program, and Heart/Stroke Recognition Program
  • SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT CERTIFIED, May 2008 (Black Belt trained)
  • STANFORD CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Stanford Genetics and Genomics Certificate, March 2017