Mitch Morris is a distinguished physician executive with more than three decades of experience as a healthcare business leader, consultant, technology innovator, and entrepreneur. Dr. Morris has focused his career on healthcare transformation, taking on leadership roles in premier organizations such as Optum, Deloitte, and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Working at the forefront of innovation with providers, payers, life science firms, and governments both in the U.S. and globally, he has developed and implemented innovative technology solutions, and leveraged emerging business models to make the health system work more efficiently and humanely.
Previously, Dr. Morris led the two largest and most comprehensive healthcare advisory businesses in U.S. healthcare at Optum and Deloitte. At Optum, Morris was CEO of Optum Advisory Services and the Advisory Board Company which provides strategy, operations, and technology consulting for payers and providers. At Deloitte he led the largest Life Sciences and Healthcare professional services practice in the world, responsible for developing and implementing the firm's global healthcare growth strategies for consulting, audit, tax, and financial advisory services. Prior to his consulting work, Dr. Morris spent 16 years in a variety of executive and faculty positions at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, including Chief Information Officer; SVP for Healthcare Systems; and tenured professor of gynecologic oncology and health services research.
Mitch now leads Caduceus LAUNCH, an innovative accelerator for Digital Health startups. Caduceus Capital Partners is a highly regarded venture fund.