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    Cheryl Pegus, MD, MPH, FACC

    CEO
    FlyteHealth

    Cheryl Pegus, MD, MPH, FACC
    CEO and Board Chair, FlyteHealth
    Dr. Pegus serves as CEO and Board Chair of FlyteHealth, bringing more than 30 years of clinical and business leadership across the health sector.
    She has been a partner at Morgan Health, supporting venture investments, and served as Executive Vice President of Health & Wellness at Walmart, overseeing pharmacy, optical, and clinical services. Previously, Dr. Pegus was President of Consumer Solutions and Chief Medical Officer at Cambia Health Solutions, where she led pharmacy services, including enterprise-wide pharmacy benefit management, provider and network management, clinical services, cost stewardship, behavioral health, medical management, and new product development. She also expanded Cambia’s consumer solutions platform. Earlier in her career, she held leadership roles at Pfizer, focusing on clinical protocol development and early disease management programs, and at Aetna, where she advanced wellness, women’s health, and predictive analytics initiatives. She began her career in private practice as a cardiologist and has been recognized nationally as one of the most influential health care leaders and clinical executives.
    Dr. Pegus is co-chair of the Duke-Margolis Capital Impact Council, the author of several healthy cookbooks, and maintains a scholarship for students at Weill Cornell Medical College. She serves on the boards of public and private companies, as well as the not-for-profit boards of the American Heart Association and the Alice Walton School of Medicine.
    She earned her bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University, her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, and her Master of Public Health from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

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