Z. Colette Edwards

Z. Colette Edwards, MD MBA, has been active in most segments of the healthcare arena, including, first and foremost, as a practicing gastroenterologist. She has leveraged additional training in health and wellness coaching at the Maryland University of Integrative Health and in health equity as a member of the NIH Scholars program in translational health disparities.

Over the course of her career, Colette has served in a variety of roles. They include being the associate medical director of a multispecialty group practice and serving in health plan medical roles. Her work has also encompassed positions at two Fortune 50 companies, including as the national medical lead for health disparities, with an initiative that won a national innovation award and as a corporate medical executive for employee health and well-being, with a multi-year record of national awards won by the team: NBGH Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles, top 10 ranking in the “Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America,” Gold status in the AHA’s Workplace Health Achievement Index, and a citation for Excellence in Mental Health.

Dr. Edwards is the managing editor of the Wharton Healthcare Quarterly and the author of Be Less Stressed and a McGraw-Hill GI text. She is a member of the board of two nonprofits, Bread for the City and T1D Exchange, and an Advisor to Keen.

She received her BA from Harvard University, her MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and her MBA from the Wharton School. She completed her GI fellowship at UCSF, San Francisco.

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." ~ Edward Everett Hale

Previous