Professional Affiliation

M.D., Chief Medical Quality Officer, University of Utah Healthcare

Expert Bio

Robert C. Pendleton, M.D. F.A.C.P., is associate professor of medicine (clinical) at the University of Utah. After completing his medical school training at Baylor College of Medicine in 1997 and internal medicine residency at the University of Utah in 2000, he began his career as a full-time hospitalist as one of the University of Utah hospitalist co-founders. As a hospitalist, his clinical interests include caring for acutely ill hospitalized adult patients. In addition to serving as a co-director of the hospitalist group, he has recently been appointed as the chief medical quality officer of University of Utah Hospital and Clinics. His new role as CMQO will be to develop a physician directed quality improvement and patient safety program that builds on his experiences in clinical care, program development, and patient safety.

Pendleton has co-authored over 50 publications and is currently serving as a co-principal investigator on 3 clinical trials evaluating the utility of genotype guided warfarin dosing He is a member of the American College of Physicians, Society of Hospital Medicine, and the North American Thrombosis Forum (NATF). He is the current Governor-Elect for the American College of Physicians- Utah Chapter and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for NATF.