Dr. Thomas serves as vice president of healthcare delivery research for MedStar Health, where she leads a team of experts in the application of rigorous scientific methods to create data-driven solutions for healthcare improvement. Her team integrates science with clinical and operational expertise to address quality, safety, innovation, health economics, payment reform, outcomes, health services research, data science and health equity. Dr. Thomas is also the executive leader of the $30 million Safe Babies Safe Moms initiative, a program that has reduced disparities in maternal and infant mortality between Black and white birthing persons in the last four years. She is also the principal investigator for an aligned project called “The Mother’s Voice”, which elevates the voices of Black birthing people and leverages natural language processing and AI clinical informatics for the provision of non-biased, non-discriminatory care. Under Dr. Thomas’ leadership, the healthcare delivery research portfolio has grown from under $2 million in revenue annually in 2013 to over $19 million in revenue. With a scientific and operations career spanning over two decades, Dr. Thomas has been published in several peer-reviewed academic journals, appeared on multiple media outlets, and serves as faculty at Georgetown University’s School of Health.
