Madeleine McDowell, MD, FAAP

Madeleine McDowell, MD, FAAP, leverages a decade of clinical experience in leading the development and application of Vizient’s data analytic tools and providing clinical insight for all Vizient research—service line, strategic planning, performance strategy and clinical technology. As medical director, she provides thought leadership in quality in collaboration with experts across the organization, and she partners with member health systems as a strategic advisor and healthcare industry expert in market strategy, quality and analytics.

Board certified in pediatrics, McDowell spent more than 10 years in clinical practice, including serving as a hospitalist at Boston Children’s Hospital and a faculty member of Harvard Medical School. She was a past clinical advisor for the Children’s Hospital Association and a keynote speaker at its annual meetings.

She received an MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at Yale New Haven Hospital.