Carol L. Steltenkamp, MD, MBA

Dr. Steltenkamp is a Kentucky native. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Xavier University and earned an MD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed internship and residency at the University of Kentucky in Pediatrics. She also earned an MBA with a health care focus from the University of Kentucky. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.

As the External CMO, she represents the voices of clinicians in strategy, outreach, and communications. Working on behalf of the Office of the UK Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, she is responsible for developing and maintaining strategic clinical alliances with physicians and health care organizations throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond.

Steltenkamp served as UK HealthCare’s first chief medical information officer. In 2015, she became chair of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Board of Managers, overseeing a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology (IT). In 2016 and 2017, she was named one of the Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT.

Steltenkamp has chaired the Kentucky eHealth Board, which successfully launched and maintains the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE). She is also the principal investigator for more than $10 million in health care information technology (HIT) grant funding, including the foundational grant from the US Department of Health & Human Services establishing the Kentucky Regional Extension Center.

In her role working in partnership with clinical and administrative leaders at UK HealthCare, she uses her expertise to provide a unified approach to UK HealthCare’s external clinical strategies. She also leads and oversees efforts to increase current market penetration and strengthen UK HealthCare affiliations in line with enterprise growth targets and work with physicians and surgeons to build referral relationships and find creative ways to develop new business.