Dr. Sarita Warrick is a physician executive, family physician, and healthcare leader focused on building high-performing clinical organizations that deliver better outcomes for patients, clinicians, and communities. As Chief Medical Officer for the Optum West Region, she leads the clinical strategy and operational model across nine states. With more than 17 years in medicine, Dr. Warrick has progressed from frontline primary care physician to market and regional executive leadership. Her experience includes value-based care, clinical affordability, specialty strategy, population health, medical group operations, physician recruitment and engagement, and leadership development. Throughout her career, she has been particularly interested in the intersection of clinical excellence and affordability, operational performance, and organizational culture. Dr. Warrick is an Optum Sequoia Fellow and former Sequoia Mentor and has invested extensively in developing physicians and emerging medical leaders. She brings a collaborative, relationship-centered approach to leadership, with an emphasis on creating clarity of vision, developing people, and translating strategy into measurable results. A board-certified family physician, she earned her medical degree from Rutgers Medical School (formerly Robert Wood Johnson Medical School), completed her Family Medicine residency at Hunterdon Medical Center and served as Chief Resident, and subsequently completed a Health Policy Fellowship with RWJMS and the State of New Jersey. She is currently pursuing an MBA in Healthcare Executive Management at The University of Texas at Dallas.
