Donald E. Fetterolf, M.D.

Senior Vice President, Informatics

Dr. Fetterolf has served as Senior Vice President, Informatics since joining Matria in 2005 with more than a decade of health plan experience. Prior to his position at Matria, Dr. Fetterolf worked at Highmark Inc. in Pennsylvania where he served as Senior Medical Director of various divisions, including Senior Medical Officer for Alliance Ventures, Inc., a Highmark subsidiary involved in managing multiple primary care centers and a physician network of some 340 physicians. He was the creator and Medical Director of Highmark’s Medical Informatics department. In addition, Dr. Fetterolf served for several years as Highmark’s Chief Medical Officer, with operating responsibilities for several business functions and oversight responsibilities involving Indemnity, PPO, HMO, Point of Service and Medicare businesses. In his last role at Highmark, he was working in the Customer Analytics and Operations division in informatics, corporate health policy and programs.

Dr. Fetterolf received dual undergraduate degrees in chemistry and biochemistry and his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He also earned a master’s of business administration degree in 1991. Dr. Fetterolf completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the Health Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians. Other formal medical training included a partial fellowship in Occupational Medicine and partial completion of a master’s degree in public health at the University of Pittsburgh in the early 1980's. In the past, Dr. Fetterolf served as an internist in private practice for twelve years; 6 as President of a medical group practice he created.

Dr. Fetterolf is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and at Temple University School of Medicine. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, the American College of Physician Executives, the American College of Medical Quality and the Academy of Healthcare Management. Dr. Fetterolf is on the Board of Directors of the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA) and the Board of Directors of the American College of Medical Quality. He is on the editorial board of several journals including Disease Management and the American Journal of Medical Quality.