(US and Canada) Mayo Clinic has appointed Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., as Chief Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer (CAIO). Tripathi brings more than two decades of experience at the intersection of health technology, public policy, and large-scale innovation in both the public and private sectors.

“Mayo Clinic is pleased to welcome Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., as Chief Artificial Intelligence Implementation Officer,” said Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., President and CEO of Mayo Clinic. “Dr. Tripathi’s extensive healthcare leadership experience will help us accelerate our bold, forward strategy to transform healthcare as he works with Mayo’s Practice leadership to vet and integrate AI solutions and advance our decentralized strategy to AI development.”

Tripathi will oversee AI governance and drive the safe, effective adoption of AI across Mayo Clinic’s clinical practice. He will work closely with leaders in research, education, and the Mayo Clinic Platform to integrate AI solutions that enhance patient outcomes and reduce administrative burden, while also engaging with industry and government partners to support responsible, standards-aligned AI implementation.

Prior to joining Mayo Clinic, Tripathi served as the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In these roles, he led national policy efforts around health IT, interoperability, and AI governance. As HHS’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, he developed transparency and risk management frameworks for AI technologies, overseeing AI adoption across all HHS divisions and vetting applications used by over 900 certified EHR developers.

Tripathi’s career spans leadership roles in both government and the private sector, including work as a senior operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, a U.S. Presidential Management Fellow with the U.S. Air Force, and a manager at the Boston Consulting Group. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University, and an AB in political science from Vassar College.