Samuel Thomas, MD, MS, is a practicing internal medicine physician at the Stanford Health Care, a fellow within the Stanford-Intermountain Fellowship in Population Health, Delivery Science and Primary Care program, and is a candidate for a Master of Science in Health Policy at Stanford. He completed his medical degree and Master of Science in bioengineering at the University of Utah, as well as his residency in Internal Medicine where he worked at University of Utah, Intermountain Healthcare, and the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System. His research involves the implementation of evidence-based medicine and emerging health care innovations to help health care systems transition to value based care at scale.