Carolyn A. Hutyra, MMCI, is an Associate Director on the Clinical Performance team at Optum and former Director of the Comprehensive Outcomes in Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Data System (COORDS) at Duke University. Her clinical research focuses on orthopedic surgery, patient-reported outcome measurement, shared decision making, and patient preference elicitation. She worked in the Orthopaedic Department at Duke University from 2015-2021 where she conducted clinical research, data strategy, and patient-reported outcome management. Carolyn was a member of the Duke Orthopedic Practice Transformation Unit, which helped implement new technologies and value-based healthcare initiatives within the department. Carolyn also collaborated closely with the Preference Evaluation Research Group at the Duke Clinical Research Institute on delivering patient-centered, evidence-based medicine through quantitative stated-preference research.