Dr. Jeffrey Carter is a physician leader, anesthesiologist in clinical practice, and medical regulator with an exceptional commitment to advocating for advances in patient safety and health equity.
Dr. Carter was appointed to the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts in 2009, and again in 2019. On the state level he has served in numerous leadership roles, including twice as Board President. Inspired by the opportunity to achieve greater impact on medical regulation and patient care on the national level, in 2017 Dr. Carter was elected to the Board of Directors of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the USA.
He has held numerous committee appointments, and from 2021-2023 led the FSMB Workgroup on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Medical Regulation and Patient Care, which made best practice recommendations for embedding equity in medical regulation. Dr. Carter served as FSMB Chair from 2023-2024, and established two new workgroups: the Workgroup on Regulation of Physicians in Training, which developed recommendations for relieving administrative burdens while ensuring appropriate oversight of physicians, and the Workgroup on Physician Reentry to Practice, whose work is continuing through April 2025. Understanding the potential for artificial intelligence to positively impact the quality of medical care and to reduce disparities in health access and outcomes, Dr. Carter directed the Ethics and Professionalism Committee to study the current integration of artificial intelligence in health care, which developed best practice guidance for state medical boards and other organizations on the ethical guidelines for the use of AI in clinical care and in medical regulation.
A graduate of Yale University School of Medicine, with postgraduate training in anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Carter’s contributions to clinical, administrative, and regulatory practice have been recognized by his peers yearly since 2007 with “The Best Doctors Award,” and he is the recipient of the St. Louis American Foundation’s “Excellence in Healthcare Award.”