Summary
Fletcher Penney is an Informatics Medical Director and academic hospitalist with 17 years of experience bridging clinical care, medical education, and health IT at the Medical University of South Carolina. He leads initiatives in medical decision making, diagnostic error reduction, and orthopedic/surgical comanagement, translating frontline hospital workflows into safer, data-driven systems. As an assistant professor and former interim co-director of hospital medicine, he combines clinical leadership with curriculum development and mentorship. He also founded MultiMarkdown Software, applying open-source tooling and productization experience to healthcare informatics and documentation challenges. Based in Charleston, Fletcher is known for blending pragmatic clinical insight with technical craftsmanship—turning complex clinical problems into usable informatics solutions.
16 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Psychology, B.S., Psychology at Duke University
M.D., M.D. at Medical University of South Carolina