About Sarah Goodpastor, MD

Sarah Goodpastor, MD is a Board-Certified internal medicine physician at Mercy Internal Medicine and has been providing care since 2010. For more than 15 years Dr. Goodpastor has cared for patients with metabolic disorders. In the last five years, she has dedicated her practice specifically to the care of patients with complex diabetes, including Type 1 diabetes, complicated Type 2 diabetes, drug-induced diabetes, and diabetes in pregnancy.

Dr. Goodpastor earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio where she graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha academic honors, was inducted into the Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society, and was awarded the Carlos Pestana, MD, PhD Alumni Award recognizing a “graduating student for truly outstanding academic talent, clinical skills and ethical standards”. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.

Dr. Goodpastor also holds the BC-ADM (Board Certified-Advanced Diabetes Management) credential from the ACDES allowing her to provide skillful management of Type 1 and complex Type 2 diabetes. She works closely with two Certified Diabetic Educators embedded in her clinic. Together they provide care to patients on multiple daily doses of insulin and insulin pumps. She is accepting patients with complex diabetes for consultation from their Primary Care provider.

Dr. Goodpastor is also the Medical Director for the Mercy Primary Care (Mercy Family and Internal Medicine) practices at Horse Gulch, Three Springs, and Bayfield.

Dr. Goodpastor is no longer able to accept new patients as their primary care physician.

Special Certifications:

• Board Certified in Diabetology, American College of Diabetology
• Board Certified in Obesity Medicine, American Board of Obesity Medicine
• Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management, Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists
• Certified in Dyslipidemia and Lipids Management, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

Positions:

• Medical Director, Mercy Primary Care
• Medical Director, Mercy Diabetes and Nutrition Center

Awards:

• CommonSpirit Physician Enterprise Vision Award for Innovation
• Carlos Pestana Award Alumni Association Award
• Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor society inductee
• Alpha Omega Alpha Academic Honor society inductee

Memberships:

• American College of Diabetology
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
• American College of Physicians