Expert Details
Biomedical Informatics, Biomedical Engineering
ID: 735977
Oregon, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1988 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Medical Informatics | Institution: The University of Utah |
| Year: 1984 | Degree: M.S. | Subject: Biomedical Engineering | Institution: The Pennsylvania State Unviersity |
| Year: 1982 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Science | Institution: The Pennsylvania State University |
Career Accomplishments
| Awards / Recognition |
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| HONORS AND AWARDS: Martin Epstein Award, Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care Elected to Fellowship in the American College of Medical Informatics Partners in Excellence Award – Enterprise Clinical Data Repository; Partners Healthcare System, Boston, MA. Health Information Management and Systems Society – Book of the Year for Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer’s Guide Second Prize – Best Paper Competition MedInfo- Brisbane, Australia for Exploring the Unintended Consequences of Computerized Physician Order Entry Distinguished Paper Award at American Medical Informatics Association Fall Symposium for: A rapid assessment process for clinical informatics interventions Distinguished Paper Award at American Medical Informatics Association Fall Symposium for: Persistent Paper: The Myth of “Going Paperless” Health Information Management and Systems Society – Book of the Year Improving Medication Use and Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support A Step-by-Step Guide. Houston Veteran’s Affairs Hospital: Outstanding Performance Improvement Activity Award (OPIAA) – Second Place: ‘New Multidisciplinary Solutions to Address Follow – Up of Fecal Occult Blood Test Results’ – Patient Safety Center of Inquiry. John P. McGovern Outstanding Teaching Award, School of Health Information Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Elected to Fellowship in Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Above & Beyond Award, The Monarch Institute, Houston, TX Health Information Management and Systems Society – Book of the Year Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer’s Guide, 2cdEdition International Medical Informatics Association Yearbook: Best Papers in Clinical Research Informatics for: A survey of informatics platforms that enable distributed comparative effectiveness research using multi-institutional heterogeneous clinical data International Medical Informatics Association Yearbook: Best Papers in Human Factors and Organizational Issues for: Understanding differences in electronic health record (EHR) use: linking individual physicians’ perceptions of uncertainty and EHR use patterns in ambulatory care New Investigator Development Program Mentor – Nathan Hoot, MD, PhD Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Best Paper Award in Journal of Cognitive and Engineering and Decision Making Veterans’ Affairs Health Services Research and Development Health System Impact Award International Medical Informatics Association Yearbook: Best papers in the ‘Human Factors and Organizational Issues for: Measuring and improving patient safety through health information technology: The Health IT Safety Framework. Founding Member International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI) The “Best of ___” Article in Journal of the American College of Radiology in Data Science for “Triggers to Identify Delays in Follow-Up of Mammography: Harnessing the Power of Big Data in Health Care. J Am Coll Radiol. |
| Medical / Professional |
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| ACADEMIC & ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: 1988 - 1989 Associate Research Scientist in Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine 1990 - 1992 Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine 1992 - 1995 Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics & Engineering, Vanderbilt University 1995 Associate Research Professor in Department of Computer Medicine, George Washington University - working at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1996 - 1998 Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School 1996 - 1999 Corporate Manager, Information Systems, Partners Healthcare System, Boston, MA 1998 - Founder of The Informatics Review (www.informatics-review.com) 1999 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School 1999 - 2001 Scientist, WebMD, Inc. Portland, OR 1999 - 2004 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics, Oregon Health & Sciences University 2001 - 2002 Senior Informatics Researcher, National Clinical Systems Development, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Portland, OR 2002 – 2008 Director, Applied Research in Medical Informatics, Northwest Permanente, PC. 2004 – 2008 Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Informatics, Oregon Health & Sciences University 2008 – 2010 Associate Professor, University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston 2009 – 2017 Co-Director of the Houston VA Center of Inquiry to Improve Outpatient Safety through Effective Electronic Communication based at the Houston VA HSR&D Center of Excellence. 2010 - 2012 Adjunct Associate Professor Health Services Research Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 2010 – now Professor, The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics at Houston 2012 – now Adjunct Professor Health Services Research Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 2014 – 2017 Director of PhD Program for School of Biomedical Informatics, UT Health 2015 – 2017 Christopher Sarofim Family Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Bioengineering, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 2016 – now Executive Director, CIRCLE – Clinical Informatics Research Collaborative (http://circleinformatics.org/ ) 2016 – now Health Information Technology Safety Consulting – eClinicalWorks, Greenway Health 1993 Program Vice-Chairman of the American Medical Informatics Association Spring Congress 1994 Member of Conference Directorate of First World Congress on Computational Medicine and Public Health 1998 - 1999 Association for Computing Machinery - Special Interest Group: Computers and Human Interaction 1999 - 2010 Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (Board of Directors) 2000 Program Committee for 24th Annual American Medical Informatics Association Symposium, Los Angeles, CA. 2006 Program Committee for Annual Fall American Medical Informatics Association Symposium, Washington, DC 2007 Program Committee for Annual Spring American Medical Informatics Association, Orlando, FL 2009 – 2010 Medinfo 2010 Scientific Program Committee Cape Town, South Africa 13th-16th September 2010 2010 Vice Chair: Scientific Program Committee for Annual Fall American Medical Informatics Association Symposium, Washington, DC November 13-17, 2010 2011 - 2016 American Medical Informatics Association Advanced Interprofessional Informatics Certification (AIIC) Task Force 2012 - 2018 Board of Directors, American Medical Informatics Association SERVICE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON COMMITTEES: 2009 Clinical Effectiveness Research Steering Committee 2010 - 2011 University of Texas Health Science Center, Dental Branch Expert Search Committee 2010 - 2017 University of Texas (System-wide) Systems Engineering Steering Committee 2010 - 2016 Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library Board of Directors 2012 - 2014 Keck Center Executive Committee 2012 - 2016 Interfaculty Council, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 2017 Science Foundation of Ireland – INFANT Site Review, Cork, Ireland 2020 Science Foundation of Ireland – FutureNeuro Site Review, Dublin, Ireland SERVICE ON SBMI COMMITTEES: 2009 – now Faculty Development Committee, School of Biomedical Informatics 2013 – 2017 Chair, School of Biomedical Informatics Appointment, Tenure, Promotions committee |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Refereed Original Articles in Journals: 224 Invited Articles (Reviews, Editorials, etc.) in Journals: 60 Book Chapters: 11 Books: 12 Non-refereed Publications: 5 Refereed Proceedings of Meetings: 89 Abstracts: 82 |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| PAST TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES: UT-School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI); Instructor, Health Informatics 5313 – Introduction to Electronic Health Care; 20-55 students/semester UT-SBMI; Instructor, Health Informatics 6315 – Advanced EHR Analysis; 15 students/semester UT-School of Medicine (SOM); Instructor, Clinical Informatics for Clinicians and Clinical Researchers; 45,45,54 students/session |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| EDITORIAL POSITIONS: 1991 - 2011 Editorial Board, The Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 1992 - 1993 Associate Editor, The International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 1994 - 1995 Assistant Editor - The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 1994 - 2006 Editorial Board, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering 1995 Editorial Advisor for Medical Information Technology Alert 1998 - 2008 Founding Editor of The Informatics Review 1999 - now Editorial Board, Methods of Information in Medicine 2003 – 2016 Board, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2007 - 2016 Editorial Board, International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology 2009 – now Senior Editor, Applied Clinical Informatics 2013 – now Editorial Board, Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory 2016 – now Editorial Board, Diagnosis 1989 – now Ad Hoc Reviewer for: New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), Annals of Family Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, Journal of the College of Surgeons, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), International Journal of Medical Informatics, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, British Medical Journal, Health Affairs, International Journal of Health Information Systems and Informatics, Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, American Journal of Managed Care, BMJ Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Pediatrics, PLoS ONE, Health Informatics Journal, Psychological Reports, Social Science Quarterly, Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care Health Systems Strategy Division, Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development, Canadian Institutes of Health Research |