Certificate Program Faculty

The coursework is developed and delivered by a team that includes chief information officers and chief medical information officers, security officers, software vendors, state policymakers, and Columbia and Cornell faculty working every day at the cutting edge of health information technology.

Course Directors

Virginia Lorenzi, MS, Course co-Director
Manager, HIT Standards and Collaborations, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Associate, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

Frances Morrison, MD, MPH, MA, Course co-Director
Associate Research Scientist of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

Faculty

Herbert Chase, MD, MA
Principal Investigator, ONC University Based Training Grant
Professor of Clinical Medicine (in Biomedical Informatics), Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

Diego Kaminker
HL7 International: Educ WG, co-chair - International Mentoring Commitee, co-chair, HL7 E-Learning Course - coordinator (www.hl7elc.org)
HL7 Argentina: Chair (www.hl7.org.ar)

Soumitra Sengupta, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center
Information Security Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Information Security Officer, Columbia University Medical Center

Bob Sideli, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

Adam Wilcox, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

Curriculum Committee

Jessica Ancker, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Public Health in Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College

Herbert Chase, MD, MA
Professor of Clinical Medicine (in Biomedical Informatics), Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

Adam Cheriff, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

James Cimino, MD
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

Curt Cole, MD
Chief Information Officer, Weill Cornell Medical College

Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Quality and Medical Informatics, Weill Cornell Medical College

Steven E Labkoff, MD, FACP
Specialist Leader, Health Information Technology, Deloitte Consulting

Virginia Lorenzi, MS
Manager, HIT Standards and Collaborations, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Associate, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

John-Paul Mead, MD
Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
President of Medical Staff, Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca

Frances Morrison, MD, MPH, MA
Associate Research Scientist of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

Donna Nickitas, PhD, CNAA, BC, RN
Professor, Hunter College, City University of New York, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing

Kathleen Nokes, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN
Professor and Director of the Graduate Nursing Program, Hunter College, CUNY Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing

Elizabeth Oliver, MS
Dean, Continuing & Professional Studies, Bronx Community College

Ken Ong, MD, MPH
CMIO, New York Hospital Queens

Maxine L Rockoff, PhD
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

Soumitra Sengupta, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center
Information Security Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Information Security Officer, Columbia University Medical Center

Bob Sideli, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

Adam Wilcox, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center

John Zimmerman, DDS
Assistant Dean, Associate Director, Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning