Diplomate in Internal Medicine 6/22/77
Diplomate in Nephrology 6/17/80
Academic Career
1973-1974
Intern in Internal Medicine, Duke University
1974-1975
Assistant Resident in Internal Medicine,
Duke University
1975-1977
Fellow in Nephrology, Duke University
1977-1980
Associate in Medicine/Nephrology, Duke
University
1980-1983
Assistant Professor of Medicine/Nephrology,
Duke University
1984-1991
Associate Professor of Medicine/Nephrology,
Duke University
1986-1991
Associate Professor of Community and
Family Medicine/Medical Informatics, Duke University (Secondary
Appointment)
1991-Date
Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
1994-Date
Professor of Biomedical Informatics,
Vanderbilt University
1999-2000
University Information
Architect, Vanderbilt University
2000-Date
Assistant to the Chancellor for Informatics
and Chief Information Architect, Vanderbilt University
Clinical and Administrative Appointments
1977-1985
Advisor, Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) Information Systems
1977-1983
Director Center Dialysis, Durham VA Hospital
1983-1987
Chairman Medicine Housestaff Selection Committee, DUMC
1983-1985
Chief of Nephrology, Durham VA Hospital
1985-1991
Director of Medical Center Information Systems, DUMC
1987-1991
Principal Investigator, DUMC IAIMS Model Development and Implementation
Projects
1988-1991
Co-Director, Biometry and Medical Informatics Study Program, DUMC
1991-Date
Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University
1991-Date
Director, Informatics Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1993-2000
Principal Investigator, Vanderbilt University Medical Center IAIMS
Planning and Operations Project
1993-1994
Chairman, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine
1997-1998
Director, Eskind Biomedical Library
1999-Date
Assistant to the Chancellor for Informatics
and Chief Information Architect, Vanderbilt University
2002-Date
Chairman, Vanderbilt Center for Better
Health
Honors
Engle Society, 1972
Sigma Xi, 1973
American College of Medical Informatics, Founding Fellow, 1984
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1988
Computers in Healthcare - Healthcare Pioneer Award, 1991
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE),
Founding Fellow 1992
American Medical Informatics Association President’s Award
1997
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Elected 2000
Named Lectures
Everett J. Koop Lecture (First Lecturer), Dartmouth College, Hanover,
New Hampshire, February 24, 1995
Joseph A. Leiter Lecture, Meeting of the Medical
Library Association, Seattle, Washington, May 28, 1997
Eugene A. Stead Jr. Lecture, Duke University Medical
Center, Durham, North Carolina, October 31, 2003
William and Janet Stead Lecture (First Lecture),
American Medical Informatics Association, November 2003
