Clinical Informatics Lecture Series

Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP

Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (Acting)

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Micky Tripathi is the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Acting Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he leads the formulation of HHS technology and data strategy and coordinates technology policies, standards, programs, and investments.

Dr. Tripathi has over 20 years of experience across the health IT landscape. Prior to joining the federal government he served as Chief Alliance Officer for Arcadia, a health care data and software company focused on population health management and value-based care, the project manager of the Argonaut Project, an industry collaboration to accelerate the adoption of FHIR, and a board member of HL7, the Sequoia Project, the CommonWell Health Alliance, and the CARIN Alliance.

Dr. Tripathi served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company. He was also the founding President and CEO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange, a statewide HIE partnered with the Regenstrief Institute, an Executive Advisor to investment firm LRVHealth, and a Fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

He holds a PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University, and an AB in political science from Vassar College. Prior to receiving his PhD, he was a Presidential Management Fellow and a senior operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in Washington, DC, for which he received the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.

Pediatric Cancer Data Commons

Samuel Volchenboum, MD, PhD

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Dr. Volchenboum is a professor of pediatrics and the associate chief research informatics officer for the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Chicago. He is the Associate Dean of Masters Programs, and he designed and launched the UChicago Master’s in Biomedical Informatics. His clinical specialty is pediatric hematology / oncology, caring for kids with cancer and blood diseases. His research group includes the University of Chicago’s Data for the Common Good (D4CG), dedicated to building communities, platforms, and ecosystems that maximize the potential of data to drive discovery and improve human health. D4CG’s flagship project, the Pediatric Cancer Data Commons is dedicated to liberating and democratizing international data for pediatric malignancies. He is the director of the Informatics Core for the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), and he is director of the UChicago Clinical Informatics fellowship program. 

Liquid AI: Precision Hematology Diagnostics

Gregory Goldgof, MD, PhD, MS

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Dr. Gregory Goldgof, MD, PhD, MS, is an Assistant Member at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine. At MSK, he serves as the Director of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Hematopathology within the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Board-certified in Clinical Informatics and Clinical Pathology, Dr. Goldgof holds advanced degrees in Computer Science, Bioengineering, Biomedical Sciences, and Biology. His research focuses on developing AI-driven tools to enhance diagnostic precision and predict outcomes in hematology and oncology.

Dr. Gregory Goldgof's research leverages artificial intelligence to advance precision diagnostics in hematology, with a focus on liquid-based specimens such as peripheral blood smears and bone marrow aspirates. His lab develops AI-driven tools and is advancing towards their clinical validation and deployment, integrating diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers to improve patient care and outcomes.

Trials and Tribulations of Data Conversion: Case Studies from an Enterprise EHR transition

Jonathan Hron, MD 

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Dr. Hron attended medical school at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his residency in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. He continued on as a Chief Resident at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he began practicing Clinical Informatics. As a faculty member he has devoted his career to improving systems of care through the implementation of information technology, including electronic health records, HIPAA compliant text communication systems, telehealth and artificial intelligence. He is a staunch advocate for data driven decision making in clinical informatics as well as the secondary use of clinical data for research and quality improvement. In 2015 he co-founded the Boston Children’s Hospital Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program, one of the first ACGME approved pediatric Clinical Informatics training programs in the country. Clinically, Dr. Hron cares for hospitalized patients on the general pediatrics and complex care services at Boston Children's.

Dana A. Schinasi, MD, MSHI

Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

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Dana Aronson Schinasi, MD MSHI is an attending physician in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.  She is the Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Medical Director of Digital Health at Lurie Children's Hospital. In these roles, she is responsible for leading the clinical, quality, education, research, and advocacy initiatives at the intersection of clinical care and technology, to eliminate inefficiencies, optimize safety and quality of care delivery, and enhance user experience. She works collaboratively with Information Management leadership to oversee strategy, policy development, organization, education, and direction for all institutional digital health activities. Dr. Schinasi has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and given many national and international presentations on digital health topics.  

Dr. Schinasi received her undergraduate degrees in Economics and Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, where she went on to obtain her Medical Degree. She completed a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, during which time she completed a certificate program in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. While on faculty, she completed the Executive Fellowship in Innovation Health Leadership at the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Most recently, she completed a master’s in Health Informatics at Northwestern University, with a Health Administration Informatics specialization.