Digital Knowledge Products Consultant, BMJ Digital Health, London, England

Dr. Middleton’s work is focused on clinical informatics – the applied science surrounding strategy, design, implementation, and evaluation of clinical information systems in clinical environments, or wherever clinical decisions are made. His overarching goal is to cure what ails healthcare: one decision at a time. His special interests are in augmented clinical intelligence, computable knowledge representation and sharing, clinical decision support, and quality measurement – all mediated through clinical information management systems (EHR, PHR, etc.). He has deep experience in team building, innovation, and leadership roles in academe and industry. He was a professor of biomedical informatics, and or of medicine, at Stanford, Harvard, and Vanderbilt Universities, and he held executive leadership roles at Stanford University Medical Center (CMIO), MedicaLogic/ Medscape (CMO), Partners Healthcare System (Corporate Director, Clinical Informatics R&D; now Mass General Brigham), Vanderbilt University Medical Center (CIO/Assistant Vice Chancellor), and at Apervita (Chief Informatics & Innovation Officer). Currently, he is semi-retired and consulting to select global startups and related efforts including Evidentli (Australia), the British Medical Journal Knowledge Centre, BDR Solutions, Inc., Modern Trials, and Redesign/Syntax Health.

Past Speaking Experience: Dr. Middleton is an internationally recognized thought leader in healthcare informatics and a frequently sought-after speaker. He has delivered keynote addresses, plenary presentations, and panels at healthcare informatics, technology, and policy conferences across the country and around the world. He is Past-Chairman of HIMSS.