Background
Shortliffe, Edward Hance was born on August 28, 1947 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Son of Ernest Carl and Elizabeth Joan (Rankin) Shortliffe.
internist computer scientist medical educator
Shortliffe, Edward Hance was born on August 28, 1947 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Son of Ernest Carl and Elizabeth Joan (Rankin) Shortliffe.
AB, Harvard University, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1975; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1976.
Trainee National Institutes of Health, 1971—1976. Intern Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1976—1977. Resident Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, California, 1977—1979.
Assistant professor medicine Stanford University School Medicine, 1979—1985, associate professor, 1985—1990, chief division general internal medicine, 1988—1995, professor, 1990—2000. Associate chair medicine Primary Care, 1993—1995. Associate dean information resources and technical Stanford University School Medicine, 1995—2000.
Professor, chair department biomedical informatics Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 2000—2007, Rolf H. Scholdager professor biomedical informatics, 2005—2007. Deputy vice president Information Technology, Health Sciences, Columbia University, 2002—2007. Founding dean University Arizona College Medicine, Phoenix, 2007—2008, professor basic medical science, professor medicine, 2007—2009.
Professor biomedical informatics Arizona State University, 2007—2009, University Texas Houston, since 2009. President, Chief Executive Officer American Medical Informatics Association, Bethesda, Maryland, since 2009. Advisor National Board Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, 1987—1993.
President Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, Washington, 1988—1989. Member National Federal Networking Advisory Council, National Science Foundation, 1991—1993. Member computer science and telecommunications board National Research Council, 1991—1996.
Board regents American College of Physicians, 1996—2002. Member President's Information Technology Advisory Committee, 1997—2002. Chairman committee on healthcare and next generation internet National Research Council, 1998—2000.
Member National Committee on Vital Health Statistics, 2000—2003. Trustee New York Academy Medicine, since 2005. Board directors Medco Health Solutions, Inc., 2003—2007.
Committee science engineering public policy National Academy of Sciences, 2001—2003, 2005—2007. Fellow: American College Medical Informatics (president 1992-1994), American Association Artificial Intelligence. Member: American Clinical and Climatological Association, Association American Physicians, American Medical Informatics Association, American Society for Clinical Investigation, Institute Medicine (member council 2000-2003, 2005-2007), Society for Medical Decisionmaking (president 1989-1990).