Background
Drummond, Willa Hendricks was born on December 5, 1945 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of George Edson and Leah Clementine (Connelly) Hendricks.
developer educator executive neonatologist
Drummond, Willa Hendricks was born on December 5, 1945 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of George Edson and Leah Clementine (Connelly) Hendricks.
Bachelor cum laude, Brown University, 1966. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, 1970. Master of Science in Medical Informatics, University Utah, 1999.
Resident in pediatrics Children's Hospital Philadelphia, 1970-1972, cardiology fellow, 1972-1974. Instructor pediatrics University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1973-1974. Research fellow perinatology University Oregon, Portland, 1974-1975.
Staff pediatrician Kaiser-Permanente Clinics, 1975-1976. Instructor neonatology, fellow Cardiovasc. Research Institute-U. California, San Francisco, 1976-1978.
Assistant professor pediatrics University Florida, Gainesville, 1978-1982, assistant professor pediatrics and physiology, 1981-1982, associate professor pediatrics physiology and veterinary medical science, 1982-1988, professor, since 1988, Somanetics Inc.,, Troy, Michigan, since 2009. Consultant Baxter-Travenol Laboratories, Deerfield, Illinois, 1986-1988, co-chair Equine Neonatology Study Group, Gainesville, 1981-1991. Director Neonatology Fellowship Program University Florida, Gainesville, 1981-1985.
Consultant, Chief Information Officer, chief medical information officer, Intensive Care Unit Data Systems, Inc., Gainesville, 2001-2005, interim Chief Executive Officer, executive vice president medical affairs, 2004-2006, founder, chief medical information executive, 2006-2008. Certified Commission Health Information Technology CCHIT Inpatient Experts Panel, 2007-2010, patent holder Vital Sync, since 2005, Covidien, Inc. Consultant, since 2010.
Member American Physiologic Society, Society Pediatrics Research, American Pediatrics Society, American Academy Pediat.(executive steering committee Council Clinical Information Technology since 2005), American Medical Informatics Association, Sigma Xi, Southern Society Pediatrics Research, International Society Veterinary Perinatology (board directors, president 1995-1997), International Physicians Prevention of Nuclear War (collective Nobel Peace prize 1985), Union of Concerned Scientists, National Organization Women, National Resources Defense Committee, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Friends Earth, Alaska Wilderness League.
Married Thomas Weston Drummond, June 1966 (divorced 1978).