Umberto Tachinardi
| Umberto Tachinardi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
 Brazil |
| Fields |
Health Informatics Health information management |
| Institutions |
University of Chicago State of São Paulo Heart Institute (InCor)[1] University of São Paulo |
| Alma mater |
Itajubá School of Medicine University of São Paulo |
| Known for | Sustainable development and management of Health information systems |
| Notable awards | Inducted Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics |
Umberto Tachinardi,MD,MSc, Fellow ACMI, is a Brazilian-born chief information officer and biomedical informaticist. Trained by the founders (Candido Pinto de Melo, Lincoln de Assis Moura Jr and Sergio Shiguemi Furuie) of the prestigious Medical Informatics group of the Heart Institute of São Paulo University Medical School (InCor - Instituto do Coração da Universidade de São Paulo), he started his career developing biomedical signal processing systems on cardiology. Dr. Tachinardi pioneered the use of secure world-wide-web (internet) communications for transmission of medical records in 1994. In addition, he has devoted many years to innovate clinical practice through the development and deployment of integrated clinical information systems as CIO of the InCor and later as the CIO of the Secretary of Health, State of São Paulo.[2] Dr. Tachinardi has thus worked extensively on matters of reengineering the administration and management of medical practices on a large scale. Dr. Tachinardi, newly appointed Associate Dean for Informatics of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been since 2006 the Assistant Dean for Informatics and CIO of the Biological Science Division of the University of Chicago and the Director of Information Technology and Informatics of The University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center.[3] He also conducts biomedical informatics research and development as a research scientist (Associate Professor) in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Tachinardi has presented over 175 publications, invited lectures, and tutorials.[4]
Key Biography
- Former president of the Brazilian Society of Health Informatics.[5]
- Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Health Informatics[6]
Honors
- 2005 Nominated Best Information Technology Professional, Government Sector. Informatics Today [Plano Editorial, Informática Hoje], Brazil. (Top 5 best),[7][8][9]
- 2004 Nominated Best Information Technology Professional, Government Sector. Informatics Today [Plano Editorial, Informática Hoje], Brazil. (Top 5 best)
- 2003 First Place. Best Information Technology Professional, Health Care Sector. Informatics Today [Plano Editorial, Informática Hoje], Brazil.
- 2002 Top 100 IT Leaders. Computerworld, Brazilian Edition.
- 2001 Top 50 Information Technology Executives. Info Exame, Brazil
- 1998 Best Implementation Project in Health Care, National Council of Public Informatics (CONIP), Brazil.