<p>Dean F Sittig, M.S., Ph.D., FACMI, FHIMSS</p><p>Professor, School of Biomedical Informatics The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston</p><p>Member, University of Texas, Houston-Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety</p><p>Dr. Sittig was awarded a masters degree in biomedical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1984 and a PhD in medical informatics from the University of Utah in 1988. In 1992 he was elected as a Fellow in The American College of Medical Informatics. </p><p>Dr. Sittig’s research interests center on the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of all aspects of clinical information systems. In addition to Dr. Sittig’s work on measuring the impact of clinical information systems on a large scale, he is working to improve our understanding of both the factors that lead to success, as well as, the unintended consequences associated with computer-based clinical decision support and provider order entry systems. </p><p>He is currently the lead investigator of the Clinical Summarization project within the ONC SHARP-C project at the University of Texas and the SAFER: Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience. He is also the lead for the Clinical Knowledge Management and HIT Recommendations teams within the AHRQ Clinical Decision Support Consortium.</p><p>He recently finished co-authoring an award-winning book on clinical decision support entitled, “Improving Outcomes – A Practical Guide to Clinical Decision Support Implementation”. He is also the co-author of “Clinical Information Systems: Overcoming Adverse Consequences”.</p><p>For a listing of most of Dean F. Sittig’s scientific articles see: http://Sittig-in-PubMed.notlong.com</p><p>1</p>