John D. Halamka, M.D., M.S., is the Dwight and Dian Diercks President of Mayo Clinic Platform,
a digital initiative that brings together solution developers, data
partners and healthcare service providers to transform healthcare.
Today, Mayo Clinic Platform tools and solutions reach more than
54 million people globally.
Trained in emergency medicine and medical informatics, Dr. Halamka
has been developing and implementing healthcare information strategy
and policy for more than 40 years. Prior to his appointment at Mayo
Clinic, he was chief information officer at Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, where he served governments, academia and industry
throughout the world. As the International Healthcare Innovation
Professor at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Halamka helped the George
W. Bush administration, the Obama administration and governments
worldwide plan their healthcare information strategies.
Dr. Halamka completed his undergraduate studies at Stanford University,
earned his medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco,
and pursued graduate work in bioengineering at the University of
California, Berkeley. He completed his residency at Harbor — UCLA
Medical Center in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He continues
to practice emergency medicine and is Professor of Emergency Medicine
and the Michael D. Brennan, M.D., President’s Strategic Initiative
Professor at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
Dr. Halamka has written 16 books and hundreds of articles. He was
elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020 and serves on a
number of boards, including the Coalition for Health AI, Vizient and the
Milken Institute’s FasterCures Advisory Board. He and his wife run Unity
Farm Sanctuary in Sherborn, Massachusetts, dedicated to the lifetime
care of ill, disabled, senior, orphaned and surrendered farm animals.
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