Jonathan Silverstein, MD
Davis Family Chair of Informatics
Vice President, Clinical Research Informatics
The mission of the Center for Clinical and Research Informatics (CCRI) is to preserve and improve human life through innovative collection and use of clinical data. CCRI builds upon NorthShore's award-winning electronic health record and extensive data warehouse to be a nationally recognized leader in clinical research informatics.
Led by internationally known informatician, Jonathan Silverstein, MD, CCRI supports matrix staff reporting across NorthShore (e.g. Enterprise Data Warehouse team, Epic Optimization team, Business Analytics team, Research Institute). CCRI is governed by a Steering Committee Co-Chaired by Chief Scientific Officer, Michael S. Caplan, MD, and Chief Medical Quality Officer, Ken Anderson, MD, which includes selected NorthShore Presidents and Clinical Chairs as well as NorthShore President and CEO, Mark Neaman.
Since opening in January 2011, CCRI has recruited to NorthShore seven faculty, thirteen staff, and has engaged more than sixty quality improvement and research projects. CCRI is recruiting two additional faculty directors working across a wide range of medical domains and computational methods to solve complex clinical challenges, ultimately changing the way medicine is practiced.
CCRI's supported faculty include:
Jonathan Silverstein, MD - Recruited from University of Chicago
Davis Family Chair of Informatics
Vice President, Clinical Research Informatics
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Ari Robicsek, MD - Formerly Massachusetts General Hospital and formerly University of Toronto
VP, Clinical and Quality Informatics
Goutham Rao, MD - Recruited from University of Pittsburgh
Director, Clinical Research Informatics
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K.P. Unnikrishnan, PhD - Recruited from University of Michigan and formerly General Motors
Director, Clinical Research Informatics
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Shalowitz, Madeleine U., MD
Director, Clinical Research Informatics
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Yuan Ji, PhD - Recruited from MD Anderson Cancer Center
Director, Clinical Research Informatics
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Tony Solomonides, Senior Scientist - Recruited from University of the West of England
Director, Clinical Research Informatics
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William A. Knaus, MD, FACP - Recruited from the University of Virginia
Director, Clinical Research Informatics
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CCRI's staff include:
Research Institute Team
Statistician – Ying Zhou, PhD
Statistician – Yitan Zhu, PhD
Senior Programmer Analyst – Nigel Parsad, MS
Research Scientist I – Eric Brown, PhD
Research Scientist I - Leigh Baumgart, PhD
Research Scientist II/Biostatistician - Chin-Hsiung "Edward" Wang, PhD
Research Manager - Chelsea McKinney
Research Project Coordinator - Karen Reyes
Research Assistant - Jessica Chan
HIT, Epic Optimization Team - Senior Project Manager, Meredith Sefa, MMI
Project Lead – Alan Simmons
Senior Programmer Analyst Specialist – Mekhala Patwardhan
Senior Application Analyst – Annalyn Chiu
Senior Application Analyst – Darryck Maurer
Senior Application Analyst – Jeff Behnke
Senior Application Analyst – Susan Stasinos
Senior Application Analyst – Richard Chesis
HIT, Enterprise Data Warehouse Team - Senior Project Manager, Nilesh Patil
Senior Programmer Analyst – Catherine Zhu
Senior Programmer Analyst – Michael Filipek
Clinical Analytics Team - Director, Chad Konchak, MBA
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst - Peter Arroyo
Business Intelligence Analyst – Justin Lakeman
Business Intelligence Analyst – Mauli Modi
Business Intelligence Analyst – Mohammad Beig
Web Team - Director, HIT Chief Information Security Officer, Barb Calvin