Edward H. Shortliffe, MD PhD

Professor - The University of Arizona College of Medicine—Phoenix in partnership with Arizona State University

Professor, Biomedical Informatics - Arizona State University

Director, Graduate Training Program in Biomedical Informatics - Arizona State University

UA Office Phone: (602) 827-2010
Office: Building ABC1, Room 227
Email: ted.shortliffe@asu.edu
Website: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~shortlif

Education:

Post Doc: Residency in Internal Medicine; Mass Gen'l Hospital (intern) and Stanford Hospital (resident); 1976-1979

PhD; Stanford University; 1975

MD; Stanford University School of Medicine; 1976

Background:

A pioneer in biomedical informatics research and education, Dr. Shortliffe is also a general internist and had an academic practice at Stanford University until 2000. At that time he moved to Columbia University to become Chair of their Department of Biomedical Informatics and served in a variety of additional roles until 2007. In March of that year he became the founding dean of the Phoenix campus of the University Arizona College of Medicine and continued in that role until he returned to the Basic Medical Sciences faculty in May 2008. In January 2009 he moved his primary appointment to the Department of Biomedical Informatics at ASU, but continues his close association with UA-COM medical student education and with BMS. Beginning in July 2009, while maintaining his faculty position at ASU, he will become President and CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).

Research Interests:

During the early-1970s, Dr. Shortliffe was principal developer of the medical expert system known as MYCIN. He subsequently carried on an active research program in clinical informatics with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and medical decision support. He continues to be closely involved with medical education and biomedical informatics graduate training. His research interests include the broad range of issues related to integrated decision-support systems, their effective implementation, and the role of the Internet in health care.

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Selected Publications:

  1. Shortliffe EH. Strategic Action in Health Information Technology: Why the Obvious Has Taken So Long. Health Affairs 2005;24:1222-1233.
  2. Shortliffe EH and Sondik E. The public health informatics infrastructure: Anticipating its role in cancer. Cancer Causes and Control, 2006;17(7):861-9.
  3. Shortliffe EH, Garber AM. Training synergies between medical informatics and health services research: Successes and challenges’ J Am Med Inform Assoc 2002;9(2):133-139.
  4. Shortliffe, E.H. Networking health: Learning from others, taking the lead. Health Affairs 2000;19(6):9-22.
  5. Shortliffe, E.H. The evolution of electronic medical records. Academic Medicine 1999;74(4):414-419.
  6. Shortliffe, E.H., Patel, V.L., Cimino, J.J., Barnett, G.O., and Greenes, R.A. A study of collaboration among medical informatics research laboratories. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 1998;12(2):97-123.
  7. Shortliffe, E.H., Bleich, H.L., Caine, C.G., Masys, D.R., and Simborg, D.W. The federal role in the health information infrastructure: A debate of the pros and cons of government intervention. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1996;3(4):249-257.
  8. Shortliffe, E.H. Medical informatics meets medical education. JAMA 1995;273(13):1061, 1064-1065.
  9. Shortliffe, E.H. Doctors, patients, and computers: Will information technology dehumanize healthcare delivery? Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1993;137(3):390-398.
  10. Shortliffe, E.H. The adolescence of AI in medicine: Will the field come of age in the '90s? Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 1993;5(2):93-106.