Education
Clinical Informatics Fellowship
The mission of UChicago Medicine is to pursue globally impactful solutions to seemingly unsolvable challenges. Through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing, UChicago Medicine collaborates on life-changing advancements that create meaningful results for our community and the world, including a greater, more equitable future for all. The mission of the Clinical Informatics fellowship program is to provide operational practice, research, and education for outstanding fellows who will become national leaders in the specialty of clinical informatics. To accomplish the mission of our fellowship, we call upon the skills and expertise of our faculty and fellows who work together to advance innovation in medicine and clinical informatics while serving the health needs of the South Side of Chicago community in a compassionate manner, ever mindful of each patient’s dignity and individuality, in keeping with the mission of UChicago Medicine. Although the fellowship is housed within Pediatrics, applicants can apply to be within any clinical department.
Samuel Volchenboum, MD, PhD - Professor of Pediatrics
Program Director, Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Education
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide operational practice, research and education for outstanding fellows who will become national leaders in the specialty of clinical informatics. To accomplish our mission, we call upon the skills and expertise of our faculty and fellows who work together to advance innovation in medicine and clinical informatics while serving the health needs of the South Side of Chicago community in a compassionate manner, ever mindful of each patient's dignity and individuality, in keeping with the Program Aims.
Melissa Pessin, MD, PhD - Professor of Pathology
Associate Program Director, Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Program AIMS
Train fellows on using data from electronic systems to support research, precision medicine, public health and population health.
Provide training and leadership experience to integrate health information technology into clinical processes to improve patient satisfaction and clinician productivity.
Provide opportunities to support innovation in the health system through informatics tools and processes including clinical decision support.
Train and apply best practices regarding data governance structures and processes.