Gary W. Ozanich, PhD

Gary Ozanich is Director of Northern Kentucky University’s Program in Health Informatics. He is the past National Co-Chair of the Interoperability and Health Information Exchange Workgroup for the Health Information Systems Society (HIMSS) and was past National Chair of the HIMSS HIE Committee. He has conducted extensive funded research and consulting projects on health information exchange structure, interoperability, services, and sustainability, as well as projects examining care coordination and transitions in care. His current projects include working on the interoperability strategy for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, applying novel clinical decision support solutions in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, and working for the Office of National Coordinator on the Electronic Health Record Reporting Project. He has a private sector background which includes more than 12 years as a Vice President on Wall Street where he was an analyst of the technology and telecommunications industries. Dr. Ozanich also worked as a consultant at Booz-Allen & Hamilton. Relative to other academic positions, he was Associate Director of the Institute of Tele-Information at Columbia University, and has been on the faculties of Michigan State University and University at Buffalo. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.