Warmest welcome to Peter Embí, MD, MS, FACP, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI, who began his new role as chair of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) and Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation on January 1, 2022.
Dr. Embí succeeds DBMI chair Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, and was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer for the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., and Leonard Betley Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics & Health Data Science at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
"I could not be more enthusiastic about the opportunities that lie ahead for our department and our institution," he said in a message to DBMI. "We are uniquely positioned to continue the groundbreaking and high-impact innovations that will transform healthcare and biomedicine for the benefit of people in our communities and across the world, and I know that together we will make 2022 our most successful year yet!"
Please welcome Dr. Embí!
Read the VUMC Reporter announcement about his coming to DBMI here (published Sept. 2021). He can be reached at peter.embi@vumc.org.