Daniel Masys, MD

Daniel Richard Masys is an honors graduate of Princeton University and the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He received postgraduate training in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology at the University of California, San Diego, and the Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego. His interest in medical informatics began as a computer programmer, developing a series of microcomputer programs to assist in clinical cancer research while practicing as a cancer specialist. In 1984, Dr. Masys became a Computer Medical Specialist in the Computer Communications Branch of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health, and there helped develop the PDQ (Physician Data Query) online cancer information system. He served as Chief of the International Cancer Research Data Bank of the NCI, and since 1986 has been the Director of the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, which is the research and development division of the National Library of Medicine. Dr. Masys' informatics interests are in the design and implementation of large scale biomedical research databases, particularly those pertinent to molecular biology, and in computer-based technologies for health professions education. Dr. Masys is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a member of the American Society of Hematology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.