Historic ACMI Biography
David Shires is Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health & Epidemiology at Dalhouaie University, Canada. Dr. Shires has practiced medicine in Africa, United Kingdom. Dr. Shires has practiced medicine in Africa, United Kingdom. and the United States and has been a resident in Canada for the past 20 years. His early work includes development of a computerized medical record system for the Apollo astronauts. Dr. Shires was elected President of the International Medical lnformatics Association (IMIA) in 1980. and holds Honorary Fellowship, in IMIA as well as the Hritish Computer Society. In 1983 in Paris, he received the Silver Core award for meritorious services to international computing hy the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).
Affiliations
The American College of Medical Informatics
ACMI is a college of elected Fellows from the U.S. and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics. It is the central body for a community of scholars and practitioners who are committed to advancing the informatics field.
Year Elected
1989